during the 1950s because interim automatic weapons (e.g. M-14E2/M16A1) had failed as viable "base of fire" weapons. Early in the SAW's fielding, the Army identified the need for a Product ...

And with good reason! Indeed, the Army bailed on the ICSR program and even declined to follow the Marine Corps’ lead on adopting the M27 Infantry Automatic Weapons for a simple reason ...