2022年9月13日 · For more than a year now, U.S. Marines with the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion have been armed in part with a new short-barrel variant of the service’s 5.56x45mm M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. The M27 is itself a version of the widely successful Heckler & Koch HK 416 rifle , which Marines first began issuing as a substitute for the M249 Squad ...

2022年9月17日 · Force Recon Marines acquire the short-barreled version of the M27 rifle but look ahead to a new weapon that the US Army has in development.

The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a 5.56mm, select-fire assault rifle / squad automatic weapon developed from the HK416 by Heckler & Koch. It is used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and was originally intended for automatic riflemen , [ 6 ] but now is issued to all infantry riflemen as a replacement for the M4 carbine .

2020年5月21日 · The Marine Corps hasn't yet finished fielding M27 infantry automatic rifles to all its grunt units as their new standard service weapon, but it's already eying the Army's Next Generation Squad ...

2022年9月14日 · 标准M27步枪与配备“侦察武器套件”的M27最明显区别就是枪管从16.5英寸（419mm）缩短到约10.4英寸（264mm）。 同时，“侦察武器套件”还具有黑克勒-科赫首次应用在HK416A5步枪上的增强功能，其中就包括对导气系统的改进，无需特殊工具即可在正常模式和安装 …

With a 10.4 inch barrel, this HK416 variant is handy when operational demands make a short barrel more suitable. Despite its short length, accuracy matches or exceeds competing M4/M16/

short of the new M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. Combat weight of this light machine gun with 200 rounds loaded plus the USMC version ACOG, laser aiming module and bipod, is about twice that of a comparably equipped M27 and seven loaded mags. (USMC photo by Gunnery Sgt. Chad R. Kiehl) OPPOSITE

2022年9月13日 · Marine Recon Units Get Short-Barrel Versions Of The H&K M27 Rifle A set of conversion parts, known as the Reconnaissance Weapons Kit, turns full size M27 rifles in smaller handier guns. www.thedrive.com

2022年9月8日 · Marines picked up the M27 in 2009 and began issuing the gun in 2010, starting with the 2nd Battalion 7th Marine regiment. The M27 would replace the M249 SAW and would become an automatic rifle tasked with laying down suppressive fire. Marines in Afghanistan fell in love with the weapon, and the Marine Corps was impressed.

The M27 is fielded today as an IAR, precision rifle, general infantry rifle, and most recently as a short-barreled upper receiver Reconnaissance Weapons Kit (RWK). Now civilians can own a piece of Marine Corps history with a limited-run HK MR27, a civilian-legal tribute to the M27.