Here’s What You Need to Remember: The effort wasn’t a total waste, however. The OICW inspired the M320 grenade launcher and the XM25 air-burst munitions system. The U.S. Army’s Objective Individual ...

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new Next Generation Squad Weapon rifles to its first unit, bringing an end to the service's decades-long effort to replace its M4 and M16 family of military ...

June 18, 2025: The U.S. Army has a new 25mm Precision Grenade Launcher/PGS. This weapon has an effective range of up to a kilometer and the ability to take out drones as well as ground targets. This ...

Summary and Key Points: Advanced grenade launchers are emerging as potential game-changers in infantry combat, offering a blend of rifle and grenade launcher in one system. Unlike traditional ...

Fed up with the rest of military's inability to replace the M-16 and M4, and apparently uninterested in an OICW-type multipurpose weapon, the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) held a competition for ...

The U.S. began working on this type of weapon back in the 1990s as the Objective Individual Combat Weapon/OICW that mutated into the XM25. The X designates a system that is still in development. The ...