RE: does the military need a new service rifle
I think the 223 M16 does that part of the job well. I think the M203 ggernade launcher should be dropped in favor of a shoulder fired guided missle of some sort. I think they are working on that. I saw one that tthe user could see throught the wall with the optic a set the missle to explode inside. That seemed valuable except the weight was 25lbs in prototype form.