Well hopefully they will get around to adopting a better rifle and round. The M-16 was and still is the biggest P.O.S. and round adopted by the U.S. Military. From the early versions of the Mattel Jam O Matic that couldn't keep bullets in a 8" circle at 100yards to the brilliant carbine version issued to the poor service guys in Samollia and the poor performance of the 223 out of a short barrel carbine ( a marginal round to begin without going to a short barrel)
Say what you want , but we need a good battlefield weapon and that includes handguns. Beretta is a fine firearm but falls short in the field, let's bring back the 45 acp in a 1911 style. Let's face it they've improved on the original. Let our supposed "friends" in NATO and U.N. adopt our ordinance not the other way around.