The Army has found replacements for the M4 rifle and M249 squad automatic weapon and is giving out a contract to put new guns in the hands of tens of thousands of soldiers. The force is awarding a 10-year, $20.4 million contract to Sig Sauer for the XM5 Rifle, which will become the new standard rifle for soldiers, and the XM250 Automatic Rifle, which will replace the SAW. The service will switch from 5.56mm to 6.8mm after searching for better rounds. Land navigation is coming back to the army. The Army said in a press release that both weapons fire common 6.8 millimeter ammunition using government provided projectiles and vendor-designed cartridges. General Dynamics was one of the defense contractors that competed to be the Army's go-to small arms dealer. The weapons will include a laser range finder, a calculator, and a compass. It is made by a company called Vortex. It is not known how many weapons the Army will buy over the next decade, or how quickly soldiers will abandon their weapons. The force is requesting more than 30,000 new weapons. Congress needs to approve that budget. Steve Beynon can be reached at military.com. You can follow him on social media. The Army's Next-Generation Squad Weapon is a big hit with SOCOM. A court in Japan returned 45 cents to the train driver after he caused a one-minute delay in 2020. The Okayama District Court ordered the West Japan Railway Co. to pay the train driver for emotional distress in March 2021. The train driver died of an illness earlier this year. When the two men met for the first time last year, they ended up shouting at each other. Few know that Amazon has millions of Prime subscribers. The driver of this Ford Bronco was stuck in the sand at low tide between the Maine coast and Bar Island when they couldn't get out ahead of the rising tide. Last week the prime ministers of Sweden and Finland shocked the world by issuing a joint statement that they were considering applying for membership in NATO. After they broke up last week, Wilson's ex-girlfriend said he threatened to kill her and broke her laptop. Saving for retirement is all about investing, and capital gains taxes can eat up a significant portion of your earnings each year. Arabian Prince, a founding member of the group N.W.A., is wading into the virtual-reality world with a twist. When I increased my hydration game, I drank one gallon of water for 30 days in a row. Two people, Volodymyr Khropun and Yulia Ivannikova-Katsemon, say they were helping people flee villages on the front line in northern Ukraine when they were arrested by Russian soldiers. They said they were transferred in a military truck to Belarus and then to Russia. Khropun and Ivannikova-Katsemon returned to describe their three weeks in Russian custody, which they said included being beaten, as they stood outside the windowless room where they say they were kept. I never knew... Kent is getting a breast augmentation to celebrate the release of her new memoir. When TopeAwotona launched the meeting scheduling service Calendly, he used his entire life savings. 24 people were indicted for conspiring to engage in forced labor. People were forced to work for little or no pay. A man builds a trap to catch a thief. The seats that were left by Al Michaels and Michele Tafoya have been filled. The border policy by Abbott cost the U.S. almost $9 billion in 10 days. Give us the weapons. The brother of the mayor of Kyiv told CNN that they were going to close the sky on their own. Many people might be surprised by the prices of VoIP phones. Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, is leading in the polls for the Democratic Party's nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat, while the Republican race has narrowed to an expensive two-person. A blown call cost Galarraga his perfect game in 2010. A law class is working to change that. Russian forces started a brutal offensive in eastern Ukraine this week and have seized what is believed to be their first Ukrainian city as part of their next phase of the war. Russia called for the surrender of the final pocket of resistance in Mariupol. What guns are, how they work, and how to use them are some of the topics covered in a primer. What do you think it is that the other little girls are communicating with their dad? The U.S. is not the worst, but it is not the best.Military.com
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