Yes, we are going to replace the 5.56 with the 6.8, which is a much better, faster round. 5.56 will not pierce China's military armor.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/yo...replacement-is-headed-to-troops-by-2022/

Let's keep the senate so we'll be able to buy civilian versions.

Yes, sir.

Do you think they will destroy all the M-16 to keep them off the market?

They will be gifted to other agencies or other countries they will never see the civilian markets.

One reason they are going to 6.8 is that the medium MGs will also fire that round and thus stop having to have both 5.56 and 7.62 in the field. I don't know if I would want an old beat up ex-military M-16 variant. My kid wasn't impressed with the shape either his training rifle and one he's carrying now came in when he first got them.

I think they should have went with a larger caliber.

Yes, no way they would be made available to the people who paid for them in the first place.
Other countries, and the black market, so they can be used against us .

biden will probably air lift the M16s, with pallets more of money, to Iran.

Keith

Civilians can't be trusted with such weapons of war. Duh.

i thought the fn scar was going to replace m-16 and m-4 to me i think an m-4 with say a 6.5 round and a little work to the mag and internal works would be all that is needed but but who am i if you look back they went from the m1 garand to the m-14 to the m-16 in approx 20 years why build something like the ak-47 built to buried in the mud but will still fire

With biden in charge They are going to replace scary looking weapons with a hugging machine with pretty rainbows painted on it.