The M7 rifle, previously designated as XM7 and originally as XM5, is the U.S. Army's adopted variant of the SIG MCX-SPEAR chambered in 6.8×51mm Common Cartridge, designed by SIG Sauer for the Next Gen
U.S. Army soldier with an XM7 rifle during a situational training and live-fire exercises at Fort Campbell, 2024
U.S. Army soldier with an XM7 rifle during the 2025 Best Ranger Competition
U.S. Army infantryman firing an M7 rifle with a Vortex "Eleanor" AMG 1-10×24 LPVO and a B.E. Meyers MAWL laser aiming module, 2026
M7 rifle with an EOTech EXPS3 with G33 magnifier and an Envision RAIL laser aiming module
The M4 carbine is an assault rifle developed in the United States during the 1980s. It is a shortened version of the M16A2 assault rifle. The M4 is extensively used by the U.S. military, which decided
M7 rifle
…chambered in 6.8×51mm Common Cartridge (.277 Fury), designed by SIG Sauer for the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program in 2022 to replace the M4 carbine. The M7 features a short-stroke gas-operated piston system, a free-floating reinforced M-LOK handguard for direct accessory attachment to slotted hole…
A 10th Special Forces Group soldier with an M4 carbine during an exercise in July 1995
A U.S. Army 82nd Airborne soldier holds an M4 carbine in Vitina, Kosovo, in January 2000 during the NATO-led KFOR mission, the first operational use of the M4 by U.S. troops
M4 with M68 Close Combat Optic and AN/PAQ-4
M4 with the newer, redesigned telescoping stock