New Marine Corps weapon to replace SAW

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"Did you read the results of the tests? The Ultimax was the most preferred weapon by the horde of entry-level Marines that participated in them. The HK had the worst hit probability of all, but was determined to be statistically insignificant. "

LRRPF52, not sure at what stage the above quote came in the test and evaluation. The IAR kept sub 2" groups after being shot for 25000 rds.

The HK in the quote was a G36 used in preliminary testing a number of years ago, not the M27 IAR that was adopted.