Our military adopting the Grendel?

[pinzgauer]

That also brings up the point I have made about key leaders and the weapons they carry, since Lieutenants don't engage the enemy at distance. They carry M4's as a last resort PDW for the close-in fight in a worst-case scenario of being overrun.

I hope that's the case. Probably the biggest risk to LT's appears to be IED's, but that's probably true for all. But LT's are certainly being lost in shooting actions. Even USMA grads, we see the names.

In my son's case, he will at least have the capability to shoot if needed. On an off-topic brag on my kid having nothing to do with the subject- he ended up in a three way tie for the best shot in their BEAST (basic) class of 1250 with M4's on both the fixed and popup range. And won the "forrest gump" award for fastest field strip & reassembly of an M4 against other companies. :-) Which made me smile, as encouraging him to build an M4gery during high school and providing lots of ammo had to contribute to that.

Again, apologies for the kid brag, but not many other audiences would appreciate it!