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PM Infantry Weapons undergoing largest modernization effort in decades - U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment fire the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a live-fire weapons exercise at range F-18 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 8, 2017. The Program Manager for Infantry Weapons at Marine Corps Systems Command is modernizing various weapon systems to gain a competitive edge over near-peer threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michaela R. Gregory)

PM Infantry Weapons undergoing largest modernization effort in decades

Marine Corps Systems Command’s Program Manager for Infantry Weapons has begun a large-scale modernization project to increase the lethality of the infantry squad. PM IW strives to equip and sustain the Marine Corps with fully-integrated infantry weapons, optics and nonlethal systems for the Ground Combat Element. The portfolio’s modernization efforts adhere to Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger’s vision to redesign the force to meet the challenges of a new age of great power competition. Through PM IW, the Corps plans to field numerous new weapon and optic systems over the next decade...

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