Posted: 5/13/2009 6:06:49 PM EDT
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FN Herstal states that the company has begun fielding the SOCOM Combat Assault Rifle/Mk16 and Mk17 to commandos in April.
In a release from the company's PA shop, FN says fielding will continue through the winter of 2009. A source close to the program says that so far the Rangers have gotten their new rifles, with Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen and SEAL teams 1, 2 and 3 getting theirs through this month and the Army Special Forces operators slinging theirs "shortly." |