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The OICW pushed very little "new ground", it was yet another rehash of the Army's obsession over infantry rifles with a repeating grenade launcher. An obsession which, again, goes all the way back to SPIW and which the Army continues to waste obscene gobs of taxpayer money over despite time and...

Hence longest serving, yet shortest serving. It lasted only nine years (1959 to 1968) as the general issue service rifle, less than even the Krag-Jorgenson's twelve year run, but may have now surpassed the Springfield M1903 for length of service in some capacity. The Wikipedia article claims it...

Okay, let me clarify: the M-14 is the most short-lived general issue infantry rifle in American history, although it is also ironically the longest-serving limited issue specialist rifle.

Yes, the most short-lived infantry rifle in U.S. history.

True, but NGSW is finally stepping away from the decades-long obession with a flechette/microburst assault rifle + multishot grenade launcher combination.

More like the Air Force saw the light, and the Army was dragged kicking and screaming after *yet another* failed wonder-rifle project wasted enormous amounts of taxpayer money. Project Salvo, Project Niblick, Special Purpose Individual Weapon, Future Rifle Program, Advanced Combat Rifle...

Building designs in-house isn't a panacea against corruption, note the entire debacle of the shitty M-14 being selected over the vastly superior FN FAL and the outright revolutionary AR-10. (According to the Army, the fact that the M-14 was a little bit lighter than the FAL was a hugely...