
Originally Posted by
ABNAK
By "standard configuration" do you mean with the KAC rail? ACOG or CCO?
If you were using one to deploy with and were given the latitude (and $$$ too) what would you change on the M4A1?
I do mean with the KAC rail. ACOG or CCO; either are better or equivalent to what is fielded by most other nations regular forces. I’ve seen units that equip most Soldiers with the Comp M, and TL, SL, and top marksmen with the ACOG, and thats not a bad model. All ACOGs for AFG rotations wouldn’t be bad either. There are obviously other optics out there also, and that one of the things that makes the M4 so great; ease of mounting optics.
Given the lattitude and budget, the thing I would most like to see changed is the handguard. I want it longer, and I want MLOK. I also don’t like burning my hands, so as much as I love FSB’s I’d shave it. I would change the grip to be more vertical in angle, and make it grippier. I might consider another trigger.

Originally Posted by
CPM
I’m honestly appalled at the risk adverse nature of current big military leaders. I saw it first hand with my battalion in Iraq, and it’s only become worse.
Risk aversity in the big mil is not new, and its a plague.
RLTW
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