The engineers at Fabrique Nationale in Herstal, Belgium, responded with the gun that would become the Special Operations Command Combat Assault Rifle, the SCAR in both 7.62 and 5.56.

The SCAR features an integral, uninterrupted Picatinny rail on the top of the aluminium receiver, two removable side rails and a bottom one that can mount any MIL-STD-1913 compliant accessories.

Summary and Key Points: The M16 rifle, designed by Eugene Stoner and adopted by the U.S. military in the 1960s, has remained a staple due to its reliability, modularity, and effectiveness.

The light version with the 5.56 round is very weak in my opinion and like hunting big game with a 22 caliber. He was a fan of the system overall but, he had some issues that some of you may be ...

It is a simple and cost-efficient production method. The only available photo shows also a foldable stock similar to SCAR-L or HK 433. The controls look identical to other AR-15 style rifle and it has ...

1 | The effort to replace the M-16 rifle, as well as its more compact variant, the M4, has been a long, epic and largely tragic tale. One attempt would have created a modular weapon system, called ...

ISLAMABAD — Trials are currently underway to select a new firearm for the Pakistan army to replace its G3 battle rifle and Chinese Type-56 AK-47 ... FN SCAR, Kalashnikov AK-103, and Zastava ...

For example, rifles like the SCAR Mk 16 were super hot for a short period but never overtook the M4 (which is a shortened version of the M16). In testing, the SCAR proved to be slightly more ...