Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division will be the first to field the new weapons and optics.
The light machine gun will retain its M250 designation.
The new rifle and automatic rifle will fire a never-before-fielded 6.8 mm round.
An unloaded XM5 rifle is two pounds heavier than an unloaded M4. But the XM250 is four pounds lighter than the M249 SAW.
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