Soldiers Give the Army's New Rifle Optic Low Ratings

Published on February 10, 2025

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new rifles to soldiers, but the service is apparently still working out the kinks with the systems' advanced optic, according to a new assessment from the Defense Department's top weapons tester.

The fiscal 2024 report on the Army's Next-Generation Squad Weapon program from the Pentagon's Director, Operational Test and Evaluation published last week indicates that the XM157 Fire Control smart scope that's intended to augment the program's XM7 Next Generation Rifle and XM250 Next Generation Automatic Rifle received negative ratings from soldiers during testing last year.

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