EOD teams get enhanced battle rifles

Air Force Times: Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technicians are taking a new gun with them outside the wire in Afghanistan.

Airmen with the 466th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, Operating Location Delta, operating in Helmand province, last month began carrying the Mk14 enhanced battle rifles with larger 7.62-millimeter rounds than the normal M4’s 5.56-millimeter round. The new rifles were necessary because the M4 carbines were not accurate enough to reach insurgents firing from a distance, according to an Air Force release.

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