Marines will get a new type of ammunition that can be fired from their M4 carbines and M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles and is designed to help them shoot down small drones, a Marine Corps acquisition spokesperson said. A Marine fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during training to counter small drones at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, on July 17, 2026. Marine Expeditionary Force commanders will decide which units will receive the anti-drone round first, the spokesperson said. The War Zone reported in June that the Marine Corps had announced that it intended to buy the anti-drone round. Separately, soldiers with the 18th Airborne Corps tested the ammunition against small drones in April at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.