SOPMOD

The kit allows US Special Operations Forces (US SOF) personnel to configure their weapons to individual preferences and customize for different mission requirements.

The Material Need Statement (MNS) was signed in May 1992 and, by September 1993, the Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for the program was validated.

Responsibility for the program was then assigned to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division.

[1][2] The SOPMOD kit is composed mostly of non-developmental items and commercial off-the-shelf (NDI/COTS) accessories packaged together to support four M4A1 carbines.

The documentation for the kit does not require a rewrite if improved replacements for any of the current items can be found.

SOPMOD Block I
SOPMOD Block I Phased Replacements
US Army 75th Rangers using multiple Block II accessories on their rifles at night. Note the Insight WMX 200 light mounted on the rifle of the operator on the right.