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On 19 April 2022, the Army awarded a 10-year contract to SIG Sauer to produce the XM7 rifle, along with the XM250 light machine gun, to replace the M4 carbine and M249 light machine gun, respectively. [13] [14] Originally the rifle was designated XM5, as the next number sequentially for the weapon it will replace. [15]
In 1992, the U.S. Army Rangers decided to adopt the RSOV in order to replace their M151 light gun trucks. [2] [3] The decision to adopt the vehicle was inspired by American troops seeing the Land Rover deployed by the British in the Gulf War. [4] They noted that the vehicle was easier to use in desert terrain compared to the Humvee.
The M249 SAW has seen action in major conflicts involving the United States since the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989. In 2009, the United States Marine Corps selected the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle to partially replace the M249 in USMC service. [7] In 2022, the U.S. Army selected the SIG Sauer XM250 to replace the M249 SAW.
Escape from Tarkov is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game in development by Battlestate Games for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in the fictional Norvinsk region in northwestern Russia , where a war is taking place between two private military companies (United Security "USEC" and the Battle Encounter Assault Regiment ...
M1A2 Abrams tank, main battle, full-track, 120 mm gun w/2nd gun sight for TC [6] M2 Bradley Vehicle, Infantry Fighting, full-track, armored, 25 mm chain-gun, 21 1 ⁄ 2 -ton [ 7 ] M2A1 Vehicle, Infantry Fighting, full-track, armored, 25 mm chain-gun, 21 1 ⁄ 2 -ton [ 8 ]
The XM250 light machine gun and XM7 rifle were designed to fire the 6.8×51mm SIG Fury cartridge in response to concerns that improvements in body armor would diminish the effectiveness of common battlefield rounds such as the 5.56×45mm NATO (used in the M4 carbine and M249 light machine gun) and 7.62×51mm NATO.
GMV crews like to call them "gun trucks". The GMV program is superseded by the GMV 1.1, based on the General Dynamics Flyer 72. It is understood that under a seven-year indefinite delivery / indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract (August 2013–August 2020), [ 4 ] SOCOM wishes to procure 1,297 GMV 1.1s — to replace its 1,072 first generation ...
The propulsion system provides a top speed of 100 km/h, traveling more than 200 miles without refueling. [11] It is fitted with all run-flat tires. The low turning radius allows the vehicle to negotiate narrow passages. The Komatsu LAV can be armed with the Sumitomo M249 LMG or Sumitomo M2HB 12.7mm machine gun for anti-personnel duties. [5]