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A U.S. Army graphic detailing the competitors for the program as of December 2020. The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a United States military program created in 2017 by the U.S. Army to replace the 5.56mm M4 carbine, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the ...
The XM7, previously known as the XM5, is the U.S. Army variant of the SIG MCX Spear, a 6.8×51mm (.277 in), gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle [1] designed by SIG Sauer for the Next Generation Squad Weapon program in 2022 to replace the M4 carbine.
Future light machine gun, winner of the NGSW program in April 2022. [8] M249: 5.56×45mm NATO: Light machine gun, Squad automatic weapon Belgium United States: Belt-fed, but can be used with STANAG magazines. To be replaced by the XM250, winner of the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program [20] M240: 7.62×51mm NATO: General purpose machine gun ...
In total, the Army plans to procure a total of 107,000 XM7s and 13,000 XM250s for close combat forces. The contract has the capacity to build additional weapons should the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Special Operations Command choose to be included. [13] The XM250 light machine gun weighs 13 lb (5.9 kg), or 14.5 lb (6.6 kg) with a suppressor.
NGSW-R (Next Generation Squad Weapon - Rifle) (6.8 Common Cartridge) -- Sig Sauer MCX Spear rifle and cartridge selected and ordered by US Army as the XM7 rifle and 6.8 Common Cartridge. MRGG-A (Mid-Range Gas Gun - Assaulter) (6.5mm Creedmoor) Mk 17 Mod 1 (FN SCAR-H) (6.5mm Creedmoor) LMT MARS-H 6.5 DMR (6.5mm Creedmoor)
The SIG MCX Spear (stylized as MCX-SPEAR) is a multi-caliber rifle developed by the American division of SIG Sauer from the SIG MCX series of carbines. The SIG MCX Spear is primarily chambered in .277 SIG FURY but can be adapted to 7.62×51mm NATO and 6.5mm Creedmoor with a barrel change.
A California man who pleaded guilty to a felony for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol filed a letter Wednesday showing he was personally invited by a retired Republican ...
H&H was established in 1981 by Miles and Jayne Hall of Oklahoma City. [citation needed] The first location was on 10th Street just west of Council Road. [citation needed] The 4,800-square-foot (450 m 2) facility held 10 lanes, a classroom and a lobby. [citation needed] In April 1990 H&H moved to its current location, 400 South Vermont Ave ...