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Another variant is the SIG 556 DMR featuring a 18 in (457.2 mm) barrel. [17] SIG P556 pistol variants with 10-inch barrels are also available. In 2012 the SIG 556 R or SIG 556 Russian chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge and using AK-pattern box magazines was introduced. [18] The first generation of SIG 556R rifles had a number of performance ...
The table below gives a list of firearms that can fire the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, first developed and used in the late 1970s for the M16 rifle, which to date, is the most widely produced weapon in this caliber. [1]
The SIG Sauer 522 LR is a .22 LR semi-automatic, blowback operated rifle.It is patterned after the SIG 55x series rifles that fire 5.56x45mm centerfire cartridges. [1] The 522 fires .22 LR ammunition and serves as a training rifle for its larger counterparts due to mostly identical controls and features.
The Ruger AR-556 is a semiautomatic AR-15 style rifle manufactured by U.S. firearms company Sturm, Ruger & Co. Introduced in 2014 as an entry-level AR-15 using a direct impingement action, with variants since being released such as the upgraded AR-556 MPR (multi-purpose rifle) in 2017 [1] and the AR-556 pistol in 2019. [2]
India: Order placed for 72,400 units of SIG 716i model. In December 2019, the first lot of 10,000 rifles was delivered to the Indian Army’s Northern Command. [19] SIG Sauer also confirmed that delivery of the first order has already been completed. [20] Another batch of 70,000 rifles was cleared for order in December 2023.
The SG 540 is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the early 1970s by Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG, currently SAN Swiss Arms AG) of Neuhausen, Switzerland [4] as a private venture primarily destined for export markets and as a potential replacement for the 7.5×55mm Swiss SG 510 automatic rifle known as the Stgw 57 in Swiss service.
The SIG Pro is a series of semi-automatic pistols manufactured by SIG Sauer in Exeter, New Hampshire. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] It became the first polymer -frame handgun from SIG Sauer and one of the first pistols to feature a built-in universal accessory rail and interchangeable grips .
The Ares Defense Shrike 5.56 is an air-cooled, dual-feed light machine gun/rifle for semi or full-auto configurations that fires the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. The Shrike 5.56 is sold as either as a complete weapon, or as an upper receiver "performance upgrade kit" to existing AR-15 and M16-type service rifles and carbines.