Mexico s Turquoise Serpent Assault Rifle
The weapon was developed by the Dirección General Industria Militar Mexicana (Directorate of Military Industry) or DGIM, the Mexican military s industrial arm, to replace the German-designed Heckler & Koch G3, which was produced in Mexico under license.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The FX-05 has several improvements over the old G3. The biggest is that it has been re-chambered to 5.56mm ammunition, which has been used extensively during the Mexican Drug War.
Literally meaning turquoise serpent but also carrying the symbolic significance fire serpent, the Xiuhcoatl was a creature of Aztec mythology – thus it is a fitting moniker for the FX-05 Xihcoalt Mexican assault rifle that entered service with the Mexican Army in 2006.