SIG SAUER CEO Ron Cohen Highlights U.S. Army Next Generation Squad Weapons Program Ammoland Inc. Posted on
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- SIG SAUER, Inc. is proud to release an exclusive video featuring President & CEO, Ron Cohen highlighting the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) Program. The NGSW Program is a historic undertaking by the U.S. Army to develop weapons that will enhance squad-level lethality and is inclusive of a lightweight belt-fed machine gun (NGSW-AR), a rifle (NGSW-R), 6.8×51 hybrid ammunition, and suppressors.
“The Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons program is the most audacious effort in decades. It is the ability to participate in writing history and whatever happens now will dictate the next twenty, thirty, forty years” began Cohen.
Why the U.S. Military Gave Up On the Bullpup-Style Rifle
Meet the Model 45A, a .30 caliber bullpup that was essentially a hybrid battle rifle/light machine gun.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Unlike modern bullpups, which are compact weapons, the Model45A was actually a long gun in every sense of the word as it featured a particularly long barrel.
As part of the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW), which will replace both the M4 Carbine and M249 SAW, one option is a rifle that features a “bullpup” configuration from General Dynamics. This layout places the magazine in the stock behind the pistol group which reduces the length of the weapon but could require some additional training for soldiers used to the legacy systems.
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Sig Sauer this week announced it has completed the delivery of the company s Next Generation Squad Weapons system to the U.S. Army. As previously reported by Guns.com, Sig is one of three contractors who in 2019 got the nod from the Pentagon to continue with the NGSW program. The sweeping initiative aims to replace the Army s 5.56mm NATO small arms – such as the M4 Carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. Sig’s program consists of an in-house-designed lightweight high-performance 6.8mm (.277-caliber) hybrid ammunition, NGSW-AR lightweight machine guns, NGSW-R rifles, and suppressors. Notably, the other two competitors vying for the NGSW contract are formed by consortiums, whereas Sig is going alone – with components of their system produced at their Arkansas and New Hampshire facilities.
Sig Sauer delivers Next Generation Weapons System prototypes to U.S. Army
By (0) Sig Sauer, one of three companies competing to supply the U.S. Army with its new Next Generation Squad Weapon system, announced it has delivered the last of it s prototypes to the branch for testing including the pictured NGSW-AR. Photo courtesy of Sig Sauer
Feb. 3 (UPI) Armaments maker Sig Sauer Inc. announced its final delivery of prototypes to the U.S. Army for the Next Generation Squad Weapons systems this week.
The Army plans to select one of three firms the other two are Textronand General Dynamics to manufacture the new weapons system in the first quarter of fiscal 2022.