SIG Sauer said it will create prototypes of a new generation of weapons for the US Armed Forces

At the DSEI 2019 defense exhibition, which is taking place these days in London, SIG Sauer publicly announced its application for participation in the US Army program "Weapon new generation ”(NGSW). It is reported by the military messenger Janes 360.

The United States Ground Forces promising small arms program, known as Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) takes on a more distinct shape SIG Sauer was selected by the U.S. Army, along with General Dynamics-OTS and Textron Systems, for the next phase of the program.

The goal of NGSW is to replace the Pentagon’s current small arms, namely M4 carbines and M249 machine guns, with promising 6,8 mm caliber specimens. It is assumed that the new weapon will be more mobile, possess increased firepower and lethality.

The solution presented by SIG Sauer is based on the new 6,8 × 51 mm hybrid cartridge, MG-6.8 machine gun, SPEAR assault rifle, and electro-optical sighting devices. The entire complex is the result of a company investment of 40 million US dollars over a two-year period.

_{6,8 × 51 mm Hybrid Chuck by SIG Sauer}

The core of the system is the 6,8 × 51-mm hybrid cartridge. It is hybrid because the cartridge is composite. The innovation announced by the company is to connect a steel base with a brass sleeve. Brass has been used in the development of firearms for more than a century, and its properties when used in ammunition and firearms are well known and mastered.

To meet the requirements of the U.S. Army with regard to ammunition - 20% lighter and 30% more powerful than existing NATO cartridges 7,62 × 51 mm (such data are given by Janes), SIG Sauer patented a new method of fastening a steel base.

SIG Sauer has already won the Modular Handgun System competition by winning tenders for both the main army pistol in both the ground forces and the Air Force, with its modular Sig Sauer P320: it has been adopted with minor modifications in two different forms, called M17 / M18.

_{NGSW-R assault rifle in SIG Sauer version}

NGSW-R (assault rifle) and NGSW-AR (machine gun) must have two-sided controls; flame arrester, removable silencer; gun belt with quick release fasteners; shooting modes semiautomatic and automatic. Promising assault rifles must be resistant to corrosion, be suitable for work in all weather conditions. Quick-detachable magazines should be interchangeable between both weapons.

_{Light machine gun NGSW-AR in the SIG Sauer version}

The prototype presented by SIG Sauer rifle NGSW-R looks little different from carbines M-4 and rifles M-16. However, this is a standard situation for many manufacturers of modern weapons: the M-16 is distinguished by excellent ergonomics, and the infrastructure sharpened by the rifle simplifies its introduction into the troops. It features a freely floating reinforced receiver pad, side reload handle, folding butt. A promising muffler is installed on it. The ultralight machine gun NGSW-AR uses quick-change interchangeable magazines. It also has an extended Picattini rail for installing additional equipment.

The winner of the tender received a contract for the supply of at least 250 000 weapons.

Comments

[rocket757]

Profitable business! Any innovations are a lot of money.
The protection of the fighters is improving, they will come up with an opener for any shell!

[Kontrik]

The weapon is of course beautiful and the performance characteristics are not bad .. But until the West has figured out how to buy morale and patriotism? Here they have problems
In the meantime, the majority in the world with the Russian "Kalash" are at war and just keep the service .. I'm not against the new, but somehow it all looks like a business just to cut the profit .. How many of these models have been and where are they now ..?

[Lopatov]

Quote: Kontrik

Here they have problems

Controversial.

[Kontrik]

Quote: Spade

Quote: Kontrik

Here they have problems

Controversial.

Well, I agree, they have much more patriotism than ours (they sing hymns and raise flags in every house)))) ... But the fighting spirit is weak, it’s better not to argue with me

[Lopatov]

Quote: Kontrik

But the fighting spirit is weak, it’s better not to argue with me

I will not argue. Just ask. How weak was the fighting spirit of Randall Shugart and Gary Gordon, who landed at the crash site of the second helicopter in Mogadishu, knowing. that it’s actually a one-way ticket.

[asv363]

First, they were regular special forces soldiers. They have received appropriate training, for which I consider it inappropriate to discuss their fighting spirit. Secondly, that the US Armed Forces lost in Somalia, did someone call them there? I am aware of the decision of the UN Security Council. However, history shows, wherever the Americans appear, there will be a massacre, including for the civilian population. Thirdly, the operation in Mogadishu turned out to be heavy losses for the Americans, including these two "eagles" who were Delta snipers from memory. On the whole, for the United States, it was a failure, however, it was not the first - suffice it to recall the attempt to free hostages in Iran.

[Lopatov]

Quote: asv363

For this, I consider the discussion of their fighting spirit inappropriate. Secondly, what did the US Armed Forces lose in Somalia, did someone call them there? I am aware of the decision of the UN Security Council.

This is all so, the lyrics.
In no way confirms the following thesis:

Quote: Kontrik

But the fighting spirit is weak

The facts suggest otherwise.

[Kontrik]

Quote: Spade

Quote: asv363

For this, I consider the discussion of their fighting spirit inappropriate. Secondly, what did the US Armed Forces lose in Somalia, did someone call them there? I am aware of the decision of the UN Security Council.

This is all so, the lyrics.
In no way confirms the following thesis:

Quote: Kontrik

But the fighting spirit is weak

The facts suggest otherwise.

Shovels, as I understand it, are you rooting for American special forces here?
This is your vaunted US special forces, as well as Jewish with Russian afraid to collide for some reason ....
Arabs click, they are heroes .. Ugh damn it.

[3danimal]

There is a selection in the US Army. Stupid, weak, not enough stress-resistant, eliminated in the hall of training and exercises. And at the bases they are well fed and dressed, which does not reduce combat effectiveness.
Following your logic, their contact athletes should not defeat ours. But no, there is enough motivation on both sides, everything depends on training and physical qualities.

[asv363]

One single episode from the failed operation in Mogadishu does not draw on the indicator for all US troops. That is exactly what I had in mind.

[Charik]

for citizenship in the states serve

[Svarog]

Quote: Kontrik

cut profits

Quote: Kontrik

keep the service

Quote: Kontrik

there were already these models and where are they now ..

Friday miehan

[Chaldon48]

The designer sits in the office, he is paid. I developed a novelty, well done, some time has passed the chief comes on who also come on come on, come on. He’s a designer, so that by such a time he will give out another novelty, and so it goes.

[Kalmar]

Quote: Kontrik

In the meantime, the majority in the world with the Russian "Kalash" are at war and just keep the service

Not everyone has enough money for newfangled shooters.

Quote: Kontrik

I am not against the new, but somehow it all looks like a business just to cut profit

Suddenly, huh? For weapons manufacturers, the production of weapons is a business, it turns out))

The USA, in some respects, is great: they are trying to compose something new. With varying success, not without it, but since there is enough money for these games - why not. And there, you see, already ours will have to compose the next (a) symmetrical answer at a fire pace.

[pytar]

Here they have problems

They have no problem with this. They simply value the lives of their soldiers more and try to reduce their losses to a minimum. An American soldier knows that if he gets into a difficult situation, the command will do everything possible to get the ego out of there.

[3danimal]

And ours knows that he must steadfastly serve and be always ready that they will forget you (

[3danimal]

On YouTube there are channels of Russian-speaking citizens serving in the US Army. There I talk about training and much more. And it seems that she is at a decent level.

[Ramzaj99]

Who pays the new and receives

[poquello]

whip, whip! the same zigzauer is "supposed", one assumption will shut up everyone

[Lopatov]

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this is a zigzauer, with one assumption it will shut everyone

Not the fact that they will not include "support for domestic producers"

[poquello]

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Quote: poquello

this is a zigzauer, with one assumption it will shut everyone

Not the fact that they will not include "support for domestic producers"

Who? Germans? they have already taken the order, now we will see the loud "new generation", well, when it appears accordingly

[Lopatov]

Quote: poquello

Who? Germans?

Generally, for the US Army, the American Defense Ministry is buying. Not the "Germans".

[poquello]

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Quote: poquello

Who? Germans?

Generally, for the US Army, the American Defense Ministry is buying. Not the "Germans".

and? type Colt give?

[Lopatov]

Anything can be. Even a win can mean that you have to create enterprises in the United States and produce everything there.

[parkello]

the question is not backfill. Germans know how to make weapons, and do not disdain by any inventions. the same G3A3 heckler und koch Spanish rifle ... so I won’t be surprised if the similarity and image of future rifles will partly repeat the already known contours of other, familiar samples. They have money. The market is big, they can always sell. especially to the Arabs .. oh they love weapons and sparkles)) the Greeks also love weapons, but more military and practical like AKM for example, with its bayonet. 6,8 mm because they are ashamed to recognize the cartridge
M-43 (Elizarova and Semina 7,62 * 39mm) the most successful. coccyx smell. that 223 rem, ladies' caliber .. like AK74 by the way ... and AKM thing for war at all times. ot and toil, heartfelt) well, do it, let's see what will surprise us this time)) it’s interesting))

[Catfish]

the same G3A3 heckler und koch spanish rifle ..

Yes, the Setme is a Spanish rifle, but it was designed by the Germans, former Mauser employees on the basis of the Mauser Stg 45, they also set up production in Spain. So in this situation they did not "disdain" Spanish, but their own blood.

[parkello]

Well, Luger’s shutter is also not German, but Polish. He invented his Pole. but about G-3 ... there is nothing German there. the cartridge is American, the design is Spanish, and the Czech locking system. from German there is only a name and a name. the Germans took the finished product and began to stamp under the conventional ammunition in NATO 308. Winchester.

[Catfish]

Well, the Luger shutter is also not German, but Polish

The locking system that Hugo Borchardt used in his pistol long before and regardless of it was used in the famous Hiram Maxim machine gun. Poland as a state at that time did not exist at all, and if you remember some Pole, then explain in which country this Pole lived and what company he worked for. By the way, Borchard himself lived and worked in America for a long time, and there he designed his own typewriter, and Isidore Leve, a great specialist in the selection of intelligent personnel, lured him to his company in Germany. There Borchard fired his pistol (sample 1893), which Luger later converted into the well-known "eight".

About the fact that the design of the G3 is not Spanish has already been said above and I'm not going to "crush water in a mortar."

Czech locking system

Which Czechoslovakian weapons were used for roller locking?

NATO was admitted to the "308 Winchester ammunition?

[parkello]

NATO adopted "308 Winchester ammunition? Imagine that yes ... and for a long time.

[Catfish]

Yes, I can imagine. For which system?

[parkello]

under a single cartridge .. it is for machine guns and for rifles. imagine further if you want.

[Catfish]

under a single cartridge

Single cartridge there 5.56. Machine guns, not all, 7,62; sniper rifles, also not all - 7.62. So what, they have 7.62 for a single cartridge? No, well, it was one before the adoption of the M-16.

imagine further if you want.

No, I don’t want to, there’s nothing to do.

[parkello]

where is the single 5,56 cartridge in NATO? this is 223 remington by the way ... and it is far from uniform. the only one was and remains so far 308th. It has been in service for many years and does not change. because a good cartridge. and 5,56 bullshit. It is only armed with green berets and fur seals, and even then not all. machine guns at all MG-3, FN Mag, eat 308 oh. the same with the infantry and engineering troops, all weapons are sharpened under 2 ammunition of 308 wines. and M 2 browning 12,7 * 99 mm. assault rifles are usually G-3A3 (4) and FN Fal or Standard. both rifles under 308, occasionally someone else uses the M-1 Guarantor, usually when they are familiar with weapons they are allowed to shoot from the M-1. one tin-boot. 30-06 cartridge. and so the most common cartridge 308. he is in service with everyone. and the Italians and the Turks and the Greeks and Spaniards. because a good cartridge, power and flatness is excellent up to 600 mm and the price-quality level. therefore, he was taken under the designation of a single. I served in the Greek army for 18 months. and I know well who has what is in service. 203 rem he is the most bespontovy caliber of NATO weapons. superfood female cartridge, for girls from the catechism (Sunday school)

[Catfish]

. and 5,56 bullshit. it is only armed with green berets and fur seals, and even then far

Sorry, but the BASIC infantry weapon of the US Army what caliber and under what cartridge? And not only Shtatnikov, but also for all the alliance armies. Not 5,56, by any chance? I am referring to weapons that are equipped with simple infantry in companies and platoons, and not 30-caliber machine guns, which are a few in an ordinary linear company. Snipers can be omitted, there on the range of calibers the devil will break his leg.
I don't know, but if, in your opinion, the 5,56x45 cartridge is "the most unpopular", it means that in the US military department, and in the entire Western world, there are people either incompetent or outright pests, which is very doubtful. So I will not discuss this with you, but I will rely on the authoritative opinion of military experts.

I will never say anything bad about the 308 Winchester, a good cartridge. I worked with him from "Arka" on targets at different distances and was satisfied.

[parkello]

man, do you understand Russian? I say that 223 rem is a weapon of green berets and seals, because there are fights at close ranges. at a greater distance than 200 m, they simply will not get involved in battle, and call either arto or aviation. and the INFANTRY armament goes all under 308 wines, and that the same cartridges go to machine guns and rifles, all weapons not included in the uniforms and weapons of the "weaker sex", tobish infantry, engineering troops and artillery, all are tied to 308. In none of the Allied infantry regiments will you see an infantry weapon under 5,56 mm. and the fact that he is the most bespontovy is not only my personal opinion. here they are now, a new cartridge for the same Marines and green berets, they refuse to fight with 223 cartridges !!!

[Catfish]

Well, firstly, I don’t need to poke, I didn’t drink with you on the brudershaft. As for the Russian language, judging by how you speak it, I know it much better than you.

generally accepted in NATO ammunition 308 .inchester.

Where do you have here about "berets" and "seals" and what does it have to do with special forces weapons when it comes to arming NATO armies with the mass weapons of a banal infantryman?

infantry, engineering troops, and artillery, all mated to 308. in any infantry regiment of the allies you will not see infantry weapons under 5,56 mm

After this passage, there’s nothing more to talk about with you. What is demagoguery and idle chatter know? No? Well, re-read your gag.

Happy to stay, I have no desire to further push the water in the mortar.

[parkello]

have a nice one you too. just remember for the future, tank troops. art, engineers and infantry. Armed mainly with 308 and 12,7 ... only American infantry and artillery run with M-16 and arcoids. and they already complain about the small effectiveness of the weapon in view of the small caliber .more in no country so did not humiliate the infantry. as were the FN Fal and the standard with a folding butt for paratroopers and paratroopers, the G-3a3 and 4 remained. under one cartridge with the FN Mag and MG-3, there is no replacement for these machine guns and is not foreseen, therefore the shooter is selected for a single 308 wines. The rest are pretty good what you thought about the NATO armament of bullshit. and still have a good night's sleep .. I dare not bother you anymore.

[Catfish]

No, I didn’t want to write anything, but after reading your nonsense, I was absolutely delighted.

troops .art, engineers and infantry. Armed mainly 308 and 12,7

I immediately imagined how their infantry was running around with "fifty kopecks" (12,7) at the ready, and separately, as a tanker, I was pleased with my Western colleagues-tankers with their 308 caliber.

And, you know, if I have, as you put it, "bullshit", then your mental exercises can only be characterized by a specialist with medical education.

[parkello]

you can imagine. they fled with both M-2s and 4,2-inch mortars ... you don’t know NATO, but I know that I served in the NATO forces and crossed many during the service. you know ... I’m a lot of stubborn people like you I met ... and where a lot, and with the Serbs I spoke closely with the Poles and with the Czechs (the newly minted NATO), and I think you and you personally have something to learn from them. modesty beautifies. and she wouldn’t hurt you.

[3danimal]

Add to the same: it turns out that ours with 5.45mm (the most common caliber) are also completely nerds and pests? And the cartridges for it are more “piercing” (7n24) than 7.62x39mm.

[parkello]

yeah, of course, add .. there and at the same time add to your tail ...

[3danimal]

There was recently a video with another shooter in the USA. Prepared, a machine with a drum magazine, body armor (lightweight, true). Running up to the bar, where the people pursued by him hid, I received from the cops sitting in an ambush 2 bullets 5.56mm to the side. Fell as if tripped, twitched a couple of times and - died. Even though Kevlar took part of the energy from the bullets.
And you say - ladies'.
Ask our warriors about efficiency - quite on the level.
About 6.8mm: unlike 7.62x39mm, there is a bullet with a greater lateral load (g / cm820) and the initial speed is higher (about 850-XNUMX m / s). So, ballistics is better.

[Ali Kokand]

If we compare the cartridges of the USSR and Germany with the Great Patriotic War, then the Germans had cartridges that were bezrant and more powerful (modern), 9x19 para and 7.92x57 versus 7,62x25 TT, 7,62x54 R. And in the end, the flag of victory over the Reichstag. The cartridge is certainly interesting, and the answer will certainly be, just a new word in the arms business will not go unanswered. In the upcoming, tfu tfu, albeit a hypothetical war, who will have more cartridges he will be in chocolate. And maybe the very 7,62 x 54R because of cheapness and accessibility (effectiveness) can and will become a patron of victory.

[parkello]

dear, caliber and cartridge TT (Tula Tokarev -7,62 * 25 mm) is a Mauser cartridge. purely Russian, it is with a welt 7,62 * 54Rmm Mosin-Nagan and 7,62 revolver Nagan .. both with welds. it’s not just cartridges. Americans generally went 11,43 mm to a gun and PP. and a rifle 30- 06 Springfield 7,62 * 63mm, which is to the M-1 Guarantor that to the Springfield rifle. It’s not about the cartridges, the Germans just played the war game and got the horns. they were beaten by all ... even former allies. the same Italians and Romanians did not like them. like the British ... who had business with them, the more they fought ... the British hated more than the Germans. many Germans were met as liberators, and no one was British ... all Africa.India, China.America .. they all moaned under the British, they drank a lot of blood to people ... but in one they are similar, in brutality .. they have no equal nevertheless, but nevertheless the British hated more people than Germans.

[Terenin]

It seems to me alone that in the photo, when shooting, an entire cartridge is thrown?

[voyaka uh]

And where is this rifle return spring?
Over the trunk?
At M-16, she entered the butt strictly along the trunk line.
Therefore, the M-16 barrel did not lead anywhere after the shot.
But the butt was not folding.

[parkello]

great warrior) the spring is most likely above the shutter and probably extends forward, above the barrel, and the working part behind the breech, it is clear from this instance that this instance has a short shutter stroke, and the rate of fire is high. more than 600 alt / min. most likely they decided to kill two birds with one stone. so as not to create two species, a hand. machine gun and assault rifle, they made one option that can also be used as a handle. machine gun due to rate of fire. Well, the caliber is small ..6,8 mm, just under long lines. Well, I could be wrong, so. I just assumed ... if you have one)

[CAT BAIYUN]

The innovation announced by the company is to connect a steel base with a brass sleeve.

Until I see the comment of a competent specialist, I will never believe that this composite hybrid is better than a solid sleeve.
Yet again :

Brass has been used in the development of firearms for over a century, and its properties when used in ammunition and firearms are well known and mastered.

What are these super-duper brass properties? Is it expensive? For me, this is a very controversial issue on brass.
Well, again, why should I mix jam with excrement? I understand that if steel is introduced, then some properties from steel are needed in this cartridge. But the basic law of "organic chemistry" says: if you mix three kilos of jam and a kilo of excrement, you get four kilos of excrement. Should you join steel and brass together? H.Z .... I am somehow suspicious ...
Not ... It is understandable that the issue of manufacturing a new cartridge has long ripened among Westerners ....
But something too sophisticated .... At one time, so about the G11 choked. Just wrote boiling water with happiness! And about shellless ammunition and about ease and innovation .. And where the hell is G11?
How to "cut the dough" is a good topic. I do not argue. Time will tell. Let's take a look.
I hope our designers not only read VO.

[riwas]

About caliber 6,8 mm.
In my opinion, a "hybrid" solution is needed. Increase the muzzle velocity, say, 1068 m / s, but increase the caliber only to 6,24 mm. Less ammunition weight, more flatness and armor penetration.

[prodi]

the return is increasing iron, and it’s been so hard and hard to fight

[marshes]

It’s bred, at the expense of ammunition. It is complicated and means expensive, In order to re-equip everyone and create a sufficient initial volume, decades will go away.

[Kolin]

There were sounds of a saw ...
Will there be a barrel box attached to each ammo box?

[APASUS]

The prototype presented by SIG Sauer rifle NGSW-R looks little different from carbines M-4 and rifles M-16. However, this is a standard situation for many manufacturers of modern weapons: the M-16 is distinguished by excellent ergonomics, and the infrastructure sharpened by the rifle simplifies its introduction into the troops. It features a freely floating reinforced receiver pad, side reload handle, folding butt. A promising muffler is installed on it. The ultralight machine gun NGSW-AR uses quick-change interchangeable magazines. It also has an extended Picattini rail for installing additional equipment.

Get fucked up, if I understood correctly, the changes are minimal, the whole point is who will be able to play this miracle - PR managers or managers?