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,...
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XM250 (redirect from XM250 squad weapon)
light machine gun designed by SIG Sauer for the U.S. Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon Program in 2022 to replace the M249 light machine gun. The XM250...
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XM7 rifle (category Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2019)
gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle designed by SIG Sauer for the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program in 2022 to replace the M4 carbine. The XM7 features a...
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change. In January 2019, the United States military began the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program to find replacements for the M4 carbine and M249 light...
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A squad automatic weapon (SAW), also known as a section automatic weapon or light support weapon (LSW), is a man-portable automatic firearm attached to...
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.277 Fury (category Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2019)
cartridge was designed by SIG Sauer for the United States Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (NGSW). It is dimensionally similar to the 7.62×51mm...
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M4 carbine (category Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1994)
XM7 rifle, a variant of SIG MCX Spear, as the winner of the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program to replace the M16/M4. Following the military adoption...
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List of equipment of the United States Army (redirect from U.S. Army Weapons)
original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022. "Army awards Next Generation Squad Weapon contract". www.army.mil. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022...
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S. Army selected Vortex‘s XM-157 fire control system for its Next Generation Squad Weapon program. Vortex Optics is based in Barneveld, Wisconsin, and...
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US based defense contractor, was under consideration in the Next Generation Squad Weapon trials run by the United States Army. "Here's Our Best Look Yet...
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M249 light machine gun (redirect from M249 Squad Automatic Weapon)
The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi...
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Arisaka, 7.92×57mm Mauser, and 8×50mmR Lebel. The US military's Next Generation Squad Weapon Program selected the 6.8×51mm Common Cartridge in 2022 for testing...
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Unveils Belt-Fed Machine Gun, Carbine and Hybrid Ammunition – Next Generation Squad Weapon Candidates". Soldier Systems Daily. 8 October 2018. Archived...
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(1981). South, Todd (20 April 2022). "Army expects Next Generation Squad Weapon to get its first unit by next year". ArmyTimes. Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia...
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Sauer to shutter German weapons factory". DW News. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-17. "Army awards Next Generation Squad Weapon contract". U.S. Army Public...
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SIG MCX (category Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2015)
developed as SIG Sauer's submission for the United States Army Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program and is chambered in 6.8×51mm SIG Fury cartridge...
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the equipment of its soldiers in the Infantry Branch with the Next Generation Squad Weapon, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, and the Synthetic...
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M16 rifle (category Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1964)
the U.S. Army selected the SIG MCX SPEAR as the winner of the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program to replace the M16/M4. The new rifle is designated XM7...
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cartridge is the 6.8×51mm Common Cartridge, selected by the US Next Generation Squad Weapon Program. This cartridge has a muzzle energy even higher than...
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5.56×45mm NATO (category Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1980)
rifle and light machine gun as part of the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program. They will replace 5.56 mm weapons, being chambered in 6.8×51mm Fury that...
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2023. South, Todd (20 April 2022). "Army expects Next Generation Squad Weapon to get its first unit by next year". ArmyTimes. Sightline Media Group. Archived...
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M5 firing device, a trigger commonly used in booby traps M7 next-generation squad weapon, the future designation for the SIG MCX Spear, formerly known...
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Desert Tech MDR (category Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2014)
Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (NGSW) weapons trial finalists to replace the United States Army's 5.56×45mm NATO caliber weapon systems...
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a squad automatic weapon (SAW). Still, the Marine Corps is modernizing that too. They will give every squad a M27 IAR or the Next Generation Squad Weapon...
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(Musket; .75) Ferguson rifle (Flintlock breech-loader; .69) NGSW-R (Next Generation Squad Weapon - Rifle) (6.8 Common Cartridge) -- Sig Sauer MCX Spear rifle...
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Dynamics RM277 (True Velocity .277 TVCM polimer cased round) Next Generation Squad Weapon - Automatic Rifle Lightweight Medium Machine Gun (Medium Machine...
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FN EVOLYS (category Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2021)
purposes United States: United States Army for test purposes in Next Generation Squad Weapon Program Knight's Armament Company LAMG QJS-161 QJY-201 RPL-20...
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the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2022-10-02. "Army awards Next Generation Squad Weapon contract". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2022-10-02. Myers, Meghann...
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LSAT light machine gun (category Squad automatic weapons)
with six companies, including Textron, competing to develop the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (NGSW), replacing the SAW, as well as develop ammunition...
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FN SCAR (category Personal defense weapons)
Company cartridge variant entered in the United States Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon Program competition, it was beaten by the XM5 (later redesignated...
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