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The XM7, previously known as the XM5, is the U.S. Army variant of the SIG MCX Spear, a 6.8×51mm (.277 in), gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle [1] designed by SIG Sauer for the Next Generation Squad Weapon program in 2022 to replace the M4 carbine.
In September 2019, SIG Sauer submitted their designs. [5] The XM7 rifle was designed to fire the 6.8×51mm SIG Fury cartridge in response to concerns that improvements in body armor would diminish the effectiveness of common battlefield rounds such as the 5.56×45mm NATO (used in the M4 and M249) and 7.62×51mm NATO.
The XM250's design is an offshoot of the MG 338 which SIG was also developing for SOCOM. [7] The XM250 light machine gun and XM7 rifle were designed to fire the 6.8×51mm SIG Fury cartridge in response to concerns that improvements in body armor would diminish the effectiveness of common battlefield rounds such as the 5.56×45mm NATO (used in ...
SIG Sauer offers the rifle in semi-automatic only in three different configurations for the civilian market: The SIG MCX PATROL is the standard configuration of the rifle with a 406 mm (16 in) barrel. The SIG MCX SBR is a short-barreled rifle configuration of the rifle with a 229 mm (9 in
This new P220 design should properly be called the SIG Sauer system, which was, in fact, the labeling on one of the first SIG Sauer handguns, a modified SIG Sauer P220 design produced for the Browning Arms company in 1977. On the right side of the slide are the words "SIG Sauer System". This was the first SIG Sauer P220 type sold in the US. [12]
A U.S. Army graphic detailing the competitors for the program as of December 2020. 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, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the ...
SIG XM7 NGSW: SIG Sauer: 5.56×45mm NATO.300 AAC Blackout (MCX).277 Fury (XM5 NGSW) Switzerland Yes 2015–present (MCX) 2019–Present (XM7) SIG Sauer SIG516: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft: 5.56×45mm NATO.223 Remington 7.62×39mm United States Yes c. 2010–present SIG Sauer SIGM400: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft: 5.56×45mm NATO
The M110A1 SDMR is differentiated from the CSASS by the selected optic and the buttstock type. The SDMR variant is fitted with a SIG Sauer TANGO6 1–6x24 low-power variable optic, while the CSASS variant is fitted with a Schmidt & Bender 3–20×50 PM II Ultra Short telescopic sight. [1] [8]