Saturday 4 December 2021

The Next Generation Squad Weapon Program - Is SIG the frontrunner?


The Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle and assault rifle are expected to be selected by mid-2022, Major General Anthony Potts told the Army Times ahead of the US Army Association's annual meeting. It took the Army several years to decide on the caliber, but ultimately chose the "intermediate" 6.8mm to replace the existing 5.56mm used in the M4, M16 and M249.

The US Army has put forward a number of requirements for NGSW prototype weapons. While many of the NGSW program specifications are "competition sensitive" and therefore not known, all three NGSW contenders should be capable of firing the 6.8mm intermediate rifle cartridge specified by the army. The NGSW program requires applicants to submit two rifle designs, one to replace the M4 and the other to replace the M249. Army demands require companies to produce both rifle and combat automatic weapons for the NGSW competition, and the industry has since narrowed it down to three candidates.


The goal is to deploy NGSW-R in a separate unit as a planned replacement for the current M4A1 and NGSW-AR as a planned replacement for the current M249 squad automatic weapon. According to the U.S. military, the NGSW plan aims to "develop operationally significant mass lethality to counter the threat of spread" through several plans. The plan aims to improve the command-level lethality of the melee forces. It is an attempt on a prototype consisting of a rifle (NGSW-R) and an automatic rifle (NGSW-AR) with a conventional 6-inch bullet. 8mm and fire control system (NGSW). -FC) between the two systems. NGSW’s weapons and ammunition systems are exploring areas such as reduction of infrared signals, ergonomics and recoil improvement, but also aim to push the plan in new directions.


The plan also includes the development of a new fire control system for small arms that can be used in the NGSW program. As part of its efforts, the Army is pursuing a parallel next-generation fire and weapon control program to provide an enhanced fire control subsystem to improve the accuracy and lethality of fighters on and off the battlefield. The Army is in the final stages of evaluating NGSW prototypes from General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Textron Systems, and Sig Sauer to replace the 5.56mm M4A1 carbine and M249 unit automatic weapon in infantry and other close combat units.


Sig competes with Textron Systems and the General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Inc. in the development of the Armys Next Generation Squad Weapon, or NGSW, an effort to begin equipping melee units with a rifle and an automatic rifle chambered for 6.8mm. The approach to the next generation weapons prototype phase for the Army was complex and reflected significant support from a number of Department of Defense organizations, such as the Office of the Joint Arms and Ammunition Program. This work, which included six prototype weapons from five different suppliers, was completed in mid-2019 and provided the actual equipment to further inform the army's requirements.


The SIG SAUER (NGSW-R) rifle is based on the battle-proven MCX platform with additional 6.8x51 bullet firepower; Both NGSW-AR and NGSW-R feature familiar AR-style symmetrical ergonomics designed to seamlessly transition from legacy weapons to the SIG NGSW system. Each component of the SIG SAUER NGSW system offers significant improvements in the performance of weapons on the battlefield, starting with the SIG SAUER 6.8x51 hybrid ammunition, a lightweight cartridge designed to withstand higher pressures, resulting in increased speed and performance. While much of the Army's previous work on modernizing the M4 and advances in development likely contributed to the innovations incorporated into the NGSW, the new rifle is built to expand, retune, and significantly increase lethality in close combat. Admittedly, to some extent this may be due to the fact that these weapons will change and refine as competition develops.


The presentation by NGSW-Rifle, known as the MCX Spear, is based on the SIG MCX platform and, according to officials, is partly related to the 2015 Armys Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) presentation that won Heckler & Koch. SIG is not only a serious contender for the NGSW program, but it recently won the Army's XM17 modular artillery system and now supplies massive amounts of weapons to the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. The Next Generation Combat Weapons Program (NGSW) is a US military program designed to replace the M4 carbine, M249 SAW machine gun and M240 machine gun, and 5.56 mm cartridge.


The MCX spear has a lot of recoil, which SIG says is comparable to a 7.62x51mm chambered weapon system. Although SIG has produced a short-barreled shotgun comparable to the M4A1, it is a heavy weapon. Although the NGSW ammunition is much larger than the standard 5.56 ammunition, it is lighter due to its composite hull structure.


Textron Systems completed its prototype phase and delivered all of it's weapons for government testing; we are closely following the further steps of the army. A source linked to Textrons' involvement in the NGSW program confirmed that Textron is no longer part of the project and that the US Army's next-generation weapons program is now likely among the SIG Sauer and Lone Star Future Weapons proposals (General Dynamics). The program is currently in a competitive prototype iteration with three weapons and ammunition suppliers (SIG Sauer, General Dynamics - OTS and Textron Systems) and two fire control suppliers (Vortex Optics and L3Harris).


Unlike the SIG Sauer and Textrons NGSW prototypes, both General Dynamics two NGSW prototypes are bullpup models, with magazines loaded behind the trigger, for a fairly compact platform. The SIG Sauers rifle and submachine gun models are perhaps the least radical of the three companies seeking a contract with the Armys NGSW. The Sigs NGSW prototype rifle is a version of the AR-style platform developed by weapon manufacturers, and features familiar symmetrical ergonomics to all soldiers and marines, making it easy to upgrade to a new weapon system, officials said.


As part of the collaboration, Beretta also produced components for the second round of testing of the NGSW prototype and performed a range of analyzes including numerical evaluations, finite element analysis and simulations.


During visits to SIG Academy, writers came into contact with various weapon systems, including two prototypes from NGSW, a suppressed version of M17 and MCX Rattler that the military recently adopted as part of the modular pistol system program, which are currently being used by units And review. Special operations forces around the world. SIG is currently in conflict with General Dynamics-OTS and Textron Systems to obtain the privilege of replacing the M4 carbine and M249 Squad assault rifle in the military arsenal. In the following decades, it repositioned itself from the global war on terrorism to an almost equal opponent. The U.S. Army’s infantry, airborne rangers, and special operations forces are developing next-generation automatic rifles, ushering in a new era of close combat between combatants.


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