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SIG Sauer’s 6.8×51 hybrid cartridge: How the Army’s newest round handles 80,000 PSI

SIG Sauer’s hybrid 6.8×51 cartridge pushes rifle pressures to roughly 80,000 psi, using a brass body, stainless steel base, and aluminum locking washer to contain forces that would challenge a ...
Task & Purpose

The Army is going all-in on killer apps for its next-generation squad weapon

If the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon program is supposed to produce the iPhone of lethality, then the service is looking for as many killer apps as possible. Two weeks after selecting three ...
American Rifleman

Winchester Awarded NGSW Tracer Contract

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The U.S. military has awarded a $9 ...
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Army Testing 'Iron Man' Suit Component for Next-Gen Squad Weapon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day soon, U.S. infantrymen could go into battle with Next Generation Squad Weapons equipped with a compact, mechanical ...
American Rifleman

Fear & Loading: Cobalt Kinetics and MARS Inc. Unveil Their NGSW Submission

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The search for new guns is known ...
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We got our hands on Sig Sauer’s Next Generation Squad Weapon prototypes. Here’s what they’re like

On a blazing hot Wednesday in May, I traveled to the SIG Sauer Academy in New Hampshire for what I can only describe as a treat: to join the ranks of the hundreds of soldiers and Marines involved in ...