New lightweight medium machine gun program makes special operators’ firepower wish list

[Talyn]

The new Lightweight Medium Machine Gun fires a .338 Norma Magnum round, delivering 4x the punch of a 7.62 at longer ranges.

Lightweight Medium Machine Gun Program

The General Dynamics proposal

The Sig Saur proposal, the MG338

 

[Talyn]

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Machine Gun With Longer Reach Sought By U.S. Army

A machine gun in .338 Norma Magnum caliber would offer Army units significantly greater range over their existing 7.62x51mm M240s.

www.twz.com

 

[Belt Fed]

That will be an expensive one to shoot. that sig is one ugly gun

 

[Warrior9(Ret)]

Understand that this program is for equipping the Special Operations Forces. The conventional forces will continue to use the current family of Machine guns.
The fielding of the new 6.8 SPC weapon systems is ongoing.
Yes, it’s ugly but it works