WOW!
Sig has evidently scored a marketing coup.
The 6.8Sig Fury is NOT the selected weapon or vendor for the squad automatic weapon program. Neither is the cartridge.
The award went to Beretta Defense Technolgies and General Dynamics Ordinance and Tactical systems.
Sig, in it’s “fury” for not being selected has released THEIR offerings to the commercial market in an attempt to “set the table” for the future for establishing market presence.
The AMERICAN RIFLEMAN had a blurb on this last month. Further info is available from
www.truevelocityinc.com new NGSW. Sig, H&K, and FN got passed over as did ATK/ Federal, Textron.
“Insiders” I’ve conversed with indicate that the actual ammunition is a “large” case and won’t fit into an AR10 format. The personal defense weapon will be a bull pup format, and ballistics do indeed live up to the hype... as do weight savings. SAW and PDW are standard with suppressors.
Also see
www.military.com