Army picks SIG to produce Next Generation Squad Weapon
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ABNAK
You're active duty, correct? Maybe you can find out if it is indeed the entire Infantry company/battalion that is equipped with the Sig? Don't think that it would be an OPSEC violation being as it's a [newly] fielded "general issue" weapon.
I haven’t been around operational units on the conventional side for some time and won’t be again for at least another year. I may run into someone that I can ask in that time but it’s hard to say.
It’s a safe assumption that most of a line company will be outfitted, I don’t know about the support personnel that belong to each company though. It’s not a ton of people but when you add up the medics, supply, commo, and any attached personnel, it’s enough that you probably shouldn’t ignore 5.56. That problem will be much bigger at the BN level with far more support personnel and light IN BNs do not have significant distribution capabilities so it’s not uncommon to have to work through prioritizing pallet space for all classes of resupply. Ammo is only part of that so one more thing is, in fact, one more thing.
Spare parts and maintenance procedures will have a similar problem. It’s not the end of the world, but it’s also not a small handful of sniper rifles. This will be a significant quantity of weapons, of which, there is zero institutional knowledge. Without a full replacement of current platforms, it will increase the tax on logistics.
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