SOCOM set to select Lightweight Medium Machine Gun

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If history is any guide, SIG might win this one too.

"Basic specifications of the Lightweight Medium Machinegun from the competitors are:

Ohio Ordnance Works Recoil Enhanced Automatic Precision Rifle, or REAPR: a 26.8-pound, 54.5-inch weapon with a rate of fire of 550 rounds to 660 rounds per minute.

Sig Sauer’s MG 338: a 24.1-pound, 50-inch weapon with a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute.

True Velocity’s Recoil Mitigation 338: a 25-pound, 49-inch weapon with a rate of fire exceeding 500 rounds per minute."


https://www.defensenews.com/land/202...n-new-caliber/