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The German manufacturer introduces a 9mm semi-automatic sporting version of what's probably the world’s most popular submachine gun. The SP5 features a Navy barrel with threaded tri-lug adaptor, paddle magazine release, fluted chamber and chrome-lined bore, using the same roller-delayed blowback operating system of its full-auto siblings. Above all, it's the real McCoy!

all4shooters.com reports about the highlights of the MILIPOL international security trade fair, which took place from 19 to 22 November, 2019, in Paris, the cosmopolitan French metropolis. Much of MILIPOL 2019 was dedicated to the US Army NSGW "Next Generation Squad Weapon" project, in which SIG Sauer, a German manufacturer, is also participating.

Following its visit to the DSEI trade fair in London, Heckler & Koch – a German government supplier – gets back with a lucrative major order from the UK Ministry of Defence: £15 million and a contract option for another £50 million. Learn more here on all4shooters.
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Developed in partnership with General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and Beretta Defense Technologies, the new polymer cartridge has been selected for the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) modernization program. Among the advantages,  reduction in weight and enhanced accuracy.

After being officially awarded a contract by the U.S. Army, SIG Sauer shows its Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) rifle and lightweight machine gun prototypes, both chambered in a 6.8mm hybrid ammunition. Other two companies -  General Dynamics-OTS Inc. and AAI Corporation Textron Systems – will deliver prototypes of the weapons meant to replace the M249 squad automatic weapon and the M4 …

After the US Army – that chose the SIG P320-M17 in 2017 – the USMC has formally adopted the compact version of the P320 as the new 9mm service pistol. The P320-M18 is going to replace the Corps' M9, M9A1, M007 and M45A1 pistols still in use. 

The new version was introduced some days ago at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC), the premier conference for the SOF community. The belt-fed MK 48 in 6.5 Creedmoor features the latest upgrades for FN’s series of light and medium machine guns, and the caliber it’s chambered for is more and more popular among the military.

Textron Systems, that have been working with the US military for the last 14 years, delivered a “prototype demonstrator” of Next Generation Squad Weapon-Technology. The NGSW-T automatic rifle prototype is based on Textron’s proven Cased-Telescoped (CT) Weapons and Ammunition technology.

The US branch of the well-known Swiss company will supply 350 SCWs, with an option for additional quantities of up to 1,000 SCWs, for a total value of more than 2.5 million USD. The selected gun is based on B&T’s APC9 PRO K model featuring a close bolt blow-back system, an ambidextrous non-reciprocating charging handle and a collapsible shoulder stock.

A US-based company named Iron Horse Firearms developed a “thumb operated receiver” where you use you thumb instead of you index finger to fire an AR15-type rifle. They also offer a complete semi-auto rifle chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO. Will it be a revolution in the conservative world of firearms?

The compact variant of the U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS) successfully completed an unprecedented 12,000-round Lot Acceptance Test with zero stoppages. “An extraordinary display of reliability,” according to SIG. The 9mm M17 / M18 striker-fired pistols are being adopted by the US Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. 

The new SIG machine gun is a modern multi-caliber design that was developed with the US Army's needs in mind.  Already available in .338 Norma Magnum and 7.62x51mm NATO, it can in fact be easily adapted to chamber the new XM1168 6.8mm GP round for the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program. The all4shooters Team captured some exclusive photos of the SLMAG: let's see them together.

As witnessed during the SHOT Show 2019, according to an official press release from the Ministry of the Interior of the German Land of Saxony-Anhalt, the latter’s state police officers will be equipped with the unique GLOCK G46 in 9 mm Luger. An almost historical event, since it’s the first German state to choose GLOCK pistols for its law enforcement officers. For the first time ever, GLOCK is …

The great flexibility of the project at the base of the AK-47 assault rifle allowed for the development of light machine guns, sniper rifles and even shotguns on the same platform of the assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov.