Posted on Apr 21, 2022
Army expects Next Generation Squad Weapon to get to its first unit by next year
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The first batch of NGSW rifles and automatic rifles, along with their high-tech fire control optic, are scheduled to arrive to a not-yet-identified Army unit by the end of fiscal 2023, which means by or before October 2023.
Army expects Next Generation Squad Weapon to get to its first unit by next year
Posted from armytimes.com
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MSG Roy Cheever
That would not be a good idea. Especially for me, I was kicked out and we will not likely see (or touch or fire) one for another 5 years.
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Which means “ Rangers” green Beret and then all special ops attached and after all active then Nat Guard. Sound about right?
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MSG Thomas Currie
That's pretty much the standard order.
The army won't be getting in any big hurry with the M5 & M250 for several reasons, but mostly because it's going to take a while to build up the ammo reserve needed to support any significant use in actual combat.
The only way any NG unit is going to get the NGSW this decade would be if we ended up deploying the NG unit to fill out an active army unit in a combat zone.
The M4/M249/M240B will be around as long as anyone currently on active duty -- the Army will be having three tiers of weapons and ammo. M4/M249 with 5.56x45 for everyone who isn't supposed to be fighting; M5/M250 with regular brass 6.8x51 for combat units not facing a peer enemy; and M5/M250 with the hybrid 6.8x51 for combat units when the stuff really hits the fan.
SOCOM will get the fancy new toys first (like they always do). That's good because they will test the new stuff in ways that the engineers never dreamed of.
What really interests me isn't the new SIG weapons or the fancy ++P++ hybrid ammo, I'm much more interested in (and a bit concerned about) the Next Generation Squad Optic that is supposed to go with it. The NGSO seems to be the Army's 'solution' to the on-going inability to train marksmanship for the average soldier.
Of course now that we have a NGSW and NGSO on the way, all we need to do is figure out how to turn Millennials into Next Generation Squad Members -- which I expect will continue to be a major challenge.
The army won't be getting in any big hurry with the M5 & M250 for several reasons, but mostly because it's going to take a while to build up the ammo reserve needed to support any significant use in actual combat.
The only way any NG unit is going to get the NGSW this decade would be if we ended up deploying the NG unit to fill out an active army unit in a combat zone.
The M4/M249/M240B will be around as long as anyone currently on active duty -- the Army will be having three tiers of weapons and ammo. M4/M249 with 5.56x45 for everyone who isn't supposed to be fighting; M5/M250 with regular brass 6.8x51 for combat units not facing a peer enemy; and M5/M250 with the hybrid 6.8x51 for combat units when the stuff really hits the fan.
SOCOM will get the fancy new toys first (like they always do). That's good because they will test the new stuff in ways that the engineers never dreamed of.
What really interests me isn't the new SIG weapons or the fancy ++P++ hybrid ammo, I'm much more interested in (and a bit concerned about) the Next Generation Squad Optic that is supposed to go with it. The NGSO seems to be the Army's 'solution' to the on-going inability to train marksmanship for the average soldier.
Of course now that we have a NGSW and NGSO on the way, all we need to do is figure out how to turn Millennials into Next Generation Squad Members -- which I expect will continue to be a major challenge.
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