US Army is beginning to turn "ngsw finally here!" into a monthly announcement. The concrete news in brief:
1. Ammo contracts have been signed. This includes a new plant.
2. First unit equipped milestone has been reached with the 101st.
3. Cold testing was announced again, for unclear reasons. There are photos of this that only appear in some random newsletter called The Outpost, which I will include.
Previously
https://desuarchive.org/k/thread/61075777
Ammo
https://www.army.mil/article/274748/army_awards_next_generation_squad_weapon_ammunition_facility_construction_contract
Pictured: the world's shittiest shitpic of an architectural render. Context from an old article:
https://archive.is/ctylq
Olin Corp.'s [OLN] Winchester division is responsible for running the facility—including everything from ammo production to security and lawn maintenance—and the Army provides oversight.
The Lake City plant remains on track to begin interim production at low-scale of the complete 6.8 caliber ammo in the first quarter of calendar year 2024, Adam Hinsdale, the civilian executive assistant at LCAAP, told reporters.
Initial production by Winchester at LCAAP will be done in existing facilities. Ground is expected to be broken in 2024 on a new Building 4 at the plant, which will house complete 6.8 caliber production. The new facility is expected to be completed in 2026 and fully commissioned by 2028.
In the last six months, the original Building 4, where .30 caliber ammunition was made, has been demolished and the land completely cleared to get ready for the new facility. Denton said the new Building 4 is in the design phase.
Come 2028, LCAAP will become the program of record for the 6.8 ammo, ramping to full production as the NGSW is fielded. There are two combat weapons that are part of NGSW, the XM7 Rifle and the XM250 Automatic Rifle, which will replace the current M4 Rifle and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon used by close combat forces, respectively.
Man that lardass heavy piece of shit is really what ground pounder bros are going to be stuck with huh? Damn, of all the times for a rifle replacement project to not get buried. Sig really does have the best lobbying and revolving door.
The new rifle sucks. The gpmg actually would be okay if they had included a quick change barrel, but the army apparently didn't want one for some weird ass reason.
They wont be using enough ammo for it to matter. New gpmg doctrin adopted last week: one shot, one kill
Is the US actually moving away from the volume of fire wins fights doctrine that we have used since nam?
Yes. The mg has been reassigned as a sniper weapon. I thought the big scope made it obvious. The switch is partially for logistical reasons ( i.e. don't need to reload as often). The suppressor also makes it viable for covert operations.
>The suppressor also makes it viable for covert operations.
Lol
>on track
>to begin interim production at low-scale
>Ground is expected to be broken in 2024
>The new facility is expected to be completed in 2026 and fully commissioned by 2028.
lmfao, every. single.time.^
Try much, much harder
Is there any indication that the full-power ammo will ever actually be manufactured? Or will they stick with the low-power training ammo because the whole magnum cartridge idea was moronic in the first place, meaning that Sig is the only competitor whose entry didn't meet the requirements?
The stuff on the belt in the OP is the 'full power' stuff, the Army isn't procuring ammo specifically for training until the reduced range stuff is ready.
You sure? Apparently there's underpowered hybrid case ammo as well.
I already saw people experimenting with the brass in reloading 8.6 blackout
The only 'underpowered' stuff is civilian ammo.
>Olin's Winchester
ITT: GenZ when you're just dropping words and names like an apellomancer because you weren't alive to understand that words used to have power behind them.
I understand Rip Van Winkle now.
First!!1
https://soldiersystems.net/2024/03/28/army-delivers-next-generation-squad-weapon-to-first-unit
>LTC Mark Vidotto, Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) requirements manager for Army Futures Command, LTC Eric Evans, Battalion Commander, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, CSM Ryan Jeffers, senior enlisted leader of the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, and MAJ Eric Forsgren, assistant product manager for the NGSW for PEO Soldier, pose for a group photo at an NGSW first unit equipped and unboxing event at Fort Campbell, Ky., March 28. Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division received and unboxed the NGSW, which is the most lethal small arms weapon system in the world, and part of the Army’s modernization effort to counter and decisively overcome emerging and future threats. #lethality #NGSW #XM7 #XM250
> Precisely how many weapons were received by the 1st Battalion remains unclear
Oh this is just getting sad.
Exact numbers, down to the individual rifle, are plainly listed in the yearly budget books. At least necro with something way shittier if you're gonna be that way.
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That is one unamused major
Cold
https://files.catbox.moe/wlhrgx.pdf
https://www.army.mil/article/274839/next_generation_squad_weapon_tested_at_u_s_army_cold_regions_test_cen
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I bet Red’s Bird Cage Saloon is a fun place
>arguably one of the best DMR optics ever made
>put it on a fricking feed tray cover that rotates
Looks like an elaborate but moronic /k/ shitpost
Elaborate, yes, moronic even. But is it Rigger Hall of Fame tier?
I didn't even see that. You made me double check if this was released on the 1st, I guess there really is a rigger hall of fame.
>YTC rigger inducted to US Army Rigger Hall of Fame
Shieet!
Is this another one of those threads where op samegays while saying the dumbest shit ever?
No, I started making these threads because of the pervasive moronation about the program. Dry update posts sticking to the actual information have worked well to suppress the screeching so far.
The full-power ammo is in production, like the good anon said. I do not know the rate or long-term scaling plans. Someone else will if the thread stays up for a few hours.
No, its the thread where the OP gets real real defensive about US military vaporware. Sometimes jerking off to big numbers with dollar signs attached to them and dates.
That camo is so bad. I can see him easily.
homie wearing uniform by yeezy
Damn bro, did the mean jannies delete your twitter screenshot thread about the SYSTEMATIC DIS.MAN.TLE.MENT of the us military? sux
Not my thread, but god damn man you are a gay.
I wonder what the bullet itself is made of. Some special kind of steel? Copper? They should make it out of tungsten or something