I know that SF always get to do their own thing, but lack of commonality in rifle ammo strikes me as a bit weird.

Edit: Also why? I thought SOCOM was watching NGWS?

Three, it's also got an AR style pull handle.

graylion said:

Edit: Also why? I thought SOCOM was watching NGWS?

They did.

And they resumed their 6.5 mm Creedmoor program a few month ago, the SIG 6.8x51 mm was probably not what they were looking for...

I assume this is one of those cases where FN had the gun mostly designed already before the NGSW program wrapped up, so they're obligated to take a look at the gun now? Given that its going to take a few years for XM5's to disseminate, I suppose a stop gap rifle like this could get a small contract in the interim.

https://soldiersystems.net/2019/06/05/ussocom-small-arms-update-2019/

so kinda parallel to the ngsw socom was also procuring new weapons and switching to 6.5

firstly for the ar-dmr-sniper role the fn mrgg (prev fn scar)
for the cqb carbine the rattler
for the gpmg role the sig mg338?
for the sniper role the 338 mrad

views?

 

I am currently working on getting bunch of 6.5creedmoor rifles to our SF guys, we ordered some Haenel CR6.5 . We couldnt get the FN SCARS in any reasonable timeframe as the 6.5CM variant would need to come from US , we also added some 6.5barrels to bolt action orders at AI. We are going for rather short barrel configurations as they are always paired with suppresors , 50m effective range you loose with 16 over 20' barrel is a worthy compromise especialy as you are still gaining some range over 7.62x51

MDM22 is some Frankenstein alright ,3 charging handles, bolt-on forward assist, and SR25 mags .

6.5 Creedmoor is a ready solution, not future vaporware both in terms of guns and ammo. In guns where you can just swap barrel that is all it takes. 6.5creedmoor ammo is manufactured by many manufacturers. Nammo-Lapua already offer AP bullets, we are still waiting for AP ammo to be made .

We are trailing ZCO 420 on the gas guns and Stainer I7 IFS  on the Bolt guns , to see if there is merit to scope with ballistics computer

Agree with you 100% on 6.5 mm Creedmoor. An excellent calibre with better range and terminal effectiveness than 7.62 mm NATO in a lighter package and less recoil. The 120 grain EPR-style bullet developed for it is superb. I don't know why the US Army didn't just develop this further. The velocity could easily be increased to 1,000 mps for better body armour defeat in a standard brass cartridge. 

Actually I am a bit surprised that 6.5 Creedmoor was chosen over .260 Rem , a design that is far better suited for automatic weapons and also has a bit more boiler room and can push bullets to higher speeds. I guess 260Rem range of offerings was just too small.

The 6.5 mm synergies re: re-barreling 7.62 mm weapons were just too good to pass-up.

Sorry you had to go to Merkel / Haenel instead of FN Herstal. I really like the SCAR. It is my pick of non-AR15 assault rifles.  

Our guys have ScarH in 13, 16, and 20 in barrel configurations and these are fine rifles especially once fitted with nonfolding SSR stock( transforms the weapon) but for 6.5CM we couldn't get any not to mention they are getting a bad rep .

*But lets just say that when they tested bunch of guns HK won out , but FN has claws in our military so FN rep and manufacturing contractor made a call and SCAR H was bought instead of HK . Haenel is like evolved HK in many ways.

You can only imagine how deep the claws of FN reach in our Military when you consider we have a FN2000 as a main battle rifle.

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Aside from  the buttstock Haenel CR6.5 is probably a superior weapon anyways.