Whilst SIG Sauer won the U.S. Army's NGSW contract, it still interesting to learn about the other competitors' entries. In this case, watch the video of the rifle that Desert Tech submitted to the program... "Join Nick Young our CEO to go behind the scenes of Desert Tech's participation in the NGSAR and NGSW US Military Programs and listen to his opinions of the 6.8 round and firearms that are slotted to replace the M249 SAW and M4 rifles.

Garand Thumb gets to play with the replacement of the M249 of the U.S. Army, the M250 NGSW made by SIG Sauer... "The US Army's new belt fed Machine gun the M250 will be replacing the M249 SAW, the world is changing. Today we visit Sig and are given the rundown on the new belt fed machine gun that US Service Members will be carrying. The M250 fires the potent 6.8x51 (277 Fury) Hybrid cased round.

Garand Thumb gets to have some fun and give his thoughts on the newly selected service rifle of the U.S. Army, the NGSW XM5 or the SIG Sauer Spear... "The SIG SPEAR has been selected as the US Army's new Service rifle. Many people have tons of questions about the SIG SPEAR especially since it’s such a relatively new and in many ways traditional system compared to some of the other competitors in the NGSW.

Task & Purpose has a video showing a live firing of one of the finalists for the U.S. Army's NGSW program from General Dynamics... "Can this rifle replace the us army's M4 5.56mm ? True Velocity came out with a revolutionary NGSW 6.8mm 30% lighter weight cartridge. The Next Generation Squad Weapon program has three firearms manufactures competing to replace the legacy small arms. Word on the street is the army will select a winner by sometime around December of 2021 at the earliest.

We get to know more about the SIG LMG-68, one the proposed 6.80mm LMG for selection in the U.S. Army's NGSW program. The Firearm Blog got a video for us to watch... "In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves gets to take the SIG LMG-68 for a test drive at SIG Academy in New Hampshire. We talk to members of the design team about the LMG-68’s development, history, production, and capabilities."

Video with SIG Sauer President/CEO Ron Cohen who talks about the involvement of the company in the ongoing U.S. Army's Next Generation Squad Weapons Program (NGSW). SIG Sauer is a finalist in the selection that will replace the M16/M14 rifles and M249 support weapon... "SIG SAUER President and CEO Ron Cohen talks about the U.S. Army's historic Next Generation Squad Weapons Program and the revolutionary design the SIG SAUER team has developed."

In one of the presentations at the TFB Gunfest, they give an overview on the SIG Sauer MCX Spear NGSW Rifle... "In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves meets with Jason St. John of the SIG Defense Strategies Group to talk about SIG’s entry for the NGSW (“Next Generation Squad Weapon”) service rifle, the SIG MCX Spear in 6.8x51mm.

As we are keen followers on the NGSW programme which will determine the future service rifle and squad support weapon for the U.S. Army, we are interested in this Task & Purpose analysis of the NGSW's recoil with the 6.8mm round... "Everyone in the comments section noticed the same thing. The weapons recoil looks heavy. In this video you'll find out all the details we know about the US Army's 6.8mm Next Generation Squad Weapon's recoil."

This is a bit dated as it was posted last month, but it is interesting to see what Task & Purpose has to report on the ongoing NGSW programme of the U.S. Army to replace the M16/M4 and the M249 as it may also influence the development of future airsoft guns... "The Army is working to switch from the 5.56 mm ammo to the 6.8 mm next generation squad weapon. This is a future weapons program that includes the MG 6.8mm which we've acquired some new animations to.

In this Gear Scout video, a SEAL and U.S. Marine check out the entry of SIG Sauer for the NGSW-MG program of the U.S. Army... "Retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson and former Marine Weston Scott get the full background and factory tour of the new Sig Sauer 6.8 machine gun it's building for the Army's Next-Generation Squad Weapon Automatic Rifle program.