In November 2024 the British Army was announced to be receiving new thermal scopes for SA80A3 and Hunter battle rifles via the TALON thermal imaging sights, with the deal for around 10,000 units.

Sig Sauer’s MG 338 machine gun. The MG 338 is also the same machine gun competing with the Lightweight Medium Machine Gun from General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems for the U.S. Special ...

The Sig MG 338 general-purpose machine gun weighs just over 21 pounds and fires at a rate of 600 rounds per minute, delivering potent .338 Norma Magnum rounds out to ranges of 1,500 meters.

Via separate RfIs, the Indian Army has begun a search for general-purpose machine guns (GPMG) as well as antitank guided missiles for its fleet of BMP-2 IFVs. An RfI for the GPMGs, destined for ...

YAVORIV, Ukraine - Soldiers of 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2ndInfantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division conducted machine gun training with Ukrainian soldiers from 1st Battalion ...

I recently had a posting here on Defence Watch about details being provided to industry representatives on upgrades planned for the C6 General Purpose Machine Gun. The Army hopes to get ...

The Army’s website says: “The L7A2 GPMG is a 7.62mm x 51mm belt-fed general purpose machine gun which can be used as a light weapon and in a sustained fire (SF) role.

The contract for 1,148 new C6A1 FLEX General Purpose Machine Guns is worth more than $25.6 million. First deliveries to the Canadian Army are expected in September.