The SIG LMG 68 Light Machine Gun: Next Gen Firepower
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves gets to take the SIG LMG68 for a test drive at SIG Academy in New Hampshire. We talk to members of the design team about the LMG68 s development, history, production, and capabilities. As previously reported on The Firearm Blog by Matt Moss: The LMG68 can be chambered in both SIGs 6. 8x51mm Hybrid and 7. 62x51mm, requiring only a barrel change and no change to the bolt. The LMG68 takes the MG338s technology and compresses it into a package the size of an M249. It weighs around 12lbs and some weight saving measures have been taken to achieve this with the carrying handle removed. Like its bigger brother, it has an aluminum receiver but has a hammer forged steel, 16in barrel, also with a manganese phosphate finish. The weapon uses the same starter belt system. It uses the same shortstroke gas piston system and also has a similar recoil mitigation system and internal buffer which reportedly brings down its felt recoil to that of an M4 Carbine It has a s
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