Sig Sauer MCX Rattler chambered in .300 Blackout. Sig Sauer
Left to right: Three different .300 Blackout rounds of different mass, 5.56mm NATO, 7.62x39mm. Wiki Commons by Silencertalk
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Posted on 06/08/2022 5:14:20 AM PDT by mabarker1
Introducing the Rattler chambered in .300 Blackout gives SOF troops a good combination of rifle and round for covert missions in tight spots.
U.S. special operators are finally getting ultra-compact personal defense weapons, or PDWs, chambered in .300 Blackout and standard 5.56x45mm ammunition to blast out of tight spots with a wallop similar to a full-size assault rifle. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) on May 19 issued a notice of intent to buy Sig’s MCX Rattler short-barreled rifles as personal defense weapons, or PDWs, under a five-year sole-source contract. No contract has been awarded yet and how many of these compact weapons SOCOM will buy is unclear. “After years of continuous market research, USSOCOM HQ has concluded that Sig Sauer is the only vendor that can fulfill USSOCOM’s need for the commercial PDW requirement,” the notice, posted to the U.S. government’s primary contracting website, said.
Commercial, off-the-shelf Rattlers will come with suppressors, cleaning kits, magazines, quick barrel-change kits and training kits. The version chambered in 5.56mm uses ammunition compatible with the larger M4A1 carbine and other standard-issue infantry rifles in the U.S. inventory. SOCOM specifically wanted a rifle chambered in .300 Blackout, designed by Advanced Armament Corporation (AAC) in cooperation with Remington in the late 2000s. The cartridge was developed primarily in two flavors that can be used interchangeably in the same firearm configuration. One was to roughly match the ballistic performance of the Soviet-developed 7.62x39mm round, retaining accuracy and power when fired from a weapon with an extremely short barrel. The other includes a heavier bullet that is subsonic and ideal for suppression and close-quarters combat.
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Sig Sauer MCX Rattler chambered in .300 Blackout. Sig Sauer
Left to right: Three different .300 Blackout rounds of different mass, 5.56mm NATO, 7.62x39mm. Wiki Commons by Silencertalk
(Video below in Article.)
Gun porn ping ping!!!
Can we get a photo of those rounds in rainbow colors?
I’ll take several caseloads please.
Off the shelf price...around $2 grand...yikes!
an american uzi.
i love mine... which i lost in a boating accident
Wow, how cool! In .300BLK, to boot…
A 5.5” barrel? What would that deliver in 300 Blackout, about 1850fps for a 115gr bullet? Doesn’t seem a practical round to me.
Meanwhile, on an actual battlefield that does not include illiterate goat-herders with zero aviation assets....
Russians With Attitude Retweeted Dr.Snekotron:
“Ground level and drone footage of a spetsnaz ambush on a Ukrainian recon team.”
Note how the Russians gave medical treatment to the wounded survivor, and then immediately used a “drag litter” to haul him away. My guess is that besides the ambush, their goal was to collect a prisoner for interrogation. Seems like it worked.
Another important lesson: day or night, if you are out patrolling, a drone might be above you watching your every move, until you are ambushed, rocketed, mortared, or shelled. Small tactical drones are a game changer.
https://twitter.com/snekotron/status/1534224353470324736
P.S. SOCAM no doubt will have ammo made for the 5.5” barrel, but still either a slow round with little flash or a faster round with lots of flash and bang.
Seriously? ten years in the USMC, 3 as 0311 Infantry, and Never heard our M16 referred to as our “full-size assault rifle.”
Purpose built for close quarters combat. Good article but I question where it says it can still penetrate heavy body armor. You lose a lot of muzzle velocity by the time you get down to a 5.5” barrel, between 50 and 100 ft/sec for each inch on a 5.56. Plus these would be subsonic rounds by design, so more like a heavy pistol round. But I don’t have the data on blackout to say for sure. Otherwise, cool gun porn.
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Wow ! I have never had a Thread get hit this fast by multiple Posters before.
May have to switch to coffee from tea to keep up.
Look, I’m not saying I want a Sig Rattler, but I want a Sig Rattler.
It also sets the stage for AI-controlled robotics in the battlefield.
I'm actually of the opinion that the firearm is rapidly becoming obsolete.
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“I have never had a Thread get hit this fast by multiple Posters before”
Two words......GUN PORN
When you get it, sell it to me.
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