[dynachrome]

Very nice weapon and will be made here.

[DesertRhino]

Awesome. Being a SIG it should be fantastic. What’s it weigh? 45 pounds empty?

A SIG keychain beer bottle opener would weigh 1.8 pounds.

[LegendHasIt]

Wow, I’d have never imagined that anyone would use a cartridge like this in a machine gun. Sniper rifle, yeah.

Glad to hear they are making them here.

[CtBigPat]

SIG SAUER MG 338 Machine Gun

[The Pack Knight]

Surprised they would go with a new caliber rather than something already in inventory. Who gets the contract to churn out all the new .338 Norma Mag?

[MileHi]

This looks awesome. Belt fed .338 mag has to get their attention.

[gundog]

M 240 has been in service since 1977. That’s not 60 years. Anyone remember the M60? It was in service from ‘57 to ‘77.

[GreyFriar]

But with it firing a .338 cal round, it will be a ‘special supply ammo item’ with no NATO interchangeability. Or will NATO also change to .338. Why not just produce it in the standard 7.62mm?

[Svartalfiar]

In comparison to the M2 (.50cal), which has been in service with the U.S. Military for 110 years, the MG 338 is approximately one-quarter the weight, and in a historic first, offers a man-portable solution with similar effective-range. Making

Similar effective range, maybe. Similar stopping power? Not even close. Especially at that effective range.

Compared to the 240, how easy is this guy to field strip and clean? Looking at the pictures, it's full of holes and overs and unders and crannys and nooks and all sorts of places that are hard to clean. Every single private is going to hate this system when the supply sergeant won't let them turn it in because it's not clean enough.

[wastedyears]

What the hell kind of machine is that? Looks like some Call of Duty kid’s wet dream.

[2111USMC]

Looks like they’ve got a red dot or reflex sight on the one at the link.