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2018-06-16 Olde Tyme Religion

Army's submachine gun challenge: 10 companies vying to supply conventional forces

[Wash Times] The U.S. Army recently put word out that it wanted submachine guns for conventional forces, and gun-makers were quick to respond.

Ten companies are currently vying to supply troops outside the special operations forces realm with subguns for the modern battlefield. Officials said they wanted a weapon with full/semi-automatic selectable variant and a Picatinny rail, among other features, and organizations from Sig Sauer, Inc. to Colt answered the call.

"For the first time in a long time, the Army is looking at a subgun for conventional forces," Todd South of Military Times reported Wednesday. "Special operations forces have carried these guns for a very long time, but your conventional soldiers and Marines don’t really have them in their arsenal until now."

The Army received the following submissions:
* Z-5RS, Z-5P and Z-5K Sub Compact Weapons; Zenith Firearms
* B&T MP9 Machine Guns; Trident Rifles, LLC
* MPX Sub Compact Weapon; Sig Sauer, Inc.
* 5.5 CLT and 5.5 QV5 Sub Compact Weapon; Quarter Circle 10 LLC
* PTR 9CS Sub Compact Weapon; PTR Industries, Inc.
* MARS-L9 Compact Suppressed Weapon; Lewis Machine & Tool Company
* CZ Scorpion EVO 3 A1 Submachine gun; CZ-USA
* CMMG Ultra PDW; CMMG, Inc.
* Beretta PMX Sub Compact Weapon; USA Corporation
* CM9MM-9H-M5A; Colt’s Manufacturing Company, LLC

"Another subgun option the Army could consider is [Heckler & Koch’s] MP5," Mr. South reported. "The [MP5 MLI] is an improved version on what they’ve had for decades. It’s pretty familiar to a lot of people. A lot of folks growing up like I did in the 1980s and 1990s might have seen it. The Navy SEALs carried it."

Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-16 02:07|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Give em what McCready had: A shotgun and a flame thrower.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-06-16 04:30|| 2018-06-16 04:30|| Front Page Top

Sweet little inexpensive 9mm gem, the Carl Gustov M/45 or Swedish-K. You can train an operator to write his or her name at 10 meters with little difficulty.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-16 07:16|| 2018-06-16 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Cause giving the M15/4 full auto again isn't in the plans?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-06-16 07:30|| 2018-06-16 07:30|| Front Page Top

#4 I understand the SG Teams have a lot of success with the P90.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-06-16 08:48|| 2018-06-16 08:48|| Front Page Top

#5 If you go to the article, or other articles, you find out that the army specified that they want a select-fire weapon in 9mm, so I guess forget about the P90. In all seriousness, it's used by a lot of federal agencies, including the secret service.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-06-16 14:57|| 2018-06-16 14:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Army Submachine Gun Challenge - just the name alone is making America great again.

Posted by SteveS 2018-06-16 16:20|| 2018-06-16 16:20|| Front Page Top

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