Posted May 12, 2018 10:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

The United States Army seems to be constantly looking for ways to improve its designated marksmen. Different from snipers, designated marksmen provide precision shooting to the infantry unit that can be available whenever they need it, but still be effective in other battlefield conditions. It’s a solid concept, and the Army is continually looking to make it better.

Now, it seems it’s looking at Sig Sauer to help. In particular, it’s gone with Sig for optics.

Earlier this year, the Army conducted a Limited User Evaluation of the Squad Designated Marksman Rifle. Based on the M110A1 Compact Semi Automatic Sniper System program, SDMR consists of a 7.62 NATO G28 rifle built by Heckler & Koch, equipped with an OSS Suppressor and Harris Bipod. The missing piece was the optic.

The Army’s Program Manager for Soldier Weapons invited industry, through the Tailored Logistics Support program, to submit 1-6x variable optics for the evaluation. They selected the SIG Optics TANGO6 1-6x Optic. It is a front focal optic and may recall that we previously covered this scope during Enforce Tac. Please note that this is not the mount which will be used on SDMR.

This optic was …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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