The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a United States military program created in 2017 by the U.S. Army to replace the 5.56mm M4 carbine, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the new weapons.

The FN Heat Adaptive Modular Rifle (HAMR) is a prototype Belgian-American squad automatic weapon concept derived from the SCAR. Designed in 2008, the weapon was one of four finalists of the Infantry Automatic Rifle program although it eventually lost out to the M27.[1]

HAMR NGSW (Heat Adaptive Modular Rifle) – 6.8mm Federal Cartridge Company cartridge variant entered in the United States Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon Program competition, it was beaten by the XM5 (later redesignated XM7), a SIG MCX Spear variant.

The NGSW Automatic Rifle is a lightweight, belt-fed, select fire, 6.8mm light machine gun. It has fully ambidextrous controls, a collapsible buttstock, MLOK® mounting locations, and a recoil...

Mar 13, 2018 · Upon closer inspection of the weapon pictured, it appears that it is in fact a version of the 5.56x45mm NATO HAMR-16 (Heat Adaptive Modular Rifle) that FN America introduced into the Marine Corps’ IAR competition, now almost a decade old. There are three points that positively identify this weapon as a HAMR-16.

Mar 12, 2023 · It’s important to note, however, that the IWS was not FN’s proposal for NGSW – that instead was based around an adapted FN HAMR and a belt-fed weapon in 6.8mm. The FN IWS on display at SHOT Show 2023 (Matthew Moss)

DOT&E intends to write a report after completion of the LLA and LUT. The NGSW system includes the Rifle (NGSW‐R) XM7, Automatic Rifle (NGSW‐AR) XM250, 6.8mm ammunition common to both weapons, and Fire Control (NGSW-FC) XM157 to be mounted on each weapon.

The U.S. Army is undergoing a significant overhaul of its infantry arsenal with the deployment of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program. This initiative aims to replace the rifles and light machine guns used by close combat units for decades.

The HAMR NGSW (heat-adaptive modular rifle) is a 6.8mm version from Federal Cartridge Company that competed in the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Program competition, losing to the XM5 (renamed XM7), a variant of the SIG MCX Spear.