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It can now be confirmed that SIG’s NGSW-R prototype is called the ‘Spear’, feeding from a box magazine, which was not on display at the show, it fires the same 6.8x51mm Hybrid round. It is the latest evolution of the popular SIG MCX platform but with some improvements including a newly designed forend with a full-length top pic rail – though not monolithic. It has a standard AR-style charging handle but also an additional folding charging handle on the left side of the receiver – which does not remain deployed once you release it – unlike the machine guns. The side charging handle was not an NGSW requirement but a SIG design choice. In the configuration shown at DSEI the rifle has a 13in barrel and an overall length of just over 30in.

TFB First Look: SIG Sauer's Next Generation Squad Weapons -The Firearm Blog

Description
It can now be confirmed that SIG’s NGSW-R prototype is called the ‘Spear’, feeding from a box magazine, which was not on display at the show, it fires the same 6.8x51mm Hybrid round. It is the latest evolution of the popular SIG MCX platform but with some improvements including a newly designed forend with a full-length top pic rail – though not monolithic. It has a standard AR-style charging handle but also an additional folding charging handle on the left side of the receiver – which does not remain deployed once you release it – unlike the machine guns. The side charging handle was not an NGSW requirement but a SIG design choice. In the configuration shown at DSEI the rifle has a 13in barrel and an overall length of just over 30in.

TFB First Look: SIG Sauer's Next Generation Squad Weapons -The Firearm Blog