Sig MPX in 300 BLK -- is this the PDW that we have been seeking?

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I don't recognize the voice. Who does it sound like to you?


Since the MP5 was typically used as an offensive weapon, "Personal Defense Weapon" seems like a somewhat erroneous classification.



If the video is an example of how the new gun would be used, wouldn't it be a lot more accurate to call it a Covert Operations Weapon?

Some units used them for offensive work until the 723s and 727s made it obsolete in that regard.

Other units mainly used them for a few guys on a Team when doing SR (MP5SD3), and ADVON (MP5A3 and MP5K for some). In the ADVON role, it's a PDW all day long, not offensive. Same with SR. It's a compromise scenario option for discreetly taking out things before they get out of control. I'm talking personal experience here, not reading about some peripheral glimmer of a hint about practical application of them, with all the false assumptions that come with that.

Since the MP5s are very worn, outdated, have cumbersome aiming solution mounting issues, and bad ergonomics, it makes sense that units are asking for something more up-to-date that shares commonality with AR15 ergonomics, magazines, firepower, while still retaining the suppressed and subsonic capability of the SD3.

In the SiG video, they're showing a certain type of SR that requires a low profile, concealable system, with similar performance to an M4 within close ranges.

The KAC PDW would be another one to look at, as they have made an AR15 mag-compatible version of it that was at SHOT a few years ago even.