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According to a solicitation posted <\/a>to the federal government\u2019s official contracts site, US Special Operations Command appears to be hunting around for new optics for its crew-served weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solicitation, still currently active, was tendered by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane in mid-January for a Crew Served Weapons Optic that can be mounted on and effectively operated with SOCOM\u2019s vast arsenal of mounted machine guns, including the M2A1 (.50 caliber heavy machine gun), the M240 (the 7.62 NATO mainstay general-purpose machine gun), and the Mk44 minigun (also chambered for 7.62 NATO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mounting optics to crew-served weaponry isn\u2019t anything new or groundbreaking, with a history tracing back beyond the Vietnam War. Legendary sniper Carlos Hathcock was known<\/a> to generate confirmed kills using an M2 \u201cMa Deuce\u201d with scope mated to a custom-built mount. Indeed even miniguns have been occasionally spotted over the years with EOTech holographic sights.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A machine gun is deadly, but one with precision scope is next level. Clint and Weston check out Trijicon’s MGRS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

Regardless, it\u2019s interesting to see SOCOM pursue what appears to be a one-size-fits-all solution that can work with a wide variety of mounted weapons instead of an optic that works well with just one or two platforms in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the solicitation does not include any public information on the exact specifications of the CSWO that SOCOM intends to pick up in the coming months, it wouldn\u2019t be unreasonable to assume from the above that the optic would be of fixed magnification. Not a whole lot more can be inferred, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Army Sgt. William Shealey, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, fires an M2 machine gun during the 2018 International Sniper Competition at Burroughs Range on Fort Benning, Georgia, Oct. 17, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michelle U. Blesam)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As with most solicitations posted by Crane to the federal contracts site, the end-user (i.e. one or more of SOCOM\u2019s various special operations forces) of the CSWO has not been specified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contract\u2019s stipulations mandate that bidders need to provide a soft case for the optic, a commercial battery, user manual, lens cloth, a lanyard, and mounting hardware \u2014 all fairly standard equipment and accessories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Firearms Blog reports that at the very least<\/a>, SOCOM will buy 200 optics, though the order could potentially rise up to over 1,500 optics depending on the needs of the units that will field the CSWO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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