St Cloud, MN – Maxim Defense Industries, LLC announced Friday that they are working with the U.S. Army at Fort Benning and The Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE) has sponsored four (4) of their core products to be a part of Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) in 2020.
The MCoE sponsored products include Maxims MDX weapon system consisting of the MDX:505/PDX (5.5″ barrel), the MDX:508 (8″ barrel), and the MDX:511 (11″ barrel) along with three (3) of their stock system variants; the Sub-Compact Weapon Stock (SCW), Maxim’s Gen7 Close Quarters Battle (CQB) Stock and the Combat Carbine Stock (CCS).
“This is added capabilities for Soldiers on the ground.” Said CJ Dugan, VP of MIL/GOV/Int’l Business Development. “These products not only help reduce the overall length of the M4 weapon system but by having the shorter barrel lengths of our MDX line, Soldiers will have rifle caliber capabilities in confined situations that historically only pistols were used.”
“We are excited and humbled to be part of the process to enhance the warfighter’s capabilities on the battlefield.” Said Michael Windfeldt, CEO of Maxim. “Our focus is to provide those that defend our nations freedoms with superior firearms and accessories that exceed in the most extreme environments.”
Maxim Defense is scheduled for Live Fire Experiments on the 14th of November and will be at the Force-on-Force Experiments with the U.S. Army, U.K. Army, and the Australian Army January through March of 2020.
Calibers: 300BLK, 5.56 NATO and 7.62x39mm
Barrel Length: 5.5”
Colors: Black or Arid
Overall Length: 18.75”
Platform: AR15 / M4
Buffer-Carrier: Standard, H1, H2, H3
Material Composition: 7075 Aluminum
Finish: MILSPEC Anodized
Length: 4.0” 1st position (closed)
5.25” 2nd position
6.5” 3rd position
7.75” 4th position
8.75” 5th position (extended)
Platform: AR15 / M4
Buffer: Standard, H1, H2, H3, 9mm PCC
Material Composition: 7075 Aluminum
Finish: MILSPEC Anodized
Length: 5.375” closed
6.8” 1st position
8.375” 2nd position
10” fully extended
Platform: AR15 / M4
Buffer & Tube: Standard Carbine Length
Material Composition: 7075 Aluminum
Finish: MILSPEC Anodized
Length: 6.825” closed
8.6875” 1st position
10.5” fully extended
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Not an expert by any means… but the CQB & CCS seem redundant, similar lengths, etc. you’d have all capabilities w/ SCW & CCS. CQB could be cut entirely…
Revisit the length dimensions as listed. I’ve shot these, Maxim puts a lot of thought into their work.
A stock that is more expensive than entire AR15s. Just how?
A stock that is more expensive than some garbage ARs, yes. There are inferior versions of this stock to go with those inferior ARs that might be more in your range of acceptable pricing if you dig around.
The bird in hand is worth two in the bush. In other words, a contract to manufacture 50,000-100,000 carbines for the Military is guaranteed money in the bank upon delivery whereas these stocks are built on speculation of being sold.
Doesn’t appear to be beard friendly.
Yep, my thoughts as well.