USSOCOM has announced Lewis Machine & Tool as the winner of the Medium Range Gas Gun – Assault OTA. MRGG-A is a carbine chambered in 6.5 CM and capable of semi and full auto fire. It is a companion weapon to the Sniper variant of MRGG, awarded to Geissele Automatics in 2023.
Lewis Machine & Tools Defense, Eldridge, Iowa, was awarded a 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H9240325DE003) with a maximum ceiling of $92,000,000 for medium range gas gun-assault kits, spare parts and accessories, new equipment training, and engineering change proposals. The work will be performed in Eldridge, Iowa, and the last day to order under the contract is Aug. 14, 2035. U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Aug. 20, 2025)
Congrats to LMT!
This seemed to be in the works for a while, but there was question as to whether MRGG-A would be a separate award following Geissele’s win with what became the Mk1.
I wonder if LMT’s rifle will get a separate designation?
Additionally, it really seems to me that MRGG was 2 different efforts stuffed into 1: a sniper support weapon for NSW, and a broader or more capable M110 alternative for USASOC.
I’d be very interested to see if NSW ends up procuring shorty uppers from Geissele, and if SOCOM or USASOC end up procuring long barrel uppers from LMT, in the long run.
My next deer/hog/coyote rifle, hopefully.
6.5 Creedmore?
CM is Creedmoor