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SIG Sauer AG

Swiss Arms (before 2020)

About

SIG, standing for Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (Swiss Industrial Company), is a Swiss group with a historically major involvement with firearm manufacture. The group was originally founded as Schweizerische Waggon Fabrik (Swiss Wagon Factory) in 1853 by Friedrich Peyer im Hof, Heinrich Moser, and Johann Conrad Neher. The company entered a rifle design competition for the Swiss Army around 1860s, which they won and are awarded with a contract for the production of their Prelaz-Burnand rifle. This prompted the company to shift its focus and begin its firearm manufacturing production, as well as renaming itself to SIG in 1860.

SIG would continue to expand its firearm manufacturing capabilities in the following decades, with many of its weapons adopted by the Swiss Army. They produced the Mondragón Rifle in early 1900s and developed the SIG P210 in 1937. The company purchased J. P. Sauer & Sohn and Hammerli in 1970, and entered a partnership with the German Sauer due to Swiss laws preventing firearm export, creating SIG Sauer GmbH from which they could expand into the global market. SIG also created SIGARM Inc. in the United States to import its weapons into USA.

SIG today no longer manufactures weapons, and are instead a major player in the food packaging industry. In 2000, to refocus its manufacturing on to food packaging, all of SIG's firearm manufacturing subsidiaries and subdivisions were sold to Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier. SIG's own firearm division became Swiss Arms (later renamed to SIG Sauer AG), and is now a part of the Lüke & Ortmeier Gruppe. Many of Swiss Arm's weapons are imported into USA by SIGARM Inc., now named SIG Sauer Inc.

Specifications

Founded: 1853 (SIG), 2000 (Swiss Arms), 2020 (SIG Sauer AG)

Country: Switzerland

Products: Pistols, Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Machine Guns, Grenade Launchers

Guns

Pistols

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
SIG P210	9x19mm	8	1949-2003 2010-Present

Submachine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
SIG M1920	7.63×25mm Mauser 9×25mm Mauser 7.65×21mm Parabellum 9×19mm Parabellum	50	1920 - 1927	M1930
SIG MKMS	7.65x22 mm Luger 7.63x25 mm Mauser 9x19 mm Luger 9x25 mm Mauser	30, 40	1934-1941	MKMS MKPS MKMO MKPO
SIG MP-310	9x19mm Parabellum	40	Late 1940s - 1972	MP-48

Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
SIG SG 510	7.5mm Swiss 7.62x51mm NATO	20, 24, 30 20, 24, 30	1957-1983
SIG SG 540	5.56x45mm	20, 30	1977-2002	SIG SG 543
SIG SG 542	7.62x51mm NATO	20, 30	??
SIG SG 550	5.56x45mm NATO	5, 20, 30 round proprietary box magazine	1986-Present
SIG SG 551	5.56x45mm NATO	5, 20, 30	90s-Present
SIG SG 552	5.56x45mm NATO	5, 20, 30	1998-Present	SIG SG 553
SIG SG 556	5.56x45mm NATO	5, 20, 30	2006-Present
SIG SG 751 SAPR	7.62x51mm NATO	20	2009-Present

Sniper Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced
SIG SG 550 SR	5.56x45mm NATO	5, 20, 30	1988-????
SIG SG 556 DMR	5.56x45mm	5, 20, 30	????-Present
SG 511	.50 BMG	5	2011-Present

Machine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
SIG KE7	7.92×57mm Mauser	25	1929-1938
SIG MG50	.30-06	50 250	1951-????	M/51
SIG MG710-3	7.62x51mm NATO 6.5x55mm 7.92x57mm	100	1955–1960s

Grenade Launchers

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
SIG GL 5040	40x46mm	1	1997-Present	SIG GL 5140

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 =About=
 '''SIG''', standing for '''Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft''' (Swiss Industrial Company), is a Swiss group with a historically major involvement with firearm manufacture. The group was originally founded as ''Schweizerische Waggon Fabrik'' (Swiss Wagon Factory) in 1853 by Friedrich Peyer im Hof, Heinrich Moser, and Johann Conrad Neher. The company entered a rifle design competition for the Swiss Army around 1860s, which they won and are awarded with a contract for the production of their Prelaz-Burnand rifle. This prompted the company to shift its focus and begin its firearm manufacturing production, as well as renaming itself to SIG in 1860.
-SIG would continue to expand its firearm manufacturing capabilities in the following decade, with many of its weapons adopted by the Swiss Army. They produced the [[Mondragón Rifle]] and developed the [[SIG P210]] in 1937. The company purchased [[Sauer|J. P. Sauer & Sohn]] and Hammerli in 1970, and entered a partnership with the German Sauer due to Swiss laws preventing firearm export, creating [[SIG-Sauer|SIG Sauer GmbH]] from which they could expand into the global market. SIG also created SIGARM Inc. in the United States to import its weapons into USA.
+SIG would continue to expand its firearm manufacturing capabilities in the following decades, with many of its weapons adopted by the Swiss Army. They produced the [[Mondragón Rifle]] in early 1900s and developed the [[SIG P210]] in 1937. The company purchased [[Sauer|J. P. Sauer & Sohn]] and Hammerli in 1970, and entered a partnership with the German Sauer due to Swiss laws preventing firearm export, creating [[SIG-Sauer|SIG Sauer GmbH]] from which they could expand into the global market. SIG also created SIGARM Inc. in the United States to import its weapons into USA.
-SIG today no longer manufactures weapons, and are instead a major player in the food packaging industry. In 2000, to refocus its manufacturing on to food packaging, all of SIG's firearm manufacturing subsidiaries and subdivisions were sold to Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier. SIG's own firearm division became '''Swiss Arms''', and is now a part of the Lüke & Ortmeier Gruppe. Many of Swiss Arm's weapons are imported into USA by SIGARM Inc., now named SIG Sauer Inc.
+SIG today no longer manufactures weapons, and are instead a major player in the food packaging industry. In 2000, to refocus its manufacturing on to food packaging, all of SIG's firearm manufacturing subsidiaries and subdivisions were sold to Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier. SIG's own firearm division became '''Swiss Arms''' (later renamed to '''SIG Sauer AG'''), and is now a part of the Lüke & Ortmeier Gruppe. Many of Swiss Arm's weapons are imported into USA by SIGARM Inc., now named SIG Sauer Inc.
 =Specifications=
-'''Founded: ''' 1853
+'''Founded: ''' 1853 (SIG), 2000 (Swiss Arms), 2020 (SIG Sauer AG)
 '''Country: ''' Switzerland
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+|-
+| [[SIG M1920]] || 7.63×25mm Mauser<br>9×25mm Mauser<br>7.65×21mm Parabellum<br>9×19mm Parabellum || 50 || 1920 - 1927 || M1930 ||[[File:SIG M1920.jpg|250px]]
 |-
 | [[SIG MKMS]] || 7.65x22 mm Luger<br>7.63x25 mm Mauser<br>9x19 mm Luger<br>9x25 mm Mauser || 30, 40 || 1934-1941||MKMS<br>MKPS<br>MKMO<br>MKPO||[[File:SIG MKMS.jpg|250px]]
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-==Assault Rifles==
+==Rifles==
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 |[[SIG SG 540]]||5.56x45mm||20, 30||1977-2002||[[SIG SG 543]]||[[File:Sig sg540 1.jpg|300px]]
 |-
-|[[SIG SG 542]]||7.62x21mm||20, 30||??|| ||[[File:Sig sg542.jpg|300px]]
+|[[SIG SG 542]]||7.62x51mm NATO||20, 30||??|| ||[[File:Sig sg542.jpg|300px]]
 |-
 |[[SIG SG 550]]||5.56x45mm NATO||5, 20, 30 round proprietary box magazine||1986-Present|| ||[[File:SIG550.jpg|300px]]
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 |[[SIG SG 552]]||5.56x45mm NATO||5, 20, 30||1998-Present||[[SIG SG 553]]||[[File:SIG SG552.jpg|300px]]
 |-
-|[[SIG SG 556]]||5.56x45mm NATO||5, 20, 30||2006-Present||SIG SG 556 Classic||[[File:Sig556 classic.jpg|300px]]
+|[[SIG SG 556]]||5.56x45mm NATO||5, 20, 30||2006-Present||||[[File:Sig556 classic.jpg|300px]]
+|-
+|[[SIG SG 751|SIG SG 751 SAPR]]||7.62x51mm NATO||20||2009-Present|| ||[[File:SIG 751 SAPR.jpg|300px]]
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 |}
 ==Sniper Rifles==
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 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Variants'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Image'''
+|-
+|[[SIG KE7]] || 7.92×57mm Mauser || 25 || 1929-1938 || || [[File:SIG KE7.jpg|200px]]
 |-
 |[[SIG MG50]] || .30-06 || 50<BR>250||1951-????||M/51||[[File:SIG_MG50.jpg|200px]]
+|-
+|[[SIG MG710-3]] || 7.62x51mm NATO <br> 6.5x55mm <br> 7.92x57mm|| 100||1955–1960s||||[[File:MG710-3.jpg|200px]]
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 |}

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