Royal Marines: Firearms
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Royal Marines within the Littoral Response Group will be equipped with the Sig Sauer MCX rather than the L403A1-AIW.
Answered by Maria Eagle
The L143A2 (Sig Sauer MCX) is a flexible capability that is far more specialised and can be tailored to fit niche and mission specific roles required by the UK Commando Force (UKCF). It is therefore better suited to the specialist maritime roles of the Littoral Response Group (LRG).
The L403A1 is the new general purpose firearm of the UKCF, and is therefore less suited to some of the specialist roles that the LRG fulfils.
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