SIG SG 530

SIG SG 530
Type Assault rifle
Place of origin Switzerland
Production history
Designer Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG)
Designed 1960s
Manufacturer Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG)
Specifications
Weight 3.45 kg (7.61 lb)
Length 940 mm (37.0 in)

Cartridge 5.56×45mm NATO
Action Gas-operated, roller-locked
Rate of fire 600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity 912 m/s (2,992 ft/s)
Maximum firing range 500M
Feed system 30-round detachable box magazine
Sights Iron sights

The SIG 530 was a Swiss assault rifle developed in the 1960s by Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) to take the then-new 5.56×45mm NATO round.

Development

Development of the rifle started in 1963 as a joint project between SIG and Beretta. The latter had already cooperated with SIG on the production of the SG 510-4 rifle for Chile. Initial prototypes of the 5.56 mm rifle used the delayed-blowback operating system of the SIG SG 510. However, this operating system proved to be problematic with the relatively "weak" 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge, and the designers were forced to use a gas-operated, roller-locked system. In 1968, Beretta ceased development with SIG, and went to work on their own 5.56 mm rifle design resulting in the outwardly similar AR70. Due to a lack of sales, SIG abandoned the SG 530 in the 1970s in favor of developing the SG 540 series.

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