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>>9681458
Ah right, you mean the M17. Well, that's part of numerous contracts being awarded to Sig Sauer over the last few years, which start to get pretty suspicious when you realize that some of them seem to favor their entry in spite of not quite performing (not always bidding lower either).
I've seen claims that the M17 doesn't actually fire itself if you drop it, it's just the commercial P320 (which is untrue, as they're virtually the same), and bringing up how some people have quite a lot of problems with heavy leading in their pistol barrels (as in, with jacketed projectiles, not bare cast lead) and that customer service provide little more than platitudes, the fanboys get all huffy.

If you look at the current NGSW program, that's essentially SPIW 5.0, a retarded pipedream which aims to produce a super rifle that aims itself and which can readily defeat Lv.4 ballistic plates at long-ish ranges.
All the reasons why this is not just a tall order but in fact a very dubious goal for an infantry rifle would take too long here, but the short of it is that while all other entrants in this program were presenting varyingly innovative and creative approaches towards trying to achieve this crazy goals, including lightweight telescopic polymer cases, as well as bullpup designs as to maximize the amount of barrel length for given overall length to reach the needed speeds, Sig Sauer wins this contract.