‘WIDOWMAKER' FOR ELITE TROOPS
Daily Star Sunday|April 03, 2022
THE SAS are being issued with a deadly machine gun nicknamed the Widowmaker.
JOHN WARD
‘WIDOWMAKER' FOR ELITE TROOPS

The hand-held XM556 can fire up to 8,000 rounds a minute and has been described as a miniature version of the Gatling gun.

One soldier said: “The XM556 is incredible. It was designed for maximum obliteration.

This story is from the April 03, 2022 edition of Daily Star Sunday.

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