12-gauge Shotgun
The 12-gauge shotgun is a manually operated (pump), repeating shotgun with a seven-round tubular magazine and a modified choke barrel. It is equipped with a bayonet stud, sling swivels and a standard length military stock. This special-purpose weapon is used for guard duty, prisoner supervision, local security, riot control and any situation that might require the use of weapons of limited range and penetration but maximum stopping power.
Various models of shotguns have been in service use since 1901. The current inventory consists of three different 12 gauge shotgun models: the Remington 870, Winchester 1200 and Mossberg 590.
The Joint Service Combat Shotgun was to demonstrate a weapon with high combat versatility and reduced logistics burden. A Joint Combat Shotgun market survey revealed that several commercial shotguns met 90% of the ORD requirements. The question facing the acquisition community was, is meeting 90 percent of the requirement good enough? In this case, three requirements were not met. The commercial shotguns did not have a bayonet lug, a front sight post, or a dust cover. Cost information from the market survey further revealed that relaxing these requirements would result in a savings of 32 to 56 percent over developing a brand new shotgun that could satisfy all the requirements. Mandating that all requirements be met would also result in not meeting Initial Operational Capability (IOC) date. Thus, relaxing the requirement would result in a significant cost savings and timely delivery to the FMF weapons that met the most significant performance parameters. After much discussion, the requirements were relaxed via an amendment to the ORD -- a CAIV success story.
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