| FX-05 Xiuhcoatl | |
|---|---|
 Second-generation FX-05 assault rifle. | |
| Type | Assault rifle Carbine |
| Place of origin | Mexico |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2008–present |
| Used by | Mexican Armed Forces |
| Wars | Mexican Drug War |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 2005 |
| Manufacturer | Dirección General de Industria Militar del Ejército |
| Unit cost | 10,000 Pesos ($USD 520 - 2019)[1] |
| Produced | 2005–present |
| No. built | 44,000 (2005)[2] 111,000 (2014)[2] 121,000 (by 2018)[3] |
| Variants | Assault rifle Carbine Short Carbine Sharpshooter |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 4.05 kg (8.9 lb) (Assault rifle) 3.85 kg (8.5 lb) kg (Carbine) |
| Length | Assault Rifle: 1,000 mm (39.4 in) stock extended / 740 mm (29.1 in) stock folded Carbine: 760 mm (29.9 in) stock extended / 500 mm (19.7 in) mm stock folded |
| Barrel length | 460 mm (18.1 in) 273 mm (10.7 in) |
| Width | 56 mm (2.2 in) |
| Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO |
| Action | Gas-operated, rotating bolt |
| Rate of fire | 720-850 rounds/min Carbine: 760-900 rounds/min[4] |
| Muzzle velocity | 956 m/s (3,136 ft/s) |
| Effective firing range | 200–600 m approx with sight adjustment |
| Feed system | 30-round detachable box magazine |
| Sights | Iron sights Picatinny rail for mounting aiming optics on receiver[5] Removable integrated optical sight/carry handle |
The FX-05 Xiuhcoatl ("Fire Serpent",[6] literally "Turquoise-Serpent" in Classical Nahuatl,[6]) is a Mexican assault rifle, designed and built by the Dirección General de Industria Militar del Ejército (General Directorate of Military Industry of the Army) through the Fabricas Militares (Military Factory).[7][8] The rifle was officially presented in the military parade on September 16, 2006, in the hands of the Special Forces Airmobile Group, GAFE (Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales).[8]
The design was coordinated by the Centro de Investigación Aplicada y Desarrollo Tecnológico de la Industria Militar or CIADTIM (Center of Applied Research and Technology Development Military Industry) and SEDENA and all of its parts are built in Mexico.[9] According to the director of the DGIM, Otilio Ramírez Serrano, by July 2019 approximately 155,000 rifles have been produced.[10]
The FX-05 is distributed among the Mexican Armed Forces, and the military industry is aiming to produce 30,000 per year.[11]
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- ^ "Mexican Army develops a remote controlled weapons station and rifle-mounted grenade launcher | Centro de Estudios GRL Mosconi". Archived from the original on 2017-01-23.
- ^ "Fusil FX-05 Xiuhcoatl: el brazo armado del Ejército mexicano" (in Spanish). 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ James Dunnigan (March 2007). "Theft Resistant Assault Rifle". bahia de Banderas news. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ a b "The case of the copycat fire serpent". Archived from the original on 2020-05-27.
- ^ Defence Industry Bulletin - October 2014 (#3), Page 3.
- ^ a b Daniel Watters. "The 5.56 X 45mm: 2006". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ "Fusil Xiuhcóatl 2005: The New Mexican Fx05 Military Rifle". February 2007.
- ^ (July 2019). Mexico has already produced 155,000 FX and has 5 New Configurations on the Way Archived 2020-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). (Mexico). Retrieved 14 January 2020
- ^ (December 2019). The National Guard and Gun Control, this is how the Year passed in Mexico Archived 2019-12-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). (Mexico). Retrieved 14 January 2020