Finally, one day the Sergeant sat down with Capco Engineers and said, “I’m not an engineer, so I don’t know what you should design.” Gesturing with his hands, he continued, “I just know I want to operate my weapon with my right hand, and with my left hand, operate the mount so that I can rapidly move the weapon in traverse and elevation, and as soon as I release my left hand, the weapon stays locked on target.” With each prototype he found new features that were improvements over the old system, but something was missing. This burly, combat veteran scrutinized each prototype carefully. Army to become the developer of the next generation ground mount for medium caliber machine guns.ĭuring development, Capco presented various prototypes to a Fort Benning SFC Subject Matter Expert. The legacy system used a traverse and elevation (T&E) mechanism that dated back to the 1930s!Ĭompeting against larger and renowned defense contractors, Capco submitted an innovative proposal and was selected by the U.S. In the late ‘90s, the US Army sought to replace their aging machine gun tripod mount with a lighter, more advanced ground mount system. These user guides will supply the soldiers with the extra instructions on use and maintenance.” The contractor willingly over packed Visual User Guides along with each tripod with no additional cost. “The contractor is always responsive and willing to work as a “team member” to resolve problems as they arise. Because of this, CAPCO has been able to supply the Government with the tripods needed to meet the accelerated fielding schedule.” “Each Lot was delivered on time or ahead of schedule to the contractual requirements. Every change/deviation/update encountered during production has been captured with an Engineering Change Notice.” The contractor has a very robust Configuration Management system.

All deliveries to date have been in accordance with the contract schedule and most have been ahead of schedule. “The contractor has consistently delivered M205 tripods which meet ALL the technical performance requirements as specified in the contract. Below are some comments regarding Capco’s delivery of the M205: Army standard issue tripod, which consists of an innovative traverse and elevation assembly (T&E) and light weight pintle with quick release pin.Ĭapco receives consistently high performance assessments from the Army Contracting Command Contracting Officer. Capco is also the sole producer of this U.S. The M205 reduces the Warfighter’s load burden by replacing the legacy tripod, which weighed 54 lbs., with a system weighing less than 30 lbs. The M205 is a Capco designed and developed light weight tripod for the M2, M2A1, and MK19 machine guns.

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