page_title: SIG SG 540
section_title: Users
hierarchical_section_title: SIG SG 540 / Users
caption_attribution_description: Ecuadorian Army soldiers bound towards their objective during a Disarmament exercise scenario, Oct. 17, 2002. The exercise is one of ten lanes in Cabanas 2002 Chile, held in Fuerto Lautaro, Chile. Cabanas 2002 Chile is a multinational combined readiness training exercise centered around peacekeeping operational tasks. This exercise provides an opportunity for over 1,300 military and civilian personnel from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and the United States to increase their state of readiness in combined multinational peacekeeping operations and a forum to encourage human rights. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman JoAnn S. Makinano) (Released)..
context_page_description: The SG 540 is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the early 1970s by Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft of Neuhausen, Switzerland as a private venture primarily destined for export markets and as a potential replacement for the 7.5×55mm Swiss SG 510 automatic rifle known as the Stgw 57 in Swiss service.
context_section_description:  Burkina Faso
   Cameroon
   Canada  - Lethbridge Police Service
   Central African Republic
   Chad - Uses the SG 542 variant.
   Chile - Uses the SIG-FAMAE SG 542-1, SG 540 and SG 543 variants. In process of upgrade to M variant. Produced under license by FAMAE.
   Democratic Republic of the Congo
   Côte d'Ivoire - SG 540 and SG 543s
   Djibouti
   Ecuador
   France - Produced under license by Manurhin and temporarily used by the French army. Replaced by the FAMAS in the early 1980s.
   Gabon
   Lebanon
   Mauritius
   Nicaragua
   Nigeria
   Oman
   Paraguay
   Portugal - Portuguese army. Replaced by FN SCAR 
   Senegal
   Seychelles
   Swaziland
   Syrian Opposition
   Togo
caption: Ecuadorian Army soldiers equipped with the SG 542, circa 2002.
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