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The two-position gas regulator was discarded as part of a product improvement program, which made the M249s that received the product improvement kit no longer able to fire at the higher cyclic rate. [13] The rapid rate of fire is around 100 rounds per minute. The sustained rate of fire, the rate at which the gunner can fire continuously ...
Typical cyclic rates of fire are 600–1100 rpm for assault rifles, 400–1400 rpm for submachine guns and machine pistols, and 600–1,500 rpm for machine guns. M134 Miniguns mounted on attack helicopters and other combat vehicles can achieve rates of fire of over 100 rounds per second (6,000 rpm).
The rate of fire of the M240, M240E1, and M240C can be controlled by three different gas regulator settings; The first setting allows the weapon to have a cyclic rate of fire of around 650–750 rounds per minute, The second setting allows the weapon to have a cyclic rate of fire of around 750–850 rounds per minute,
The weapon can be fed from a loose belt, separate belt boxes, or clip-on ammunition pouches for 100 rounds. It has a cyclic rate of fire of around 650–730 rounds per minute. There is a high degree of parts commonality between the Mk48, M249 and Mk46 machine guns, which simplifies maintenance and repair.
The Belgian Minimi M249 light machine gun, one of the most widespread modern 5.56 mm light machine guns amongst NATO countries. This one is an M249E3 "Para" model. This one is an M249E3 "Para" model. IWI Negev of the Israeli Army Bren light machine gun .30-06 Browning Automatic Rifle Model 1918
The Minimi has a manually adjustable gas valve with two positions, normal and adverse. The adverse setting increases the cyclic rate of fire from 700–850 rounds per minute to 950–1,150 rounds per minute and is used only in extreme environmental conditions or when heavy fouling is present in the weapon's gas tube.
The Knight's Armament Company Light Assault Machine Gun (LAMG) is a light machine gun system developed by Eugene Stoner and manufactured by Knight's Armament Company (KAC). It was previously known as the Knight's Armament Company LMG.
The M249 and other LMGs have a cyclic rate of 7-900 or so, but that's just ideally. In the real world the max is 200/minute with barrel changes every minute--awkward to say the least in a vicious firefight. I suppose you could adjust the gas operation to near the cyclic rate, if you're willing to risk meltdown and/or the gun blow up in your face.