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The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), [4][5][6] formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machine gun manufactured by FN Herstal (FN).
The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is an individually portable, gas operated, magazine or disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, light machine gun with fixed headspace and quick change...
The M249 SAW is still in use as a squad automatic weapon by the US Army. In 2019, US Army launched Next Generation Squad Weapon Program to find replacement for M249 SAW and replacement for 5.56×45mm NATO round.
The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) is one of the main “small” arms weapons used by the soldiers of the United States Army. Officially designated as the M249 light machine gun (LMG), references to the SAW are formally written as Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm.
Today we’re taking a look at the M249 SAW, a very well know LMG used by the US military and made popular by movies and video games.
The M249 squad automatic weapon, or SAW, fired the same ammunition as the M16A2 rifle at a rapid rate of fire and was more compact than the gun it replaced. Although controversial, the M249...
The M249 is a gas-operated, belt/magazine-fed, air-cooled, automatic, shoulder-fired weapon. Like the M240B machinegun, the M249 fires from the open-bolt position. It can fire ammunition...
Soldiers of 1st Space Brigade’s 1st Space Battalion, 4th and 18th Space Companies are here to qualify on the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or “SAW” for short – the standard light machine gun of...
The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) provides squad-level fire support. It lays down a base of sustained fire and is used routinely in both mounted and dismounted configurations. The M249...
The calendar goal is to have an infantry brigade combat team equipped with the automatic rifle, replacing the current 5.56mm Squad Automatic Weapon, by 2023.