The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi...

lug. The weapon is fitted with the same fixed, polymer buttstock as the M249, although the metallic, collapsible buttstock from the "Para" model can be...

Generation Squad Weapon Program to find replacements for the M4 carbine and M249 light machine gun. In September 2019, SIG Sauer submitted its designs. The...

U.S. Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon Program in 2022 to replace the M249 light machine gun. The XM250 light machine gun features a free-floating reinforced...

alternatively be fitted with a fixed synthetic stock, the same used on the M249, which contains a hydraulic buffer that contributes to stabilizing the rate...

HK416. The weapon chosen to replace the M249 was the modified HK416, later designated the M27 IAR. The M249 SAW is still in use as a squad automatic...

Generation Squad Weapon Program to find replacements for the M4 carbine and M249 light machine gun. In September 2019, SIG Sauer submitted their designs....

USMC initially planned to purchase 6,500 M27s to replace a portion of the M249 light machine guns employed by automatic riflemen within Infantry and Light...

program created in 2017 by the U.S. Army to replace the 5.56mm M4 carbine, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system...

Generation Squad Weapon Program to find replacements for the M4 carbine and M249 light machine gun. On April 19, 2022, the United States Army announced that...

heat load on the weapon; and the weapon cost is equivalent to the existing M249. The standard LSAT machine gun weighs 9.4 lb empty, compared to 17.6 lb for...

such as the Cougar, BAE Caiman, and larger MaxxPros will be disposed. The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71...

as the United States military. Modern U.S. machine guns, such as the M60, M249 and M240 series machine guns, use slightly updated versions of the M2, designated...

operation. Firearms designed and/or manufactured by FN include the S.A.W. M249, Browning Hi-Power and Five-seven pistols, the FAL, FNC, F2000 and SCAR rifles...

Automatic Rifle program to "satisfy the role currently played by the FN M249 SAW in a lighter, more man-portable mode" in the United States Marine Corps...

over 75 nations and used in the United States as the M249 SAW. Mark 48 machine gun: Variant of the M249 light machine gun. Chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO, and...

feed like from magazines or drums. In some instances—like the FN Minimi/M249 SAW and the IWI Negev—the feed system requires no modification to fire with...

56 is lighter than other comparable squad automatic weapons, such as the M249 light machine gun and Heckler & Koch MG4. The design also appears to be also...

adapted as the M27 link for use with the FN Minimi/M249 SAW. The M27 link is used on the FN Minimi/M249, HK23, MG4, CETME Ameli, K3, Mini-SS and Negev, among...

3 5.56×45mm NATO (STANAG magazine with Mini-14 compatibility) FN Minimi M249 light machine gun Ultimax 100 AR-15 Beretta ARX-160 FN SCAR Heckler & Koch...

თავდაცვის ძალები ახალი M249 ტიპის მსუბუქი ტყვიამფრქვევებით აღიჭურვა". "Georgian Defence Forces have been equipped with new M249 light machine guns". Retrieved...

power. U.S. Army infantry are generally equipped with the M4 carbine and M249 light machine gun, which will be replaced by the XM7 rifle and XM250. Infantry...

Mark 46 can refer to: Mark 46 machine gun, lighter weight version of the M249 machine gun Mark 46 nuclear bomb, also B46 Mark 46 torpedo Mark 46 30 mm...

crosshairs for 200m, 400m and 600m. This reticle is used for the M14 and M249 also. The M72A1 reticle contains a rangefinder with marks for 100, 200, and...

7 mm M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun, 7.62 mm M240B Machine Gun, and 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. The system is composed of two parts: the mount which...

The weapon system was to potentially replace the M4 carbine, M16 rifle, M249 light machine gun and some M9 pistols. Other arms companies had contended...

versions of infantry standard Assault rifles. Examples include the FN Minimi, M249 (US designation of the FN Minimi) or the RPK. The term "medium machine gun"...

Support/CQB M60 machine gun M2HB Browning machine gun M240B Medium Machine Gun M249 light machine gun M1014 shotgun Remington 870 MCS shotgun Ordnance M136 AT4...

tracer cartridge (63.7-grain bullet) is used in the M16A2/3/4, M4-series, and M249 weapons (among other 5.56mm NATO weapons). This round is designed to trace...

carbine, the 40mm M320 Grenade Launcher Module, the M2 .50cal Machine Gun, the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) or M240B, and the Mossberg 500 shotgun or M26...