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At 41 in (1,041 mm) long and 17 lb (8 kg) in weight (22 lb (10 kg) including a 200-round belt and plastic ammo box), the M249 is a cumbersome weapon. [ 34 ] The M249's air-cooled barrel is equipped with a mechanism to remove and replace the barrel assembly with a spare, this makes it easy for the operator to easily change the barrel on the ...
A parts kit is a collection of weapon (notably firearm) parts that, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), "is designed to or may be readily be assembled, completed, converted, or restored to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive."
The Ares Defense Shrike 5.56 is an air-cooled, dual-feed light machine gun/rifle for semi or full-auto configurations that fires the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. The Shrike 5.56 is sold as either as a complete weapon, or as an upper receiver "performance upgrade kit" to existing AR-15 and M16-type service rifles and carbines.
A request was put in for a new machine gun in 2001, and FN responded with a scaled-up version of the M249 weighing in at ~18.5 lb with an OAL of ~39.5". This new design achieved much better reliability than the M60-based weapons while bettering its light weight and maintaining the same manual of arms as the already in-use M249.
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
FN Herstal first introduced the MAG general-purpose machinegun in the early 1950s. The M240 is the US military's adoption of the FN MAG. Parts compatibly of other MAG variants adopted by other NATO members are interchangeable. [2] This has significant advantages in training, logistics support, tactical versatility, and joint operations. [2]
In January 1994, the U.S. Army began the Medium Machine Gun Upgrade Kit program. The only two competitors were M60 and M240 versions. Saco offered an "enhanced" M60E3 with improved parts, and FN offered the M240 variant of its MAG; both weapons were upgrade kits of weapons already in service. Eighteen guns of each were tested until December 1995.
The IAR6940 is a magazine-fed light machine gun. It fires the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. The rifle accepts AR-15 magazines, such as the STANAG, PMAG and Drum magazines. [12] [13] As a part of the IAR Program, it was built to be lighter and more portable than the M249. It weighs 4.32 kg (9.5 lb) compared to the M249 at 7.5 kg (17 lb).