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2. M249 light machine gun - Wikipedia

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   The M249 SAW is a belt-fed light machine gun. [13] It fires the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, usually a combination of one M856 tracer and four M855 ball cartridges fed from M27 linked belts. Belts are typically held in a hard plastic or soft canvas box attached to the underside of the weapon. [13] The M249 can also fire rifle grenades. [58]

3. LSAT light machine gun - Wikipedia

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   The 5.56 mm LSAT machine gun has been renamed the Cased Telescoped Light Machine Gun (CT LMG). [ 17 ] On 14 May 2014, Textron Systems was awarded a two-year $5.7 million contract for work that included development of 7.62 NATO cased-telescoped ammunition and an operating mechanism to incorporate into the LSAT machine gun to create a lightweight ...

4. List of equipment of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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   The United States Army uses various equipment in the course of their work. Small arms Firearms Model Image Caliber Type Origin Details Pistols SIG Sauer M17 9×19mm NATO Pistol United States SIG Sauer P320 – US Army Standard Issue Sidearm. Winner of the Modular Handgun System competition. Replaced all M9 and M11 pistols in service. Glock 26 9×19mm NATO pistol Austria Glock 26 – limited ...

5. Next Generation Squad Weapon - Wikipedia

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   A U.S. Army graphic detailing the competitors for the program as of December 2020. The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a United States military 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 of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the ...

6. Squad automatic weapon - Wikipedia

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   M249 Para. In United States usage, the M249 light machine gun is commonly referred to as the squad automatic weapon or SAW. [2] [3] In the 1970s the United States began realizing that it might have to fight a conflict in the deserts and mountains of the Middle East or Near East rather than the jungles of Asia or forests of Europe and Eurasia.

7. XM7 rifle - Wikipedia

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   On 19 April 2022, the Army awarded a 10-year contract to SIG Sauer to produce the XM7 rifle, along with the XM250 light machine gun, to replace the M4 carbine and M249 light machine gun, respectively. [13] [14] Originally the rifle was designated XM5, as the next number sequentially for the weapon it will replace. [15]

8. List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog ...

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   Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.

9. List of the United States military vehicles by model number

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   For non-sequential numbers, like M1 Abrams, see bottom of list. M1 combat car, also known as the M1 light tank; M1 light motorcycle; M2 light tank, .5" MG or 37 mm gun, 11-ton; M2 medium tank; M2 combat car (G38) M3 medium tank (Lee/Grant), 28-ton, 37 mm and 75 mm gun; M3 light tank, (Stuart)12-ton, M4 medium tank (Sherman), 30-ton, 75/76 mm gun