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An early model of the M249, with the stock and handguard of 'Product Improvement Program' The FN Minimi entered U.S. Army service as the M249 SAW in 1984, and was adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps in 1985. The U.S. production model has a different butt from that of the regular Minimi. [33] It is manufactured in the FN factory in Columbia, South ...
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 601st Special Forces Group uses the Mk 48 Mod 0. [53] 5.56mm M249 variant were also in use. [54] Denmark: Used by the Jægerkorps. [55] East Timor: Timor Leste Defence Force [56] Egypt: Produced locally under license. [57] France: The Para version is widely used by the French Army. Fielded alongside the FN MAG GPMG. [58]
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 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. There are three competitors:
The result was the Model 606 series. [5] Colt made two of the model 606, called A and B models. The A model “featured forward assist devices found on the Colt 603 rifles.” The B model had a “four-position selector with burst fire as an option.” The M1 model, designed for sustained automatic fire, carried a heavy profile barrel.
Mitrailleuse d´Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm airplane machine gun FN Five-seven pistol with 5.7×28mm cartridges P90 personal defense weapon United States sailor fires an M240B, a U.S. version of the FN MAG, adopted for infantry use in the 1990s Early M249 manufacture of FN Minimi U.S. Marine aiming FN 303 fitted with holographic weapon sight FN 5.7×28mm cartridges as used in P90 ...
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Toggle M249 Squad Automatic Weapon subsection. 1.1 Nick-D. Toggle the table of contents. Wikipedia: WikiProject Military history/Peer review/M249 light machine gun.