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The M27 link, formally Link, Cartridge, Metallic Belt, 5.56mm, M27 is a metallic disintegrating link issued by the United States armed forces and among NATO and designed for use in belt-fed firearms. [1] It holds 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition.
The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a 5.56mm, select-fire assault rifle / squad automatic weapon developed from the HK416 by Heckler & Koch.It is used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and was originally intended for automatic riflemen, [6] but now is issued to all infantry riflemen as a replacement for the M4 carbine.
The Stoner 63/63A is chambered for the now-standard 5.56×45mm intermediate rifle cartridge. When in the belt-fed role, the weapon would feed from a disintegrating metallic linked belt marked "S-63 BRW" which is a scaled-down version of the U.S. M13 link developed for the M60 GPMG. The Stoner 63/63A will not work reliably with the later M27 ...
An M27 disintegrating belt loaded with 5.56×45mm NATO M855 Ball and M856 tracer ammunition being fed into an M249 light machine gun. Many modern ammunition belts use disintegrating links. Disintegrating links retain a single round and are articulated with the round ahead of it in the belt.
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]
M27 Mosin–Nagant, a Finnish rifle; M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, a squad automatic weapon developed for the U.S. Marine Corps; M27 link, a disintegrating 5.56×45mm NATO bullet link used in belt fed firearms; M.27 (mountain gun), a Norwegian mountain gun used in World War II; M27 tank, a rejected US World War II medium tank design
M27 medium tank, Detroit Arsenal; M28 cargo carrier (G154) M29 Weasel carrier, cargo, full-track, 1/2-ton, amphibious (G179) M30 cargo carrier (G158) based on M4 Sherman; M31 tank recovery vehicle (M3 Grant) M32 recovery vehicle (M4 Sherman) M32A1 recovery vehicle, medium, 16 1 ⁄ 2 inch full-track
The weapon is fed from the left-hand side by disintegrating-link M27 ammunition belts (a miniaturized version of the 7.62mm M13 belt), from either an unsupported loose belt, enclosed in a polymer ammunition box with a 200-round capacity attached to the base of the receiver, or from detachable STANAG magazines, used in other NATO 5.56 mm assault ...