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M249: Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO United States: Used by Royal Thai Army Special Forces. [26] Daewoo K3: Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO South Korea: 2 K3s transferred according to a 2019 SIPRI small arms report. [8] Ultimax 100: Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO Singapore [27] IWI Negev: Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO Israel ...
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:
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The Army recognized the limitations of the M249, [53] and in early 2017, the U.S. Army posted a notice soliciting bids for the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Automatic Rifle (NGSW-AR or NGSAR) to replace the M249. In July 2018, the Army awarded contracts to six companies including Textron, head of the preceding LSAT program where they made ...
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 ...
In July 2018, the US Army announced a new, different program to develop a replacement for the M249 light machine gun, with six companies, including Textron, competing to develop the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (NGSW), replacing the SAW, as well as develop ammunition for it that is at least 20% lighter. [22]
The XM250 is the U.S. military designation for the SIG LMG 6.8, a 6.8×51mm (.277 in), gas-operated, belt-fed light machine gun designed by SIG Sauer for the U.S. Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon Program in 2022 to replace the M249 light machine gun.
Colombia: Used by Colombian military (M249 and MK3). [47] [48] Croatia: [49] Cyprus: Used by the Cypriot National Guard. [50] Czech Republic: 7.62×51mm NATO Minimi adopted as the standard machine-gun for the Czech Army replacing the Uk vz. 59. [51] 317 delivered as of January 2016. [52] The 601st Special Forces Group uses the Mk 48 Mod 0.