The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is an individually portable, gas operated, magazine or disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, light machine gun with fixed headspace and quick change ...

U.S. Army modernization officials told Congress recently that the service will begin fielding the 6.8mm weapons that will replace M249 squad automatic weapons and M4/M4A1 carbines in fall 2021. Lt ...

Here's what happens to a suppressor on an M249 SAW after firing 700 rounds nonstop By Alex Lockie Jul 10, 2017, 1:58 PM PT ...

VIDEO: Printed Silencer - M249 By Eric Kowal November 19, 2020 ...

Pvt. Isaiah Hicks, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief from the Company A, 2-2nd Aviation Regiment, was one the Soldiers who qualified on the M249. "It was great to get out there and fire," Hicks said.

The US Armed Forces widely uses the M249 SAW light machine gun, as it's tried and tested on the battlefield, but all weapons have limitations, as a new video from West Coast Armory shows. To test the ...

The M249 in use in Afghanistan. Video The US Army is looking for an upgrade to the M249 squad automatic weapon, a mainstay of the infantry squad and its prime source of firepower.

The M249 fires a 5.56 mm round, and the Army is currently examining rounds of intermediate caliber between 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm to be used in both light machine guns and the eventual replacement ...