M249 Squad Automatic Weapon
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The M249 SAW, formally as the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machine gun designed and manufactu
M249 Para with an ACOG optical sight
Initial Belgian-designed Minimi prototype delivered to the U.S. Infantry Board for evaluation, before it received its XM249 designation (note the difference)
A prototype of the XM235
An early model of the M249 SAW, with the stock and handguard of 'Product Improvement Program'
M60 machine gun
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The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 links. There are seve
M249 Squad Automatic Weapon
…In 2022, the U.S. Army selected the M250 light machine gun from SIG Sauer to replace the M249 SAW. In 1965, the M2 Browning and M60 were the primary machine guns of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. The M2 was a large-caliber heavy machine gun, usually mounted on vehicles or in…
M60 machine gun with bipod extended
A camouflaged infantryman armed with an M60 machine gun.
A U.S. airman firing an M60 from the standing position during the Defender Challenge competition in 1988.
The experimental T-44 machine gun developed from the German FG 42 and MG 42 machine guns.