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 ...

The Nazi German MG 42, introduced in 1942, was a fearsome 7.92x57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun renowned for its ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., Nov. 4, 2011 -- Nearly 20 Soldiers participated in a two-week assessment of a prototype light machine gun to demonstrate its potential impact on mission effectiveness and to ...

U.S. Special Operations Command plans on continuing to equip operators with FN America’s Mk 46 spec-ops designed M249 Squad Automatic Weapon variant ... overhaul of the military’s small ...

The SAW can suppress targets at around ... government getting a sneak peek at the new guns. "You don't want the Chinese getting it," Kelley told Military.com. "They steal tech all the time.

The companies chosen to build optics for the rifles are experienced military vendors ... Thomas Alvarez/DVIDS M249 squad automatic weapon. The U.S. Army’s existing guns have soldiered on ...

SAW guns serve as a source of rapid direct firepower ... System is attempting to fill a variety of roles within the Finnish military, replacing some Soviet-era guns that are still in service.

SIG Sauer has achieved a dominant position as a key weapons manufacturer for the US military, supplying the new standard service pistol (M17/M18 based on the P320), rifle (XM7 based on the MCX Spear), ...