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 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 ...

The Marine Corps has awarded a limited contract to three rifle manufacturers for a weapon to replace its M249 Squad Automatic Rifle. The contract awarded Dec. 19 calls for a minimum of 10 weapons ...

HOW WILL IT BE DIFFERENT? Currently, M249 SAW weight when empty is 7.8 kilograms — this new weapon will weigh less than 5.4 kilograms. The ammunition weight is also reduced.

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 M249 squad automatic weapon, or SAW, fired the same ammunition as the M16A2 rifle at a rapid rate of fire and was more compact than the gun it replaced.

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 ...

When engineers looked at the heavy, 17.5-pound M249 carried by Soldiers, they decided to put it on a diet and rearrange some of the components. They also came up with a new smart grenade.

Soldiers of 1st Space Brigade’s 1st Space Battalion, 4th and 18th Space Companies are here to qualify on the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or “SAW” for short – the standard light machine ...