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 ...

Though were minimal maintainability and reliability issues raised, a number of universal issues were voiced related to the M249 SAW maintainability, the M203 durability, lubrication types ...

19, 2025. “We are honored to continue our dedication as a critical partner to the U.S. military and pleased to announce this latest Army contract award for the FN M249 SAW, a flagship design for ...

The NGSW aims to create a new family of weapons that would be lighter and more modular than the existing M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) and M4 carbine. The result will be the commissioning of a ...

The Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon-Automatic Rifle or XM250, will replace the M249 SAW for close combat forces. (Sig Sauer) Multiple XM250 6.8mm rounds drilled holes through cinder blocks and ...

The Army has announced that it plans to give gunmakers the opportunity to build 6.8mm prototypes for the service's effort to replace its M249 squad automatic weapon and M4/M4A1 carbine.

What troops on the ground in Afghanistan can't go without is the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). Check out this SAW gunner in action > Every day is routine for deployed U.S. troops. They pull ...

Participating Soldiers overwhelmingly preferred the LMG to the M249 SAW, which is the machine gun currently used in Afghanistan. Fifteen of the 19 Soldiers who participated stated that ...

An air-cooled, open bolt-fired fully automatic machine gun with a side opening feed tray cover, the LMG-6.8 both weighs far less than the M249 SAW it’s supposed to replace and offers ...

Both weapons use visual and acoustic suppressors. The XM250 is slated to replace the M249 SAW in rifle squads around the Army in the coming years. (Kayla Cosby/U.S. Army). The new weapons will be ...

Soldiers in fields other than those listed or not assigned to a direct combat unit will continue to use the M4 options and the M249 SAW, Burris said. And if their commands choose, special ...