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 and the beefed-up Mk 48 “super SAW ...

However, that has been mostly replaced by the Mk.46 and Mk.48 lightweight machine guns, also based on the M249. The Mk.46 and Mk.48 both have an emphasis on light weight and flexibility ...

However, that has been mostly replaced by the Mk.46 and Mk.48 lightweight machine guns, also based on the M249. The Mk.46 and Mk.48 both have an emphasis on light weight and flexibility ...

The special operations versions of the SAW, known as the Mk 46 and Mk 48, take the proven platform of the M249 and build on it, adding capability while boosting the machine gun’s firepower to ...

On 23 January, the Japanese MoD announced what the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s next sniper rifle and machine gun will be – the Heckler & Koch HK417 and FN Herstal M249 Mk3 respectively. Around ...

The U.S. Military adopted the 5.56mm version of the MINIMI in 1982 to become the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. The new FN MINIMI Mk3 is convertible to either 5.56mm and 7.62mm and "offers ...

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 ...

Some are also featured in blockbuster video game franchises like Call of Duty, so armchair warriors would recognize guns like the M249 SAW portable belt-fed machine gun or the Mk 19 mounted ...

R. Scott Dingle, the previous U.S. Army Surgeon General, requested the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) conduct a holistic assessment of the employment and use of the M249 light ...