U.S. Army gets a new machine gun
11-03-2009, 06:35 PM
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Ha, they don't do much killing with that thing. They get lucky once in a while just by spraying tons of ammo through them. IEDs do most of their work.
11-04-2009, 07:31 AM
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Bullets used by British soldiers 'too small to defeat Taliban'
I remember that the M249 was a pretty good weapon; adjustable/high rate of fire, fairly accurate, easy to carry, etc.
The one issue that I recall was that they would malfunction when feeding from M16 magazines.
The 240 series was still a few years away, so we had VN era M60s.
Utter pile of feces. Would malfunction all the time, would run away after shooting 1000+/- rnds, heavy.
On a side note, my 1960's M16A1...made by HydraMatic...was much more accurate than my brand new M16A2.
A survey of more than 50 servicemen who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan concluded that the 5.56mm calibre rounds used by British soldiers 'tailed off' after 300 metres yet half of all Helmand firefights are fought between 300 and 900 metres
The one issue that I recall was that they would malfunction when feeding from M16 magazines.
The 240 series was still a few years away, so we had VN era M60s.
Utter pile of feces. Would malfunction all the time, would run away after shooting 1000+/- rnds, heavy.
On a side note, my 1960's M16A1...made by HydraMatic...was much more accurate than my brand new M16A2.
11-04-2009, 09:06 AM
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Yeah, the 240s are even heavier than M60s though. Our unit uses a variant of the Stoner LMG made my KAC instead of the SAW. I love it but I refuse to carry it because I'm left handed and I eat brass from time to time with it.
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