The Army’s newest rifle and automatic rifle are already in the hands of soldiers for testing and will officially field to its first unit in 2024. That platoon, along with a squad from the 75th Ranger ...

The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) is chonky. It’s a nightmare to clean. It’s a reasonably heavy, demanding, ammo jam waiting to happen, that will cycle the one speck of dust you missed at 3 a.m.

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,” doubling down ...

The U.S. Army is looking for across-the-board replacements for the M4 and M249 SAW platforms with a pair of new rifles, the NGSW-R (for Rifle), and NGSW-AR (for Automatic Rifle). These replacements ...

The SIG Sauer XM250 is a new machine gun developed as part of the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) program. The NGSW aims to create a new family of weapons that would be lighter and ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. From ambushes to raids, the FN M249 SAW has become a ...

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 barrel ...

BOULDER CITY, Nevada -- For Army, Marine Corps and special operations SAW gunners who miss the feel of firing their belt-fed weapon, firearms manufacturer FN America may have just the thing. Here at ...

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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 ...

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