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 ...
General Dynamics opted for a more "radical" approach with a bullpup design ... just two inches less than the M249. The placement of the magazine was seen to require some additional training ...
These weapons, which use 6.8mm rounds, will replace the decades-old M16/M4 rifles and M249 SAW machine guns that fire 5.56mm rounds. Units in the Indo-Pacific region, including the 25th Infantry ...