re: Was a M249 or 240B used?

If it was a SAW, there would be alot more dead people. Probably juiced ARs to shoot Auto with 40 round magazines, but could have slapped hundred round cans on them.

The sound and the carnage would support that, will be interesting to see what he had.

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SAW? Sometimes you military folks can be a little hung-ho with all the shop talk. WTF is SAW? TIA

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An insanely bad arse piece of equipment for sending thousands of rounds down range in the blink of an eye.

You can buy a semi version from FN nowadays for like $8k. Wonder if he modified one, although I've heard it's almost impossible to do

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Its crew served so the other guy can spray CLP on the bolt when you fire. Never was a fan.

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SAW gunners don't usually serve in crews. The usually carries his own box mags or nutsacks, and they usually load their own weapon. Of course you can run any LMG or MWMG in a crew if you want, but it's really not that necessary unless you are conducted an ambush or something.

They are reliable if maintained properly (which is a problem in a lot of support units that have these weapons, like trans companies). I like the rate of fire, but dislike the stock bipod and the range, especially in environments like afghanistan. The carrying capacity of the 249 is better than the 7.62 MK 48, so some people prefer it for urban terrain or places where terrain features force up close fighting.

The MK 48 is basically a 7.62 version of the SAW. I prefer it to the M249 because of the increased range, but fairly compact size. The 240L kinda bridged the gap between the 240 and the 249, but I had problems with that system on several occasions. It's also long and cumbersom relative to the 249 or MK 48. Bad compromise IMO, but i guess it was never really intended to be a compromise, but a replacement for the heavy 240B. In 2012, there was a memo published that stated mounting the 240L on a tripod or vehicle mount might result in the damage to the internal components, I assume because the weapon is secured so firmly to its mount that it vibrates the internals more intensely, but I never dug that deep into it. We switched back to the 240Bs and used the MK 48 instead of the SAW when necessary.

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SAW gunners don't usually serve in crews

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Trackin 1st Sarn

Did not sound like a saw ya deaf man

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SAW? Sometimes you military folks can be a little hung-ho with all the shop talk. WTF is SAW? TIA.

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LOL lemme guess your mom doesn't let you play COD nerd

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It's also long and cumbersom relative to the 249 or MK 48.

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They came up with a shorter lighter variant of the 240 for
Afghanistan but I never saw one.
I never trusted the 249, had a jam the first time I fired one and never got over it, never had an issue with 240 but I never had to carry one either.