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Posted: 11/22/2001 10:25:53 PM EDT

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U.S. Soldier Private First Class (PFC) Brian Ferguson from Alexandria, Virginia checks a M-16 rifle before being deployed on a military exercise in the Kuwait desert on November 22, 2001. The bulk of an additional 2,000 U.S. troops arrived in Kuwait on Thanksgiving Day, the United States already has some 5,000 troops deployed in Kuwait since it ended a seven month Iraqi occupation in the 1991 Gulf War. REUTERS/Stephanie Mcgehee

Posted: 11/22/2001 10:46:21 PM EDT

[#1]

Country Of Origin: Belgium
Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
Length: 1040mm (4.56in)
Weight: 6.83kg (15.05lb)
Barrel: 466mm (18.34in), 6 grooves, rh
Feed/Magazine capacity: 100 or 200 round belt or 30 round magazine
Operation: Gas, Air cooled
Cyclic rate of fire: 750-1100 rpm
Muzzle Velocity: 915mps (3000fps)
Effective Range: 2000m (6600ft) plus
From Twentieth Century Small Arms, by Chris McNab

Posted: 11/22/2001 10:47:13 PM EDT

[#2]

SAW and the 1st CAV. Great combination :)
echo6
"E" co 2/5 cav 1CD

Posted: 11/22/2001 11:04:34 PM EDT

[#3]

E co 227th Aviation. 1st Cav. 86-89

Aviator [img]www.milpubs.com/aviator.gif[/img]

Posted: 11/24/2001 5:37:37 PM EDT

[#4]

if you ain't CAV you ain't.....

[img]http://www.cavalryarms.com/saw01.jpg[/img]

here is my version of a "PFC"...[b]Sinistralriflehag![/b]

[img]http://www.cavalryarms.com/rus_saw.jpg[/img]

Posted: 11/25/2001 1:32:15 AM EDT

[#5]

I'm not sure how many people are aware of this but the US Special Operations Command has recently ( earlier this year ) adopted the short-barrelled version of the M-249 ( already in use by British SAS) except the newly adopted Minimi has a Knights RAS/RIS on it while keeping the fixed stock. All standard M-249's in the Army should, by now, also have a weaver rail installed on them for mounting the M-68 Reflex Sight or other optics. Jon

Posted: 11/25/2001 7:10:56 AM EDT

[#6]

Israeli's using this gun too.

Posted: 11/25/2001 8:25:16 AM EDT

[#7]

The fixed stock version mentioned by J Smith is the Mk46 Mod 0, adopted for use at least by NAVSPECWAR guys.

[img]http://www.isayeret.com/weapons/mk46.jpg[/img]

Picture from [url]www.isayeret.com[/url]

The Army Rangers have equipped many of their M249s with the telestock from the Para model:

[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20011121/mdf89273.jpg[/img]

Here are the Para and SPW variants for comparison:

[img]http://www.army-technology.com/contractor_images/fnherstal/machine_gun2.jpg[/img]

Posted: 11/25/2001 10:30:01 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Muzzle Velocity: 915mps (3000fps)
Effective Range: 2000m (6600ft) plus
From Twentieth Century Small Arms, by Chris McNab

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Could someone please explain to me how you get 2 kilometers out of this .22? I don't have ballistic software but I remember reading somewhere that at 500 yds the round is down to about the muzzle energy of a .22 long rifle. What would it be at 2 clicks?

Posted: 11/25/2001 11:03:52 AM EDT

[#9]

that's it's range...not effective range.

Posted: 11/25/2001 12:38:04 PM EDT

[#10]

[img]http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Film/1944/minmestandingalone.jpg[/img]

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