PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Army ... M249, formerly known as the Squad Automatic Weapon, went from 17.5 to 9.2 pounds. That is only about 2 pounds heavier than the M16A2 rifle. The M249 light machine ...

The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is an individually portable, gas operated, magazine or disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, light machine gun with ... an initially Army-led research ...

The training is part of the Army’s Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center expansion in the Philippines – the second time the mobile center has deployed to the country. It involves moving troops ...

The XM250 will replace the M249 ... Army’s development and fielding of the weapons systems. The heavier round provides better penetration and outperforms the 7.62mm round used in the M240 ...

After nearly five years of development, the Army could be just ... Sig Sauer’s machine gun design weighs 12 pounds, compared with 18 pounds for an M249 and 28 pounds for an M240 machine gun.

The XM250 is slated to replace the M249 SAW in rifle squads around the Army in the coming years ... in the released photos as being fired from a tripod. The rifle is being fired from a bipod.