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1. M249 is downsized M240 General Purpose Machine gun, not heavy barrelled Assault rifle.

2. Both M249 and RPK uses same ammo as Assault rifles (RPK-74->AK-74, RPK->AK-47 resp. M249->M16)

3. Noticed FN FAL assault rifle is no related with M249, but with M240, what is a FN MAG machine gun licensed and manufactured in USA.

I just saw this

"Therefore, in many modern armies, military doctrine requires the ordinary soldier to avoid using his weapon's fully automatic mode "

Red Army doctrine until the 1980s was for fully automatic fire. Do they not count as modern?

Relation to light machine gun?

How is a SAW different to an LMG? Surely they're just different names for the same thing?

-- Tom Anderson 2008-01-28 1829 +0000 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.40.81.167 (talk) 18:29, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SAW is a role LMGs are often put into. Geoff B (talk) 18:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I believe the term "Squad Automatic Weapon" refers more to the application of the weapon rather than it being different to other LMG's. Granted the M249 has far greater mobility but the function and design is classic LMG.210.215.75.4 (talk) 05:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the M15?

I seem to recall that at the same time the M14 rifle was adopted, a heavy-barrel version with bipod was introduced as the M15, intended as the SAW. What ever became of it? -- Craig Goodrich 68.58.2.165 (talk) 22:10, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 Agreed. I believe the term "Squad Automatic Weapon" refers more to the application of the weapon rather than it being different to other LMG's. Granted the M249 has far greater mobility but the function and design is classic LMG.[[Special:Contributions/210.215.75.4|210.215.75.4]] ([[User talk:210.215.75.4|talk]]) 05:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
+== Where is the M15? ==
+I seem to recall that at the same time the M14 rifle was adopted, a heavy-barrel version with bipod was introduced as the M15, intended as the SAW.  What ever became of it? -- Craig Goodrich [[Special:Contributions/68.58.2.165|68.58.2.165]] ([[User talk:68.58.2.165|talk]]) 22:10, 17 October 2009 (UTC)