Here's an amusing video of someone dual wielding M249s.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X4nfZu8VqgQ

I was actually amazed by how straight the guy was holding the weapons and how they didn't really list grotesquely in erroneous directions. They must be a lot easier to control than older SAWs which were using 7.62 cartridges.

This has been your moment of armchair warrior zen, I guess.

That made my day.


Thanks dude.

HThey must be a lot easier to control than older SAWs which were using 7.62 cartridges.

There were versions of the SAW that fired 7.62? I'm gonna have to request a little proof on that one because I've never heard of such a thing.

There were versions of the SAW that fired 7.62? I'm gonna have to request a little proof on that one because I've never heard of such a thing.
Yah, I was always under the impression that those were spitting 5.56, am I mistaken?

Awesome video, btw.

SAWs were 5.56 - the purpose being that the ammo was interchangeable w/ the M16. You could actually take your magazine out of the M16 and pop it straight into the SAW if you ran out of linked ammo.

SAWs were 5.56 - the purpose being that the ammo was interchangeable w/ the M16. You could actually take your magazine out of the M16 and pop it straight into the SAW if you ran out of linked ammo.
The bit about the interchangable magazines, now that I did not know. Very cool. It's not like I'm ever gonna touch a SAW, but cool still.

There are no 7.62 SAWs. The previous LMG was the M60. I've had to carry both...

Why the hell can't I ever get an M4?

The bit about the interchangable magazines, now that I did not know. Very cool. It's not like I'm ever gonna touch a SAW, but cool still.

Meh, it's not like it works too often anyway.

Meh, it's not like it works too often anyway.


This is true.

Now the hog, that was a real gun. I hated the SAWs.

Does the army even have a 7.62 LMG in active use anymore?

Does the army even have a 7.62 LMG in active use anymore?

I can't say for sure about the Army, but the Marine Corps replaced the M60 with the M240G, which is also 7.62. I'm guessing the Army uses it, too. It is a HEAVY son of a bitch. It was originally designed to be vehicle mounted, but jarheads ended up having to hump that fucker. Typical.

I can't say for sure about the Army, but the Marine Corps replaced the M60 with the M240G, which is also 7.62. I'm guessing the Army uses it, too. It is a HEAVY son of a bitch. It was originally designed to be vehicle mounted, but jarheads ended up having to hump that fucker. Typical.

The 240 didn't replace the 60 as a squad weapon, the 249 did. As a medium machine gun the 240 is a crew served weapon. As such it's in Weapons Platoon along with the SMAW and 60mm mortars. Yeah it still gets humped around; but so do the SMAWs and 60s.

EDIT: This is about the Marine Corps, I have no idea what the Army does. I do know that some of their units still use the M60 though.

The 240 didn't replace the 60, the 249 did. As a medium machine gun the 240 is a crew served weapon. As such it's in Weapons Platoon along with the SMAW and 60mm mortars. Yeah it still gets humped around; but so do the SMAWs and 60s.

Yeah, I guess you're right. The SAW was being used when I went in, so I never saw the M60 being used by a rifle platoon. Our Weapons Platoons were using the M60, then switched to the 240G later. That's why I thought of the 240 as being the replacement to the M60.

Sure, they hump all those weapons. I just find it humorous that men are routinely required to carry weapons that are intended to be vehicle mounted.

By the way, Cannibal - what unit are/were you with? B 1/8 here.

I'm gonna have to show this to one of my team mates. He was a SAW gunner.