The SAW is 5.56mm. It is the volume of fire and the ballistics of the round that make it useful against "soft" targets. The M-240B, on the other hand, is 7.62mm and offers a nasty punch.
105 posted on 01/21/2005 9:23:11 PM PST by Army Air Corps
(Half a league, half a league rode the MSM into the valley of obscurity)