[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Of course the Army is phasing the 249 out for something else, and Gates is cutting out the A-10 Warthogs, both acts of sheer stupidity.

Hadn't heard of any new 7.52X51 medium machine gun."

Not sure if you are referring to the 249 or not, but the SAW takes 5.56 rounds unless they've upgraded to 7.62 since I've been in. I had not heard that the M-249 was being taken out. I'll have to find out and read what is replacing the SAW.

[El Gato]

Not sure if you are referring to the 249 or not, but the SAW takes 5.56 rounds unless they've upgraded to 7.62 since I've been in. I had not heard that the M-249 was being taken out. I'll have to find out and read what is replacing the SAW.

My mistake, I was confusing the M249 with the M240.

But I haven't heard of any M249 replacement either. Although IIRC one of the M16 replacements had a heavy barrel configuration that could function in the SAW role.