To: Eagles6
With a belt feed an assistant gunner can continue to link belts together as the gun is fired. The gunner and A-gunner carry ammo while additional belts of ammo are distributed among the squad.
11 posted on
07/01/2010 10:35:40 PM PDT by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
When you set a M240 in position, it’s more or less staying there until a real deliberate move is made. A SAW is to stay with the rifle squad as they maneuver, and there is no AG, so that means no linking of rounds. It’s there for overwhelming suppressive fire by a standard light squad and being able to move quickly. The SAW does have the ability to take M4 30-rd magazines, but it doesn’t work. The weapon malfunctions almost every single time before it can get through a single mag. The SAW’s also a maintenance nightmare. It needs to go, but I don’t see the advantage of dropping the belt-fed capability. The SAW was right to go for both, but it needs to work.
16 posted on
07/01/2010 11:34:04 PM PDT by
Future Snake Eater
("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
To: Brad from Tennessee
That works as long as you have enough guys to be A-gunners. The M-240B is a pretty good gun. Interesting the Marines decided to go a different way...but, that's why they are Marines ;)
Regards,
To: Brad from Tennessee
Right. They can keep up a sustained rate of fire. How is this rifle any different from another M16?
28 posted on
07/02/2010 6:59:04 AM PDT by
Eagles6
( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck.)
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