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ISP2605 · July 1, 2005, 07:39 AM

"The M249 SAW is an FN design, not a down-sized M60 machinegun. I think the M60 is being replaced in US forces with the FN MAG/GPMG, but they call it something else. The M60 was never fully satisfactory."

M-240.
The M-60 had its problems but it had a lot of years of service and saved many a behinds. It was a comforting sound to hear the old pig talking. You knew it was taking care of business. Hearing a couple of them at night laying down fire, one on each side of you a short distance away was something to live for.

July 1, 2005, 07:39 AM	#58
ISP2605 Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Posts: 954	"The M249 SAW is an FN design, not a down-sized M60 machinegun. I think the M60 is being replaced in US forces with the FN MAG/GPMG, but they call it something else. The M60 was never fully satisfactory." M-240. The M-60 had its problems but it had a lot of years of service and saved many a behinds. It was a comforting sound to hear the old pig talking. You knew it was taking care of business. Hearing a couple of them at night laying down fire, one on each side of you a short distance away was something to live for.