The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is an individually portable, gas operated, magazine or disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, light machine gun with fixed headspace and quick change ...

However, it was envisioned that a modified version of the gun with selective-fire capability could perhaps supplant the BAR as the U.S. military’s standard squad automatic weapon. Such a firearm ...

"The weapons include the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Rifle (NGSW-R) and the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Automatic Rifle (NGSW-AR)." The Army also intends to make follow-on production awards for ...

The commandant said that the changes were informed by bottom-up feedback from Marines in the fleet, "empowered by our ...

Garrett Steele, a weapons squad leader, and Sgt ... The $4.7 billion rifle and automatic rifle weapons contract with firearms manufacturer Sig Sauer and the $2.7 billion contract with Sheltered ...