The M249 light machine gun (LMG) previously designated the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) and formally written as Light Machine Gun 5.56 mm M249 is the American adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi a light machine gun manufactured by the Belgian company FN Herstal (FN). The M249 is manufactured in the United States by the local subsidiary FN Manufacturing LLC in South Carolina and is widely used in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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length (km)
1.03505
weight (kg)
7500.0
origin
Belgium, United States
type
Light machine gun, Squad automatic weapon
used in war
Kosovo War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Unified Task Force, Iraq War, Gulf War, United States invasion of Panama, Bosnian War
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