Mission
Deter, and if necessary, compel adversaries by enabling individuals and small units to engage targets with accurate, lethal, direct automatic fire. Entered Army Service
1997 Description and Specifications
A ground-mounted, gas-operated, crew-served machine gun. This reliable 7.62mm machine gun delivers more energy to the target than the smaller caliber M-249 SAW. It is being issued to infantry, armor, combat engineer, special force/rangers, and selected field artillery units that require medium support fires and will replace the ground-mounted M-60 series machine guns currently in use. | Caliber: | 7.62 mm | | | Weight: | 27.6 lbs | | Max effective range: | 1800 m (area target) 800 m (point target) | | | Rate of fire: | 200-600 rounds per minute | Manufacturer
FN Manufacturing (Columbia, SC) Point of Contact
Office of the Chief of Public Affairs
Media Relations Division
1500 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-1500
703.697.7592 / 7591 | 
