This is how M249 light machine gun works | WOG |

The M249 light machine gun, formerly designated the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon 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. 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. The weapon was introduced in 1984 after being judged the most effective of a number of candidate weapons to address the lack of automatic firepower in small units. The M249 provides infantry squads with the high rate of fire of a machine gun combined with accuracy and portability approaching that of a rifle.
Type:
Light machine gun
Place of origin:
Belgium (Minimi), United States (M249)
In service:
1984-present
Used by:
See Users
Wars:
Invasion of Panama, Gulf War, Unified Task Force, Bosnian War, Kosovo War, War in Afghanistan, Iraq War, Syrian Civil War, Iraqi Insurgency, Iraqi Civil War (2014-present), Yemeni Civil War (2015-present), Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir
Designed:
1976
Manufacturer:
FN Herstal
Unit cost:
US $4,087
Produced:
Late 1970s-present
Variants:
See Variants
Effective firing range:
700 m (2296.59 ft) (point target, 465 mm barrel), 800 m (2624.67 ft) (point target, 521 mm barrel), 3600 m (11811.02 ft) (maximum range)
Feed system:
M27 linked disintegrating belt, STANAG magazine

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[@TooManyChoices1]

I always wondered how the cartridges were de-linked, fed into the chamber, the empty brass tossed one way, and the left over links the other. Very interesting! So it’s the “pawls” grabbing the next cartridge to feed into the chamber that just pushes the links out… Slick engineering. The entire design of beltfeds is crazy simple yet crazy complex at the same time. 🤔😵‍💫🤓…

[@andrewgordon235]

It looks a lot like the PKM but with a different belt feed system. Even the AK-47 that inspired the PKM shares a lot of similarities with the M1 Garand. It's amazing how similar gun design's are internally. There's only like a half dozen different designs for machine guns and automatic rifles out there.

[@weakest17yrold]

If it aint broke dont fix it! Also, its very hard to improve upon a browning or stoner design, that is why the US just, well doesnt.
Edit: I already know somebody is going to say “oh well John Garand engineered the m1 garand”. Yes. Clearly. I wasn’t referring to the garand.

[@razorwolf2758]

“One does not simply fire ONE bullet”

[@ALTINSEA1]

🤣

[@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122]

The bolt looks similar to an AK bolt.

[@nayeemrjehan5298]

I perfectly use minimi
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Sir which software did you use to making this 3D animation vedio please.

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What program do you use to see these

[@samuelmartinez1863]

algien que lo explique teoricamente

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[@ALTINSEA1]

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[@marwan_2101]

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[@ALTINSEA1]

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