SAW

[CMBTshooter]

Funny thing was this was problems encountered on the range with clean well lubed 249s. I think the unit armourer had them sent back to the states and swapped out for new ones. Didn't have a problem after that.

Changing the springs is the armorers job. I never went to the unit armorer course but I really hope they cover that. How were yours jamming?

Thinking about how fun the SAW was changing my mind about getting a commercial version. I wish I had some action shots of me shooting the one I had in Iraq, but that's what happens when Comcam is in the truck crying instead of getting pictures or shooting back.

 

[ScreaminEagle]

Loved our SAWs. Reliable and pretty accurate too.

 

[257 Ackley]

No.

The M-60 machineguns were all in the Weapons Platoon.

Basic four-man fireteam had four M-16's and the M-203 grenade launcher, until the SAW was introduced.

Guy

Yep...we were usually assigned to a rifle squad when out on a mission. The number 23.6 pounds is etched in my mind forever. My a-gunner didn't like what he had to carry either :lol:

 

[taylorce1]

Carried the SAW for pretty much all 4 years of my first enlistment. I loved it but don't think I'd like the semi auto either. I'd have to buy a slide fire for one when they make it, then things would get real expensive.

 

[Guy Miner]

No.

The M-60 machineguns were all in the Weapons Platoon.

Basic four-man fireteam had four M-16's and the M-203 grenade launcher, until the SAW was introduced.

Guy

Yep...we were usually assigned to a rifle squad when out on a mission. The number 23.6 pounds is etched in my mind forever. My a-gunner didn't like what he had to carry either :lol:

Yeah buddy! :mrgreen: Then there was humping "the humbler" carrying the doggone receiver of the good ol' M2 Browning... Dang. That receiver alone was about 60 pounds as I recall. Uncomfortable too! Much smarter to carry the spare barrel bag...

Semper Fi, Guy

 

[257 Ackley]

Yeah buddy! :mrgreen: Then there was humping "the humbler" carrying the doggone receiver of the good ol' M2 Browning... Dang. That receiver alone was about 60 pounds as I recall. Uncomfortable too! Much smarter to carry the spare barrel bag...

Semper Fi, Guy[/quote]

Never had to hump one of those Guy...shot a few that were mounted on jeeps.

 

[Guy Miner]

Yeah, I think to prove a point, we manhandled those M2's a few times. The whole setup, gun on tripod, weighed something like 130 pounds...

It was a big deal to move one in a hurry. No wonder most of the time they're either vehicle mounted, or sandbagged into position.

People don't understand that the infantry literally carries everything they've got; mortars, heavy guns, ammo, etc... on their backs.

Guy

 

[257 Ackley]

What I'm trying to figure out is why they always seemed to give the "60" to the smallest guy in the squad...I might have weighed a buck 40 back than. :roll: Wish the same could be said now...

 

[.280 Remington]

Yeah, I think to prove a point, we manhandled those M2's a few times. The whole setup, gun on tripod, weighed something like 130 pounds...

It was a big deal to move one in a hurry. No wonder most of the time they're either vehicle mounted, or sandbagged into position.

People don't understand that the infantry literally carries everything they've got; mortars, heavy guns, ammo, etc... on their backs.

Guy

This is no lie! Every "hump" we went on as a Weapons Company, we carried M240G, 81mm and all pieces, M2 barrell, tripod, reciever. CLU(command launch unit) for Javelin, tow tubes with sand bags in them. Just about everything but the MK19

Never had a SAW in theater, but we had two in my platoon issued to "dismounts" as well as one M240G, two M2's, and two MK19's mounted on our trucks.

Never had a single issue with the SAW's in a firefight though.