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HK wins Marine contract to replace SAW
The U.S. Marine Corps has selected the infantry automatic rifle made by Heckler & Koch as the weapon that will replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon in infantry fire teams, a senior service official told Marine Corps Times on Wednesday.
The H&K IAR "was truly the best in the class on multiple levels and will finally allow the billet of automatic rifleman to be performed as intended without the disruption of the squad integrity that the M249 created," Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeffrey Eby, the Corps' senior gunner, said in an e-mail.
The final contract competition also included two models from Colt Defense LLC and one model from FN Herstal.
Like the SAW, each IAR finalist is built for 5.56mm ammunition. Unlike the SAW, they are not designed to operate with a 200-round drum, a point of contention for some U.S. Marines concerned about a loss of firepower. The IAR is designed to use the same 30-round magazine used with the M16, although industry, including FN Herstal, is also developing high-capacity 5.56mm magazines for the weapon that could hold 100 or 150 rounds.
The H&K IAR is the lightest of the four weapons the U.S. Marine Corps tested this summer, after selecting finalists for the competition in December 2008. It weighs 7.9 pounds empty, with a barrel length of 16.5 inches and a collapsible stock that extends from 33 to 36.9 inches, company officials have said. It has a gas-operated system and fires from the closed-bolt position.
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December 7th, 2009, 04:36 PM #2
Re: HK wins Marine contract to replace SAW
If only we could get that stupid 86 ban out of the way so the M249's could be sold as surplus...
"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws--that's insane!" -- Penn Jillette
"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic." -- Ted Nugent
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December 7th, 2009, 05:06 PM #3
Re: HK wins Marine contract to replace SAW
isn't H&K still a german only company? I thought all military weapons must be made in the US?
also I'm not sure I understand the idea of going with a weapon that holds 30 rounds... when the M4 already holds 30 rounds (or 20 depending on mag size)...
so basically we are giving the squads machien gunner the same gun as everyone else with the same ammo capacity?The first vehicles normally on the scene of a crime are ambulances and police cruisers. If you are armed you have a chance to decide who gets transported in which vehicle, if you are not armed then that decision is made for you.
Be prepared, because someone else already is and no one knows their intent except them.
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December 7th, 2009, 05:23 PM #4
Re: HK wins Marine contract to replace SAW
There is a huge thread about this already ... not sure what sub forum though. D90king posted it though.
edit: found it. http://forum.pafoa.org/rifles-42/808...placement.htmlLast edited by mojo; December 7th, 2009 at 05:25 PM.
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