The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is an individually portable, gas operated, magazine or disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, light machine gun with fixed headspace and quick change ...

The U.S. Army's goal has been to add more than 120,000 new light machine guns and rifles to the arsenal to replace the M4 and M249 in the coming years. The price tag for the first 4,000 units was ...