Saturday night GUN THREAD!!
by Kafir ( 141 Comments › )
Filed under Guest Post, Open thread, Weapons at September 12th, 2009 - 6:00 pm
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guest post by: Iron Fist
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There she is, Miss America…er, well, not exactly. This is the new XM806/LW50MG light-weight .50 machinegun, slated to begin deployment in 2012. Although it is not to replace the old and loved M-2 Browning, a weapon that has fought in every American war since WWII, it is to be a complement that can serve in some of the same roles (vehicle/aircraft mounted weapon, crew served point defense weapon) while also taking on roles that the M-2 simply is not suited for. Firing the same round, but drastically lighter in weight, this weapon can be carried into the combat zone, quickly assembled, and begin raining death down on the enemy for a lighter weight load than the receiver group of old Ma Duce. It even has lower recoil, and a significantly lower rate of fire. This will help with accuracy, which makes up for the slower rate of fire. One problem with machineguns is they eat ammunition, as you can’t miss fast enough to catch up. Fewer but more accurate rounds downrange means it is a more efficient fighting platform.
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Specifications
Weight 40 pounds / 18 kg max. (weapon only)
62 pounds / 28 kg max. (ground mount system)
Recoil 325 pounds
Dispersion Less than 1.1 mils, one sigma radius
Range Lethal and suppressive out to 2,000 meters
Ammunition .50 caliber (M33 ball, M8 & MK211 API, M903 SLAP)
Feed system Belt feed, M9 link (compatible with M2 feed system) -Left hand feed, right hand eject of cases and links
Rate of fire 265 shots per minute (cyclic)
40 shots per minute (sustained, with barrel cooling or replacement after 400 rounds)
Reliability 6,000 MRBF (threshold) / 10,000 MRBF (objective)
Dimension 8.3Wx7.3Hx64.5L max. inches (56.7L charged)
Environmental Operationally insensitive to conditions
Applications Two-man portable emplaced with no sandbags
Unmatched vehicle mount options for a .50 caliber weapon
Safety Fires from open bolt position
Sources:
http://www.gdatp.com/files/PDF/A119_XM806.pdf
http://www.defense-update.com/newscast/0508/news/news1505_lw05mg.htm (photo credit)
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/04/army_light_50cal_042709w/
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