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So, we're all in agreement that the M249 is belt fed?

On the machine gun definition itself, I can certainly be wrong having been a mere airedale squid aviation electronics tech. with no practical experience in the weapons we're discussing.

JP171 wrote:nope its not, the 240 is the 249 isn't

http://www.military.com/equipment/m249- ... tic-weapon

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

JP171 wrote:

C-dub wrote:I'm not sure, but maybe they didn't want a double barrel shotgun to be classified as a machine gun. However, to further confuse you in case you weren't aware, but a machine gun is different than a fully automatic gun. A fully automatic M16 is not a machine gun. IIRC, to be a machine gun it must be belt-fed.

negative C dub, the m-249 saw or squad automatic weapon isn't belt fed, nor is the mp-9 or many others and they are machine guns. the m-16 or m-4 battle rifles are not machine guns they are select fire weapons machine guns aren't they are either all or nothing no single shot option

Hold on a second. The SAW is belt fed.

JP171 wrote:

C-dub wrote:I'm not sure, but maybe they didn't want a double barrel shotgun to be classified as a machine gun. However, to further confuse you in case you weren't aware, but a machine gun is different than a fully automatic gun. A fully automatic M16 is not a machine gun. IIRC, to be a machine gun it must be belt-fed.

negative C dub, the m-249 saw or squad automatic weapon isn't belt fed, nor is the mp-9 or many others and they are machine guns. the m-16 or m-4 battle rifles are not machine guns they are select fire weapons machine guns aren't they are either all or nothing no single shot option

Really? I thought I'd read that here somewhere. Kinda like, all machine guns are automatic, but not all automatics are machine guns. I thought for sure that a machine gun was belt fed and that was the difference from a regular ole full-auto.

I'm not sure, but maybe they didn't want a double barrel shotgun to be classified as a machine gun. However, to further confuse you in case you weren't aware, but a machine gun is different than a fully automatic gun. A fully automatic M16 is not a machine gun. IIRC, to be a machine gun it must be belt-fed.