America's Army/M249 SAW

M249
Primary function: Hand-held combat machine gun Manufacturer: Fabrique Nationale Manufacturing, Inc. Length: 40.87 inches (103.81 centimeters) Weight: With bipod and tools: 15.16 pounds (6.88 kilograms) 200-round box magazine: 6.92 pounds (3.14 kilograms) 30-round magazine: 1.07 pounds (.49 kilograms) Bore diameter: 5.56mm (.233 inches) Maximum effective range: 3281 feet (1000 meters) for an area target Maximum range: 2.23 miles (3.6 kilometers) Rates of fire: Cyclic: 725 rounds per minute Sustained: 85 rounds per minute Unit Replacement Cost: $4,087 Tactics The SAW is meant to be a support weapon, although it can be used to good effect in CBQ maps due purely to a high rate of fire and tons of ammo. On outdoor maps, however, this gun is better used to supress rushes or guard and an area. The best example of this is bridge, where the saw can be intermitenly fired right down the center of the bridge to blunt an agressive team. Tracers wizzing past you usually make you duck for cover. When prone with the bipod down (press h), the SAW is more accurate then even the M16. This makes it highly effective in defending large open areas. It becomes even more accurate when near a Fire Team Leader or Squad Leader. Back to main page: http://wikibooks.org/wiki/AASFTactics