The US Army's new Belt fed Machine gun. The M250 is replacing the M249
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Published 2022-07-17
The US Army's new belt fed Machine gun the M250 will be replacing the M249 SAW, the world is changing. Today we visit Sig and are given the rundown on the new belt fed machine gun that US Service Members will be carrying. The M250 fires the potent 6.8x51 (277 Fury) Hybrid cased round. It should be noted that due to the more secretive nature of the projectile used in this weapon that accuracy testing could not be done and all rounds after firing had to be pulled from the sand berm. In the future we will likely be visiting upon those two points.
00:00 The US Army's new Belt Fed Machine gun the M250
2:07 SIG M250 Review begins
5:15 SIG M250 Suppressor
9:02 The Barrel and 277 Fury Hybrid round
14:40 SIG M250 BIPOD
16:10 SIG M250 Ammunition feeding / ammunition pouches
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All Comments (21)
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As a former M249 gunner, I did in fact sprain my ankle (security halt before crossing a 4 lane highway) during an over land movement, landed right on top of my saw, broke the cheap plastic 200 rd box and had to run across a linear danger area (said highway) limping and tripping up in a 200 round belt while my entire platoon was already on the far side of the road laughing their asses off. I would have very much loved to live with this M250.
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I find that the M5 wasn't such a huge advancement over the M4, but the M250 is definitely a great advancement over the M249
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That 6.8 round is a formidable LMG round. It has a respectable rate of fire too, the business end of that thing is certainly terrifying.
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There’s something so utterly horrifying about something laying down that much firepower that quickly with such little observable recoil. I don’t know how it feels to fire obviously, but if you can keep the groupings within a foot at range; that’s all you need for suppressive fire. Downright terrifying.
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I’m blown away with how they just nonchalantly one handed a machine gun. I was expecting something with a decent amount of weight, not AR-15 kind of weight. Looks like a massive game changer. Now soldiers can carry even more ammo, since the weapon is lighter.
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1:03. The way he just picks it up flawlessly with 1 arm should show how much of an improvement this weapon is. Then again, this is flannel daddy strength.
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338 norma belt fed. dreams are now reality. what a fantastic machine.
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I'm kinda sad that I never got opportunity to use the M250 or the M5 they look like they would of really helped in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011. And they look really fun to shoot too
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The fact that Papa thumb lifted the whole entire gun with one hand in the beginning with ease just shows you how much lighter it is compared to the M249 and the M240
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"Your hearing loss is not service related" *New generation of firearms all come with a suppressor
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" I know that's not precise, but neither is a machine gun " No truer words have ever been said...
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absolutely brilliant, so much fun to watch this
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13:01 - I love it how those stupid 45-degree offset iron sights had to be implemented because of "Army requirements", but then SIG silently engineered them so that they can also be mounted vertically. Sometimes you have to protect you customers from themselves.
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I have vivid memories of range control walking around with spray bottles, like Windex bottles, full of CLP and at the slightest hint of a malfunction they'd come running over to dowse your SAW with as much freedom sauce as it could handle. The first time you pulled the trigger afterwards you'd get bukkaked with CLP and unburnt powder.
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I was a 249 SAW gunner in the Army. This piece of equipment I would love to try. I loved the 249.
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As a M249 gunner, I'd take this to the field ANY DAY. I hate the bipod flopping around on the 249 (if you know, YOU know), and the nutsack falling off.
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The weigth reduction is literally insane. That alone is such a ridiculous quality of life improvement for the average soldier that its already a worthy replacement for the M249
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Really felt that comment about whenever you’re maneuvering with the SAW the first thing you gonna notice is that there is a plasticbox’s on the ground and a 200 round belt dragging behind you. Practically my life as a lefty saw gunner in the Norwegian army.
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Wow, now that's a machine gun. I used to teach the GPMG (M60) British Army and the SAW for Iraq 2004. Good times! Love the reviews guys keep up the great work.
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British army we had the 100rnd nutsack which was actually alright. One day I was issued the plastic 200rnd box and thought I was awesome, straight out of CoD4. The second I ran with that thing loaded, the box fell off just like you said! Plastic tab underneath was garbage
