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<blockquote data-quote="fiscally_irresponsible" data-source="post: 4316187" data-attributes="member: 57557"><p>Yeah, giving it a few years till its good ol M4 and M249 again.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The M249 with a combat load of 600 rounds weighs about 21 LBs</p><p></p><p></p><p>the new XM250 with a combat load of 400 rounds weighs about 27 LBs, they've also moved the (non reciprocating) charging handle to just behind the belt pouch. charging handle is not too awful far behind the exposed rounds on links for some reason.</p><p></p><p>The XM250 has also lost the ability to feed from the magazines used by riflemen (m249 could feed from stanags) and THE QUICK CHANGE BARREL SYSTEM, great idea for a round that will be harder on the barrel...</p><p>The XM250 also loses 100 rounds per belt fed ammo box.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The US has once again managed to knock their replacement of the M4 and M249 weapon systems out of the park.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fiscally_irresponsible, post: 4316187, member: 57557"] Yeah, giving it a few years till its good ol M4 and M249 again. The M249 with a combat load of 600 rounds weighs about 21 LBs the new XM250 with a combat load of 400 rounds weighs about 27 LBs, they've also moved the (non reciprocating) charging handle to just behind the belt pouch. charging handle is not too awful far behind the exposed rounds on links for some reason. The XM250 has also lost the ability to feed from the magazines used by riflemen (m249 could feed from stanags) and THE QUICK CHANGE BARREL SYSTEM, great idea for a round that will be harder on the barrel... The XM250 also loses 100 rounds per belt fed ammo box. The US has once again managed to knock their replacement of the M4 and M249 weapon systems out of the park. [/QUOTE]
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