The M27 is a good concept. It's only real short comings is its made by HK and it small ammo capacity. Magazine fed weapons are better for light infantry units. When the weapon is empty you jam another magazine in and your back in the fight. Belt fed weapons are slow on the reload and difficult to reload on the move. The belts also can get caught on shit from time to time and break off on you. I hated the M249. We had the full sized motherfucker. It was to damn heavy and you had a assisant gunner like it was a machinegun. Oh yeah, but it is a machinegun and it said so right on the receiver. I'm glad the Marines are looking for a automatic rifle for the automatic rifleman role. But, I just think they need to have a magazine drum that is not as bulky or difficult as those dual beta cmags.
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