F. Guffey,
If only the Army still had M3s! I wouldn't mind carrying one of those around, but the new M4A1s are full auto so we are back to the same situation when the M16A1 was introduced.
I'd say the Federal Law and ATF working definition of a "machine gun" doesn't really translate well into the military usage for "crew served weapons." That's why we refer to the M249 as a SAW (squad automatic weapon) rather than "machine gun" since it doesn't need a crew to feed it and hump it...
Jimro
If only the Army still had M3s! I wouldn't mind carrying one of those around, but the new M4A1s are full auto so we are back to the same situation when the M16A1 was introduced.
I'd say the Federal Law and ATF working definition of a "machine gun" doesn't really translate well into the military usage for "crew served weapons." That's why we refer to the M249 as a SAW (squad automatic weapon) rather than "machine gun" since it doesn't need a crew to feed it and hump it...
Jimro