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THE FN MINIMI
LIGHT MACHINE GUN
M249, L108A1, L110A2, and other variants
CHRIS McNAB
Author
Chris McNab is an author and editor specializing in military
history and military technology. To date he has published more
than 40 books, many for Osprey, including
German Automatic
Rifles 1941–45, MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns,
and
The Barrett
Rifle
in this series.
Illustrators
Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator, living in
Nashville, Tennessee. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe
Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are
Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Édouard Detaille. Johnny
completed the battlescene illustrations in this book.
Born in Malaya in 1949, Alan Gilliland spent 18 years as the
graphics editor of the UK’s
Daily Telegraph,
winning 19 awards
in that time. He now writes, illustrates, and publishes fiction
(www.ravensquill.com), as well as illustrating for a variety of
publishers, architects, and developers (www.alangilliland.com).
Alan completed the cutaway illustration for this book.
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THE MINIMI
LIGHT MACHINE GUN
CHRIS McNAB
Series Editor Martin Pegler
This electronic edition published in 2017 by Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Osprey Publishing,
PO Box 883, Oxford, OX1 9PL, UK
1385 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10018, USA
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A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British
Library
Print ISBN: 978 1 4728 1621 4
PDF e-book ISBN: 978 1 4728 1622 1
ePub e-book ISBN: 978 1 4728 1623 8
Index by Rob Munro
Typeset in Sabon and Univers
Originated by PDQ Media, Bungay, UK
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Acknowledgments
Thanks go to the Osprey team for their work on this title,
especially Nick Reynolds, Martin Pegler and Rob Munro. Thanks
also to Johnny Shumate and Alan Gilliland, for creating the
typically excellent colour plates.
Author’s note
The word ‘mil’ stands for ‘milliradian’, and here refers to a
common trigonometric measurement used in optical sights on
firearms. The mil dot markings on a sight reticle enable a gunner
to calculate elevation and windage to strike the target over
different ranges.
Editor’s note
In this book linear, weight, and volume measurements are given
in US customary units of measurement (yards, feet, inches,
pounds, ounces, grains). The following data will help when
converting between US customary and metric measurements:
1yd = 91.44cm
1ft = 30.48cm
1in = 2.54cm
1lb = 0.45kg
1oz = 28.35g
1 grain = 0.002oz
1 grain = 0.065g
Front cover, above: The M249 SAW. (Public Domain)
Front cover, below: A US soldier of the 25th Infantry Division
fires an M249 SAW down an Alaskan range during his
qualification training on the weapon in 2015. (Justin Connaher/
US Air Force)
Title-page image: Firing his SAW from a tripod mount, a US
Marine quickly switches between targets, aiming via the
Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) sight mounted
atop the feed cover. (USMC)
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DEVELOPMENT
Ultimate one-man firepower
4
8
25
67
77
79
80
USE
Combat and controversy
IMPACT
The SAW and its future
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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