Although it’s a pretty mature design, Knight’s Armament Co continues to refine their Lightweight Assault Machine Gun.
With variants so far in 5.56, 7.62 and 6.5, the weights are 9, 12 and 14 lbs respectively. Everyone who picks one up says, “whoa!”
They’ve made a few improvements to the 5.56 gun which will be reflected in the other variants.
For instance, they’ve updated the feed tray cover to be side folding.
Additionally, by lifting the feed tray, you also depress the barrel release button. Likewise, if the feed tray is down, in firing configuration, the barrel release button can’t be depressed.
They’re also using the Cadex Falcon bipod, due to its pan and tilt capabilities.
If you’re in the market for a badass machine gun, Knight’s has you covered.
That’s not an LMG. It’s a work of art and at that weight, a thing of beauty.
^ THIS.
9lbs… 9lbs.. no one want a workout with 9lbs not enough won’t even get your heart going, not even a mouse on a wheel. 10lbs is the key number here, think about it. 10 is the number
10 chipmunks twirling on a branch, eating lots of sunflowers on my uncles ranch. you know that old …
It’s like you’re dreamin’ about Gorgonzola cheese when it’s clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office….’cause you’re fired
Bam
Very light. I’m wondering if they advertise means rounds before failure?
What is the correlation between weight and mean round failure? Please enlighten us.
Any idea why 6.5 is heavier than 7.62?
Maybe a longer barrel to take advantage of 6.5’s velocity as well as a thicker profile?
Certainly longer barrel to make it useful and 6.5 < 7.62 so same profile barrel has more wall material.
That is just plain sexy.
What’s the difference between this and the Stoner LAMG?
Considering how light these things are, for frontline riflemen we could probably just get rid of carbines all together and issue something like this instead.
It’s stuff like this that makes the IAR concept look questionable.