- LW50MG
The lightweight .50 Caliber (12.7mm) machine gun (LW50MG) weapon system is a heavy machine gun being designed by General Dynamics (GD) to replace the
M2 Browning machine gun . The LW50MG will be lighter than the M2, and have a greater rate of fire than the failed previous attempt to replace the M2, theXM312 . GD received a $9 million contract to develop the weapon. If the development is successful, it will then be deployed starting in 2012. [ [http://www.defense-update.com/newscast/0508/news/news1505_lw05mg.htm Farewell Ma Duce! Welcome LW50MG ] ] The LW50MG could possibly be the same design as, or derived from, the previous GDATP XM-312 LHMG prototype. But the Army gave up on that project and will instead buy new M2s and MK-19s to replace the current ones. [http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20080915.aspx]Citations
* [http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20080519.aspx Ma Deuce Goes Back To The Drawing Board] from Strategy Page, May 19, 2008
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