M105 Light Support Weapon System

The Model 105 Light Support Weapon System (M105 LSWS), also known as the M105 squad automatic weapon or M105 light machine gun, is the first in a line of multi-purpose light machine guns designed by Burns National. As its name implies, it is employed almost exclusively as a light support weapon, although it has been utilized to a lesser extent in other roles. It the successor to the UNSC Army's M102 Light Support Weapon System, and it was the first light machine gun to be used en masse by the Marine Corps since the FN Protecteur's service was discontinued in the 2460s.
==Overview==
===History===
The M105 was designed by Burns National in the midst of the post- era. It was intended to immediately begin service with UN forces, but initial evaluations proved fruitless and the weapon was sold only to a handful of private military companies. During the subsequent years, a number of M105s were acquired by various insurgent groups, namely the Insurrectionists, as a supplement to their typically meager arsenals.
After making minor modifications to the rifle, Burns successfully submitted the M105 to a UNSC weapons testing and evaluation group in 2554, and it was adopted by the as its premier light support weapon. Within months of this accomplishment, Burns fell victim to an internal corporate scandal and filed for bankruptcy before being bought out by Martian-based interstellar giant , which continued to produce the M105 as well as license manufacturing rights to various other companies. Not long after, Misriah unveiled the superior M739 Light Machine Gun, which usurped the M105's role in most applications over the course of the next fifteen months.
===Design===
The M105 LSWS is a gas-operated, magazine-fed, fully automatic weapon. It is classified as a light support weapon because it fires the 9.5x40 millimeter cartridge, which is the same caliber utilized by the , making ammunition much more available for the M105 in the field than if it required a specialized round.
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