FN Minimi

The FN Minimi is a combination 'belt-fed'/magazine fed' light machine gun, designed to serve in the role of "Squad Automatic Weapon". The SAW was a mobile suppressive fire platform that was light weight and single man transportable - much more so than the venerable M60 (which was always supposed to be a General Purpose Machine Gun, i.e. a crew served weapon). The U.S. Military adopted the first models of the FN Minimi in the 1980s directly as the XM249 or later as the M249 SAW (with some slight design changes in the official U.S. Adopted version). Later versions of the gun, reflected upgrades and design changes that were requested by the U.S. Military.
On a historical note: in the first months of the first Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm 1990), there were not enough M249s to supply the massive troop buildup in the Middle East, so the U.S. Army bought outright a number of unaltered FN Minimis directly from FN, to supplement the weapons. So it is not inaccurate to see first pattern FN Minimis in the hands of US Soldiers who are supposedly issued M249 SAWs since the Army mixed the two versions together until the late 1990s.
Please note that a number of movies, particularly those filmed in British Columbia, Canada, use the Daewoo K3 to stand in for the FN Minimi and M249. Visit the Daewoo K3 page to compare the two guns.
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==Specifications==
(1975 - Present)
Type: Machine Gun
Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
Capacity: 100, 200 round linked belts, or 
Fire Modes: Full Auto Only (650-900 RPM) (No Selector Switch, safety is a push button)
== FN Minimi==
=== Film ===
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| Robocop ||||Detroit SWAT officer||||1987
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| rowspan="2" | Operation Condor || || Hotel manager || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | 1991
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| Eva Cobo de Garcia || Elsa
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| Courage Under Fire || Lou Diamond Phillips || Staff Sergeant John Monfriez || Fitted with heat shield to pass for M249 SAW || 1996
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| The One That Got Away || Steve John Shepherd || Small Bob || prototype || 1996
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|Dobermann||Monica Bellucci||Nat the Gypsy||With M203 grenade launcher||1997
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|Half a Chance||.||Various|| ||1998
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|Ronin||Robert De Niro||Sam||Paratrooper version||1998
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|Bravo Two Zero||Richard Graham, Rick Warden, Steve Nicolson||Mark, Tony, Dinger||the open front sights of the Canadian C9 variant, and also used the FN Minimi prototype. ||1999
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|Proof of Life||||Downtown 3||Substitutes the M249 SAW with an added heatshield||2000
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|Black Hawk Down||Ian Virgo||PFC John Waddell||Substitutes the M249 SAW||2001
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|Black Hawk Down||Tom Hardy||Specialist Lance Twombly||Substitutes the M249 SAW||2001
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|Swordfish||John Travolta||Gabriel Shear||||2001
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|36th Precinct|| Patrick Médioni || Robert Boulanger || Para, w/ammo box, w/Beta-C mag ||2004
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|Samurai Commando: Mission 1549|| || JGSDF member || ||2005
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|Home of the Brave||Brian Presley||Specialist Tommy Yates||Paratrooper version mounted on Humvee with 200-round woodland camo cloth ammo bag||2006
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|The Mark of Cain||||British soldiers||Paratrooper version||2007
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|The Mark of Cain||Gerard Kearns||Pte Mark "Treacle" Tate||Paratrooper version||2007
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|Quantum of Solace||||Gunmen||Paratrooper version||2008
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|Green Zone||||U.S. Army soldiers||Substitutes the M249 SAW with an added heatshield||2010
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|The Other Guys||||Rasta robbers||||2010
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|The Viral Factor||||Gunther||Paratrooper version||2012
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|Osombie|| Paul D. Hunt ||Joker||Paratrooper version||2012
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|Battleground|| || || ||2012
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|Cockneys vs. Zombies|| Georgia King || Emma || ||2012
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|The Family ||Anthony Desio||Baby Goon||||2013
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|Hunting the Phantom || || Terrorist || || 2014
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|Colt 45 || || Masked assassin || Paratrooper version || 2014
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|PASKAL The Movie || || PASKAL drill || || 2018
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|The Outpost || || U.S. Army soldiers || Modified to resemble M249 Paratrooper variant|| 2020
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|Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie || || SAT trooper || Sumitomo Minimi || 2021
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=== Television ===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Air Date
Ultimate Force 	Ross Kemp 	SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie	Handled but never fired 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	Danny Sapani 	Cpl. Ricky Mann 	Fed from 200 round cloth ammo drum 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	Alex Reid 	Cpt. Caroline Walsh 	Fed from 200 round cloth ammo drum 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	Liam Garrigan 	Cpl. Ed Dwyer 	Fitted with FN FAL style folding stock and fed from 200 round cloth ammo bag	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	Louis Decosta Johnson	Cpl. Dave Woolston 	Fed from 200 round cloth ammo bag and loose belts 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	Louis Decosta Johnson	Cpl. Dave Woolston 	Para model, fed from 30 round magazine 	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force 	William Meredith 	Fender 	Para model, fed 200 round cloth ammo bag 	2002 - 2006
Iris - Season 1	 	North Korean terrorists 	 	2009
=== Video Games ===
Title 	As 	Notation 	Release Date
Resident Evil Game 	 	Can only be found in the PC version 	1996
Project IGI: I'm Going In 	 	 	2000
Project IGI 2: Covert Strike 	 	 	2003
Project Reality 	 	Paratrooper version with optional SCROME J4 scope, EOTech red dot sight, and 100-round DPM camo cloth ammo bag	2005
Project Reality 	As the "L110A1" and "L110A2"	L110 variants with optional SUSAT scope and 100-round DPM camo cloth ammo bag 	2005
El Matador 	 	 	2006
Forbidden Siren 2 	"MINIMI 5.56mm Machine Gun" 	Sumitomo Minimi 	2006
Little Busters! 	 	 	2007
World in Conflict 	 	Cutscenes only 	2007
7.62 High Calibre 	 	Standard and Para versions 	2008
Wheelman 	 	w/ full stock and M249-style pistol grip and trigger guard 	2009
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action 	Minimi 	Minimi Para with heat-shield 	2012
Survarium 	 	 	2013
Squad 	L110A2, F89 Minimi 	UK L110A2 variant, iron sights or SUSAT and ADF F89 variant 	2015
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 	"Bruen Mk9" 	Minimi Mk3-style handguard, M240-like stock; added in Season 3 (2020) 	2019
Caliber 	 	 	2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023)	"Bruen Mk9" 	Minimi Mk3-style handguard, M240-like stock; Can be rechambered to .300 Blackout 	2023
=== Anime ===
Film/Television Title 	Character 	Notation	Date
Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front	Aquironia soldier	 	1994
Gunsmith Cats 	 	 	1995
Kochikame, The Movie 	Volvo Saigo 	 	1999
Asobi ni Ikuyo! 	 	 	2010
==M249 ==
thumb|right|400px|M249 with folding carry handle and 200-round drum - 5.56x45mm. This is a real blank adapted movie gun.
The M249 is the variant of the FN Minimi adopted by the US military.
The M249 Product Improvement Program (PIP) was a program began in the mid-1980s soon after adoption to address some of the problems that M249 had. The "PIP kit" retrofitted the issued M249s. The PIP kit replaced the original steel tubular stock with a solid plastic stock, replaced the adjustable gas port settings with a single one (preventing the gun from firing at the higher cyclic rate), adds a heat shield/handguard above the barrel, and replaces the fixed barrel changing handle/carry handle with a folding one. Parts of the gun parts were modified to prevent injuries. The bipod, pistol grip, flash hider, and sights were also modified.
The Rapid Fielding Initiative (RFI) in the 2000s introduced additional modifications, including an improved bipod, 100– and 200–round fabric ammo bags to replace the plastic drums, M4-like collapsible stocks, and adding Picatinny rails for the feed tray cover and forearm. The initiative also modified their M249s with short Paratrooper barrels. Parts from the RFI are commonly confused with those from the PIP, even though some of the parts (especially Picatinny rails) literally did not exist when PIP was introduced.
The M249 was originally designated the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), but the designation was later dropped in 1994, according to the preface of FM (United States Army Field Manuals) 23-14 "M249 Light Machine Gun In The Automatic Rifle Role". The SAW name is still commonly (though inconsistently) used despite this.
Variants of the M249 are sometimes named with EX (X being a number) suffixes; M249E1 (or XM249E1) is associated with the pre-PIP original M249, M249E2 (or XM249E2) is associated with the post-PIP upgraded M249, and M249E3 is associated with the M249 Para. However, there does not appear to be any official use of these designations, and the official designation for all variants remained M249.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Date
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies	 	 	archive footage 	2001
Die Another Day 	 	US Army soldiers 	Paratrooper 	2002
Tears of the Sun 	Nick Chinlund 	Michael "Slo" Slowenski 	Paratrooper version with cloth ammo pouch and accessory rail mounted on feed tray cover	2003
The Hunted 	Carrick O'Quinn 	Kohler 	 	2003
Hulk 	 	Soldiers in the Secret Lab 	fitted with Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher 	2003
Bad Boys II 	 	A member of the rescue team 	Paratrooper version 	2003
Harsh Times 	 	 	 	2005
Jarhead 	 	US Marines 	 	2005
War of The Worlds 	 	US Army soldiers 	 	2005
The Island 	 	Mercenaries 	Paratrooper model; mounted on fictional 'Black Wasp' airbikes 	2005
The Tiger and the Snow 	 	US Army soldier 	 	2005
Idiocracy 	Terry Crews 	President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho	Para, Red and blue highlights, presidential seal on ammo box 	2006
28 Weeks Later 	 	US Army soldiers 	 	2007
Redacted 	Daniel Stewart Sherman 	SPC B.B. Rush 	M249-E2 	2007
Stop-Loss 	Joseph Gordon-Levitt 	Pfc. Tommy Burgess 	With Elcan M145 MGO 	2007
I Am Legend 	Will Smith 	Dr. Robert Neville 	 	2007
In the Valley of Elah 	Hans Steckley 	Cpl. Steckley 	Paratrooper version 	2007
Iron Man 	 	 	Seen on table during weapons demonstration 	2008
Detour (Snarveien) 	 	 	M249 Para, seen on the screen 	2009
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 	 	Special Forces soldier 	With Elcan M145 MGO and suppressor 	2009
District 9 	 	MNU mercenaries 	 	2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 	Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Heavy Duty 	With grenade launcher 	2009
Gamer 	Keith Jardine 	Mean Slayer 	With barrel shroud 	2009
Battle: Los Angeles 	Gino Anthony Pesi 	Cpl. Nick Stavrou 	With ACOG scope 	2011
Battle: Los Angeles 	 	US Marines 	With ACOG scope 	2011
Colombiana 	 	Guard 	 	2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 	Lester Speight 	Eddie 	With barrel shroud and Aimpoint sight 	2011
Special Forces 	Alain Figlarz 	Victor 	Paratrooper model with foregrip and ACOG sight 	2011
Memorial Day 	Thomas Sellwood 	PFC Nick Sullivan 	With custom picatinny rail 	2011
Memorial Day 	 	34th Infantry Division soldiers 	 	2011
New Kids Nitro 	Wesley van Galen 	Rikkert 	 	2011
Safe House 	 	mercenary 	 	2012
Act of Valor 	 	US Navy SEALs 	Fitted with red dot sights and RIS foregrips 	2012
Red Dawn 	Josh Peck 	Matt Eckert 	 	2012
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 	Dwayne Johnson 	Roadblock 	Standard M249 fitted with red dot sight and RIS handguard 	2013
A Good Day to Die Hard 	Bruce Willis 	John McClane 	Paratrooper model fitted with EOTech sight and RIS handguard 	2013
Escape Plan 	 	A gunner on helicopter 	 	2013
Escape Plan 	Arnold Schwarzenegger 	Swan Rottmayer 	 	2013
American Sniper 	 	US Marine 	 	2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 	Kevin Rankin 	McVeigh 	 	2014
Sicario 	 	Mexican Federal Police 	 	2015
Kilo Two Bravo 	 	A British Army soldier 	Paratrooper version 	2015
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 	 	Henchmen 	RIS handguard 	2016
Captain America: Civil War 	Sebastian Stan 	Bucky Barnes / The Winter Soldier 	With SureFire 100-round casket magazine and Leupold HAMR sight 	2016
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 	 	operatives 	 	2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 	Various 	US Marines 	 	2016
Wolf Warriors 2 	Oleg Prudius 	Bear 	 	2017
John Wick: Chapter 2 	 	 	Seen in armory 	2017
Logan 	Boyd Holbrook 	Donald Pierce 	 	2017
The Fate of the Furious 	Dwayne Johnson 	Luke Hobbs 	with Trijicon MRO sight 	2017
God Bless the Broken Road 	 	A US Army soldier 	with an M145 Machine Gun Optic 	2018
Mile 22 	 	soldiers 	 	2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout 	Henry Cavill 	August Walker 	 	2018
Terminator: Dark Fate 	Arnold Schwarzenegger 	T-800 Terminator 	C-Mag 100-round drum magazine 	2019
6 Underground 	Corey Hawkins 	Blaine / "Seven" 	Para 	2019
Extraction 	 	mercenary 	 	2020
Black Widow 	 	US Army Soldiers 	Deleted scene 	2021
Project Wolf Hunting 	Jung Moon-sung 	Kim Kyu-tae 	Paratrooper model 	2022
The Gray Man 	 	mercenaries 	 	2022
John Wick: Chapter 4 	 	 	seen in armory 	2023
=== Television ===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
The X-Files - Season 9 	 	US Army Soldiers 	Gulf War flashback sequence / "Providence" (S9E10) 	2002
Red Cap 	 	Army Air Corps Gunner 	Paratrooper model 	2003 - 2004
Over There 	Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones	Pvt. Maurice 'Smoke' Williams 	Starts out with the standard version, then changes to paratrooper version 	2005
CSI: NY - Season 2 	 	US Marine 	"Heroes" 	2006
Generation Kill 	Billy Lush 	Lance Corporal Trombley 	 	2008
Generation Kill 	 	US Marines 	 	2008
Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Season 4 	 	Colonial Marine 	Paratrooper model with heat shield 	2009
Ultimate Weapons 	 	US Marines 	 	2010
Revolution 	Extra 	Militia Monroe 	 	2013
Banshee - Season 2 	Hoon Lee 	Job 	Episode 10 	2014
Banshee - Season 3 	Hoon Lee 	Job 	Episode 1 	2015
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 1 	 	National Guardsman 	"The Dog" (S1E3) 	2015
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3 	 	Black Hat Reservation resident	Mounted on jeep; "The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Children of Wrath" (S3E08) 	2017
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4 	 	 	Para, Mounted on 2007 BAE Systems Caiman CMTV; "What's Your Story?" (S4E01), "Just In Case" (S4E06), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07), "No One's Gone" (S4E08), "Blackjack" (S4E13)	2018
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4 	Maggie Grace 	Althea "Al" Szewczyk-Przygocki	Para; "...I Lose Myself" (S4E16) 	2018
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 5 	 	 	Para, Mounted on 2007 BAE Systems Caiman CMTV; "Skidmark" (S5E04) 	2019
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 6 	 	 	Para, Mounted on 2007 BAE Systems Caiman CMTV; "Welcome to the Club" (S6E02), "Honey" (S6E05), "Things Left to Do" (S6E09) 	2020-2021
Cowboy Bebop (2021) 	 	Syndicate soldier 	 	2021
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 7 	 	 	Para, Mounted on 2007 BAE Systems Caiman CMTV; "Reclamation" (S7E06) 	2021
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 8 	 	 	Para, Mounted on 2007 BAE Systems Caiman CMTV; "Keeping Her Alive" (S8E10), "Fighting Like You" (S8E11) 	2023
The Continental: From the World of John Wick	Adam Shapiro 	Lemmy 	Anachronism; "Brothers in Arms" (S1E01) 	2023
=== Video Games ===
| Half-Life || || || Only appears in the expansion pack Opposing Force, holds 50 rounds || 1998
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| Parasite Eve II || M249 || || Paratrooper version || 1999
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| Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear || M249 SAW || w/ 200-round ammo can || Urban Operations expansion || 2000
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| Counter-Strike || M249 || || Paratrooper version || 2000
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| Delta Force: Land Warrior || || || || 2000
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| Fallout Tactics || FN M249 SAW || w/ 30-round STANAG magazines || || 2001
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| Delta Force: Task Force Dagger || || || || 2002
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| America's Army || || || || 2002
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| Conflict: Desert Storm || || || || 2002
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| Conflict: Desert Storm II || || || || 2003
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| Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield || || w/scope || || 2003
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| Counter-Strike: Condition Zero || M249 || || Paratrooper version || 2003
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| Ghost Squad || "SAW24" "SAW25" || Paratrooper version with Aimpoint Comp M2 and Knight's Armament vertical foregrip || "SAW24" has infinite rounds with overheat function, "SAW25" has 50 rounds with grenade launcher, no overheating || 2004
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| Söldner: Secret Wars || || || || 2004
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| Counter-Strike: Source || M249 || || Paratrooper version || 2004
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| Far Cry || Machine gun || No stock || || 2004
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| Battlefield 2 || || With Minimi-style carry handle and muzzle brake || Handheld or vehicle-mounted, or in fixed positions || 2005
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| Battlefield 2: Modern Combat || M249 SAW || || USMC and EU factions || 2005
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| Close Combat: First to Fight || M249 SAW || || || 2005
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| Project Reality || || With paratrooper-style telescoping stock || In fixed defensive positions || 2005
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| Project Reality || || Paratrooper version with optional M145 MGO or ACOG scope, M4-style telescoping stock, RIS foregrip, and 100-round woodland camo cloth ammo bag || || 2005
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| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories || SAW || || || 2006
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| Operation 7 || || || || 2006
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| Alliance of Valiant Arms || || With custom tiger-stripe paint scheme || || 2007
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| Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat || || || || 2007
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| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare || M249 SAW || || || 2007
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| ArmA: Armed Assault || || || || 2007
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| Soldier of Fortune: Payback || || || || 2007
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| Cross Fire ||"M249 SAW" || || || 2007
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|Mercenaries 2: World In Flames||as the "Light MG"||||M249 (First Variant)||2008
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| Battlefield: Bad Company || || Paratrooper version || || 2008
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| Far Cry 2 || || Metal belt box || || 2008
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|Xenus 2: White Gold|| || || ||2008
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| Saints Row 2 || AR200 SAW || || || 2008
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| Counter-Strike Online || M249 || Red (Christmas Special) and Skull-7 Anti-Zombie Variant (w/ 1.5x M145 MGO scope) || Paratrooper version || 2008
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| Terminator Salvation || || || || 2009
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| America's Army 3 || || With 200-round ammo drum or 100-round woodland camo ammo bag and M68 Aimpoint red dot scope || || 2009
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| ArmA II || M249 SAW || || Also available in M249 Paratrooper and L110A1 models || 2009
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 || M249 SAW || || Mounted on a log in the level "Whiskey Hotel"; also a console-spawned-only weapon in certain missions || 2009
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| Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising || M249 SAW || || || 2009
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| Marines: Modern Urban Combat || || || || 2010
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| Just Cause 2 || Machine Gun || || || 2010
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| Fallout: New Vegas || || w/lower wooden handguard || || 2010 
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| Delta Force: Xtreme 2 || || || || 2010
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| Medal of Honor || M249 SAW || w/ MK 46 Mod 0 heat shield; other optional attachments || || 2010
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| Army of Two: The 40th Day || M249 SAW || Can be fitted with a variety of stocks, barrels, magazines, scopes, suppressors/muzzle brakes || || 2010
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 || MK46 || w/ Mk 46 Mod 0 heat shield || M249 Para SAW || 2011
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| Homefront || M249 || || || 2011
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| Battlefield Play4Free || || || With optional EOTech red dot sight || 2011
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| Battlefield 3 || M249 SAW || w/ Mk 46 Mod 0 heat shield; other optional attachments || || 2011
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| SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs || SR-N56 || || || 2011
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| War Inc. Battlezone || || w/ various attachments || || 2011
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| Karma Online || || || || 2011
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| Spec Ops: The Line || || || || 2012
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| Arctic Combat || || || || 2012
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| Ravaged || || || || 2012
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| State of Decay || "M249 SAW" || || E2 version || 2013
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| Payday 2 || KSP || Mk 46 handguard, buffer stocks ||M249 Para; added in age Weapon Pack 02 (2014) || 2013
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| ArmA Tactics || M249 || || M249 Para || 2013
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|America's Army: Proving Grounds || || || || 2013
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| Battlefield 4 || || w/ Mk 46 Mod 0 heat shield || || 2011
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| Warface ||M249 Para ||||Paratrooper with folded stock||2013
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| Insurgency || M249 || w/ various attachments || || 2014
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| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly || M249 SAW|| || || 2014
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| Squad || M249 || CompM4 red dot sight || Paratrooper version with M4-style telescoping stock, RIS handguard, and 200-round drum magazine || 2015
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| Rainbow Six Siege || M249 || w/various attachments || Paratrooper version; added in the Operation Skull Rain expansion (2016); additional variant fed by magazines added in the Operation Burnt Horizon expansion (2019) || 2015
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| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades || || || || 2016
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| Playerunknown's Battlegrounds || "M249" || w/ various scopes || 100-round ammo drum || 2017
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| Far Cry 5 || || || Collapsed paratrooper stock || 2018
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| Ironsight || MK46 || w/ Mk 46 Mod 0 heat shield || || 2018
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| Insurgency: Sandstorm || M249 || || || 2018
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| Vigor || M249 || || E1 version || 2018
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| Krunker || Machine Gun || Removed bipod, 60-round magazine, optional Pan AV reflex sight or ACOG scope || Paratrooper version || 2019
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| Far Cry New Dawn || || || || 2019
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| Far Cry 6 || "Tacticool" || || Special edition/paid store item || 2021
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|Battlefield 2042 || || || Introduced in Season 2; standard and Para variants || 2021
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| Arma Reforger || || || original 1980s M249 || 2022
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|S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA || || || M249 || 2022
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| Arizona Sunshine 2 || || M249 Para w/ glow sights, top rail, plastic stock, heat shield, and 25-round box mags || "Improved" variant w/ vertical foregrip, muzzle brake, FDE paint, and 50-round belt boxes available || 2023
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=== Anime ===
Film/Television Title 	Character 	Notation 	Date
Violence Jack: Hell's Wind Hen 	Hell's Wind biker 	 	1990
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 	Batou 	M249 SAW 	2002
Blood+ 	Red Shield personnel	 	2005
Flag 	mounted on UNF tank 	 	2006
The Strange Case Files of Ryoko Yakushiji	Lucienne 	 	2008
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino 	Italian Army 	 	2008
Puella Magi Madoka Magica 	Homura Akemi 	M249 SAW Paratrooper	2011
Sword Art Online II 	Player 	 	2014
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple 	 	seen in armory 	2016
===Animation===
Title 	Voice Actor 	Characters 	Notation 	Date
What If...? - Season 1 	Sebastian Stan	Bucky Barnes 	w/SureFire 100-round casket magazine and Leupold HAMR scope; "What If... Zombies!?" (S1E05) 	2021
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3	Steve Blum 	Private Coutts 	"Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 	2022
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3	Gabriel Luna 	Sergeant Nielson 	w/IMI Negev Commando parts, HAMR scope and underbarreled grenade launcher; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 	2022
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3	Andrew Kishino	Private Erwin 	w/IMI Negev Commando parts and HAMR scope; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 	2022
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3	Seth Green 	Private Folen 	w/IMI Negev Commando parts and HAMR scope; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 	2022
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3	 	 	normal or Para; seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 	2022
What If...? - Season 2 	Sebastian Stan	Bucky Barnes 	w/STANAG magazine and Leupold HAMR scope; "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?" (S2E02) 	2023
What If...? - Season 2 	 	Black Widow Assassins	w/Leupold HAMR scope, Magpul stock, and STANAG magazine; "What If... Captain Carter Fought the HYDRA Stomper?" (S2E05)	2023
==FN Minimi SPW==
The M249 SPW (Special Purpose Weapon), also known as the Minimi SPW or the M249E4, is a modified M249 Paratrooper developed by Fabrique Nationale in 1996 to meet the requirements of US special forces for a new, lightweight machine gun. The SPW has its carrying handle, STANAG magazine well, and vehicle mounting lug removed to reduce weight. It is equipped with a lighweight short barrel, a three-sided railed handguard, and a Picatinny rail on its feed tray cover. The M249's fixed bipod and plastic ammo box are replaced with a detachable bipod and a cloth ammo bag.
=== Video Games ===
Title 	Appear As 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 	"MK48" 	w/ carry handle 	 	2005
Rainbow Six: Vegas 	M249 SPW 	With optional ACOG scope, red dot sight, and improved stock 	 	2006
Cross Fire 	"M249 Minimi SPW"	 	 	2007
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men 	 	 	 	2007
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 	M249 SPW 	with a variety of accesories and wrong buttstock when used by the player	 	2008
7.62 High Calibre 	 	 	 	2008
Armed Forces Corps 	"M249 MOD 2" 	 	 	2009
Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures	"M249 MOD 2" 	 	 	2009
Bodycount 	"Minimi" 	 	With 100-round solid drum	2011
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==Mk 46 Mod 0==
The Mk 46 Mod 0 is an improved version of the SPW that was adopted and used by US special forces since 2000. Compared to the SPW, the Mk 46 Mod 0 featured a heavier fluted barrel, a new railed handguard with a 12 o'clock rail, and a fixed M249 plastic stock instead of a metal telescoping Paratrooper stock. This version is no longer manufactured, and was retrofitted, along with a number of other weapon systems, into the Mk 46 Mod 1 in 2006.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Date
XXX 2: State of the Union	Samuel L. Jackson	August Gibbons 	 	2005
XXX 2: State of the Union	Ice Cube 	Darius Stone 	 	2005
Elysium 	Adrian Holmes 	Manuel 	Mocked up to resemble a KAC ChainSAW	2013
6 Underground 	 	Delta Force operator	 	2019
===Television===
Show Title / Episode 	Actor 	Character 	Notation	Air Date
Future Weapons/Predators	Richard Machowicz	Richard Machowicz	 	February 26, 2007
===Video Games===
Title 	Appear As 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Conflict: Global Terror 	 	 	 	2005
Operation 7 	 	 	 	2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas 	MK46 	w/variety of accessories 	 	2006
World in Conflict 	 	 	Anachronistic 	2007
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 	MK46 	w/variety of accessories 	 	2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 	Mk. 46 Mod 1 	 	Actually a Mod 0 	2008
7.62 High Calibre 	 	 	 	2008
The 3rd Birthday 	 	 	 	2010
Medal of Honor: Warfighter 	M249 Mk 46 Mod 1 / M249 / K3 SAW / Ksp 90	 	Mk 46 model also used to mock up models for M249, Daewoo K3, and Bofors Ksp 90	2012
Binary Domain 	Schwarzlose M-489 SAW 	Para stock, SAW-style handguard, enormous bayonet-like device 	 	2012
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault	M249-G4 	w/ various attachments 	Actually a Mod 0, as seen on its markings on its side 	2015
Black Squad 	"MK46" 	EOTech 556 and AN/PEQ-15 	Buttstock from M249 paratrooper 	2017
Trepang2 	"Minigun" 	Vertical foregrip, optional suppressors, bayonets, laser, ELCAN Specter or "smart scope"	Fictionalized with three rotating barrels and larger stock 	2023
===Animation===
Title 	Voice Actor	Characters	Notation 	Date
Love, Death & Robots - Season 1	 	US Marine 	"Shape-Shifters" (S1E10)	2019
== Mk 46 Mod 1 ==
===Television===
Show Title / Episode	Actor 	Character 	Notation	Air Date
SEAL Team 	A.J. Buckley	Sonny Quinn	 	2017-
===Video Games===
Title 	Appear As 	Mods 	Notation	Release Date
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3	Mk 46 Mod 1	w/ various attachments	 	2010
Call to Arms 	 	 	 	2018
== Mk 48 Mod 0 ==
The Mk 48 Mod 0 is the 7.62x51mm general-purpose machine gun variant of the Mk 46 Mod 0, and like that variant was developed for the requirements of USSOCOM. SOCOM had used the M240B as a stopgap replacement for the Mk 43 (their name for the M60E4), but found the 28-pound M240 insufficiently portable compared to the 22.5-pound M60E4. As a result they requested an LWMG ("Light Weight Machine Gun"), and FN Herstal responded in 2001 with a scaled-up Mk 46 which was both more reliable than the M60 and lighter (~18.5 pounds), and this entered production in 2003. This version is no longer manufactured, and all existing stocks were upgraded to the Mk 48 Mod 1 standard.
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Date
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 	 	NEST soldiers 	With Harris bipods, Aimpoint and Elcan M145 MGO sights 	2009
SEAL Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden	Xzibit 	Mule 	 	2012
Zero Dark Thirty 	 	Navy SEAL 	With suppressor 	2012
Lone Survivor 	 	Navy SEAL 	 	2013
American Sniper 	Jake McDorman	"Biggles" 	With ACOG scope, AN/PEQ-15 IR designator, and cloth ammo bag	2014
Bright 	 	SWAT 	 	2017
Civil War 	 	Western Forces soldiers	 	2024
===Television===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation / Episode	Air Date
Future Weapons	Richard Machowicz	Richard Machowicz	Predators 	February 26, 2007
Mail Call 	R. Lee Ermey 	 	 	
===Video Games===
Title 	Appear As 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Combat Arms 	Mk.48 	 	 	2004
Soldier of Fortune: Payback 	M48 SAW 	custom stock and carry handle 	w/ EOTEch, reflex scope or red dot scope 	2007
7.62 High Calibre 	 	 	 	2008
ArmA II 	 	M68 Aimpoint 	 	2009
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising	Mk48 Mod 0 	 	 	2009
Battlefield Play4Free 	"Veteran's M249 SAW"	With optional EOTech red dot sight	Depicted as upgraded version of Mk 46 Mod 0	2011
Operation Flashpoint: Red River 	 	 	 	2011
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier 	MK48 	w/ various attachments 	w/ M249 Para-type collapsing stock 	2012
Arctic Combat 	 	 	 	2012
Counter-Strike Online 	 	 	 	2012
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 	 	 	 	2019
Caliber 	 	 	 	2019
== Mk 48 Mod 1 ==
Improved version of the Mod 0 which began as a refurbishment program in 2006 and replaced the Mod 0 entirely as of 2010.
===Television===
Show Title / Episode	Actor 	Character 	Notation	Air Date
SEAL Team 	A.J. Buckley	Sonny Quinn	 	2018-
===Video Games===
Title 	Appear As 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Ghost Recon Online 	Mk 48 Mod 1	w/ various attachments 	 	2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Mk48 	w/ various attachments 	 	2012
Grand Theft Auto V 	"Combat MG"	extended magazine, scope and angled foregrip	w/ the STANAG adaptor of an M249 SAW and the buttstock of an M60	2013
== C9 Light Machine Gun ==
The C9 is a variant of the Minimi used by the Canadian Armed Forces, identifiable by the open front sight and rounded trigger guard as opposed to the hooded front sights and squared trigger guard on other Minimi variants. The upgraded version, the C9A1, features an ELCAN scope mounted on the feed tray cover and an optional vertical grip that mounts to the stock for added stability during prone firing. The newest version, the C9A2, is a mid-life upgrade that incorporates a paratrooper-length barrel and an overall olive drab coloration and M4-style telescoping stock to match the Canadian-issue C7A2 rifle.
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Notation 	Date
Battle for Haditha	 	U.S. Marines 	Fitted with buttstock to pass for M249 SAW	2007
Hyena Road 	 	Canadian soldiers	C9A2 	2015
=== Video Games ===
Title 	Appear As	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Project Reality	 	C9A2, with optional ELCAN scope and 100-round cloth ammo bag	Handheld or vehicle-mounted	2005
Squad 	C9A2 	 	 	2015
* Sumitomo Heavy Industries - A list of all firearms manufactured by Sumitomo.
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