SAW-74

### Reliability

The **SAW-74** (*Squad Automatic Weapon*), is a Light machine gun designed by Albino Ordinance featured in conflicts such as Blitzkrieg, Operation Sandstorm and Black Pegasus. It is primarily intended to provide suppressive fire in long distances, while maintaining very high accuracy at the cost of having a prohibitive weight.

## History

The SAW-74 was created as a suitable replacement for the MK600, in August 13th 1970, Because it was too heavy at 36 Pounds Fully Loaded, making it cumbersome to carry; Even more heavier when loaded with endless rounds of 7.62 SDC rounds in an ammo backpack. Albino Ordinance Initially stated that it will chambered at the **5.56x45mm SDC**. That smaller round makes it easier to carry more ammunition, and lesser recoil and greater control and reliability on sustained fire.

The Panamoan Army were the first to use the LMG. Although it delivered good stopping power, precision, range and reliability, they're noted to be still heavyweight. Although it's not that much of a problem if the user had some considerable amounts of muscle. Since the APMC Marines were mostly physically fit, they didn't complain much about the prohibitive weight.

For a lack of better option, the SAW-74 PT was a carbine-like short barrelled version of the 74, featuring a different stock and shorter barrel, designed for paratroopers.

## Design

The SAW-74 is a belt-fed light machine gun. It fires the 5.56x45mm SDC cartridge, usually a combination of twenty SS987 Bulwark cartridges and 180 SS878 Striker cartridges fed from MK27 linked belts. Belts are typically held in a hard Polymer or soft canvas box attached to the underside of the weapon.

It fires from an open bolt and is gas operated. When the trigger is pulled, the bolt and bolt carrier move forward under the power of the recoil spring. A cartridge is stripped from the belt, chambered, and discharged, sending a bullet down the bore. Expanding propellant gases are diverted through a hole in the barrel into a chamber. This pressure moves a piston providing the energy to extract and eject the spent casing as well as advance the belt and compress the recoil spring, thus preparing for subsequent shots. Weighing in at 17.08 Pounds Empty, 23.07 Pounds with a fully loaded bag magazine, combined with its length of 1035mm, the SAW-74 is notably criticised by its prohibitive weight.

### Specifications

* Length: 1,035mm
* Caliber: **5.56x45mm SDC**
* Effective Range: 800-1000 Meters
* Weight: **23.07** Pounds (Fully Loaded), **17.08** Pounds (Empty)

## Attachments

### Rail

* Red Dot Sight
* M2 Reflex Sight
* XM21 Reflex Sight
* C6E Reflex Sight
* Serizawa J7
* RIATech Holographic
* Z9 Scout
* CTS Scope
* ACOG Scope

### Barrel

* Advanced Rifling
* Lightweight Suppressor
* Monolithic Suppressor
* Phantom Suppressor
* Muzzle Brake

### Underbarrel

* MK203 Grenade Launcher
* Angled Foregrip
* Foregrip
* Rubberized Foregrip
* Heavy Duty Foregrip
* Surefire M900 Flashlight Grip
* M910 Flashlight

### Ammunition

* M68 Inciendary Ammunition
* RIA-12 Tracer Rounds
* RIA-7 Inciendary Rounds
* RIA-4 Hollow Points

### Miscellaneous

* Deep Impact/FMJ
* Stopping Power
* High Caliber
* Paragon Striker

## Attachments

### Rail

* Red Dot Sight
* M2 Reflex Sight
* XM21 Reflex Sight
* C6E Reflex Sight
* Serizawa J7
* RIATech Holographic
* Z9 Scout
* CTS Scope
* ACOG Scope

### Barrel

* Advanced Rifling
* Lightweight Suppressor
* Monolithic Suppressor
* Phantom Suppressor
* Muzzle Brake

### Underbarrel

* MK203 Grenade Launcher
* Angled Foregrip
* Foregrip
* Rubberized Foregrip
* Heavy Duty Foregrip
* Surefire M900 Flashlight Grip
* M910 Flashlight

### Ammunition

* M68 Inciendary Ammunition
* RIA-12 Tracer Rounds
* RIA-7 Inciendary Rounds
* RIA-4 Hollow Points

### Miscellaneous

* Deep Impact/FMJ
* Stopping Power
* High Caliber
* Paragon Striker

## Trivia

### General

* Since Nevians are much stronger than humans, it's less of a problem carrying it, except if the user had heavy equipment on him or her.
* It is surprisingly accurate when fired in short bursts our using an ACOG Scope.
* It surprisingly had a precision of 0.5 MoA at 600 meters using the SS878 cartridge. using the older SS215 cartridge gives it a 1 MoA precision at that distance.
* The Panamoan Army has favored the weapon for over a decade, despite the immense weight, especially to Humans.
* Additional 5 pounds is added to the machine gun if you include it's bag magazine that fully contains 200 rounds of 5.56mm SDC rounds.

### Black Pegasus

* It has the Panamoan Flag on it, like some other weapons.
* The SAW-74 had lesser accuracy than it's previous incarnations due to the shorter barrel, and the collapsible buttstock had less stability at longer ranges, making long range shots a little difficult.