New Marine Corps weapon to replace SAW

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I knew the BAR would come up. It's a perfect example of both a maneuverability and firepower problem, and is one heavy, long sun of a gun! Endless scores of air sorties and indirect fire is what caused the most casualties in WWII. Because the BAR was there does not support the claim that it was somehow an influential force in allied victory.

That ain't what I said.

All I was saying is that an automatic rifle was used for support at the fire team level in the past, and therefore could be again.

Is a mag-fed AR the best choice? Not in my opinion.

But, is it usable for the intended purpose? I think it is.

Time and experience will either validate the selection, or not.

Call me cynical, but you can't run a constant-recoil LMG against traditional impacting operating system guns and say they're somehow better.

You can if the constant-recoil guns don't work as well in adverse conditions.

There are some Latin American Special Ops units that use the Ultimax as their go-to LMG's, since they could choose what they wanted...

I'd be a lot more impressed if it were US spec ops units choosing to use the Ultimax.

Since you didn't answer my question, I take it that means you don't know how well (or poorly) the Ultimax and its 100-rd drum fare in actual or simulated combat use?