RE: HAMR time

John,
I did not understand your post. "I would"...what?

Were you saying:
A) A SAW (M249) gunner would be encumbered carring the weapon by
himself.
B) A SAW gunner would be be encumbered carring just the weapon (squad
carring ammo).
C) A SAW gunner would not be encumbered carring weapon and ammo.
D) Something else.

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Brian Bell
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Atkinson [mailto:johnmatkinson@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:12
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: HAMR time

--- Tomb <tomb@dreammechanics.com> wrote:

> [Tomb] Why yes. The penalties are identical. None. 
> 
> [Tomb] Now, you could, if you were inclined,
> consider the guy lugging
> the HAMR (if by himself) to be encumbered. That
> wouldn't be what one
> would do for the average SAW (think Minimi/M249 -
> not _that_
> encumbering!). But the HAMR is monsterous enough to
> make a one-person
> lug rather unwieldy (and hence merit a reduction in
> movement). 

I would.  An M-249 with bipod and tools weighs 7.718
kg (17.00 lbs).  200 round box magazine weighs 3.14 kg
(6.92 lbs).  Spare heat shield, spare barrel assembly,
and barrel bag weighs 3.178 kg (7 lbs).  So a SAW
gunner with a combat load of 600 rounds is carrying a
total of 29.598 kg (44.76 lbs)	Source is the
operator's manual for said weapon.

The Barrett .50 cal M82A1 weighs much more --12.9 kg
(28.5 lbs).  And that's just the rifle (according to
http://www.barrettrifles.com/rifles.html).  Ammunition
is heavy as hell also.	I can't find the numbers right
now, but a magazine of 10 rounds is probably about 2/3
the weight of the SAW magazines.

But wait, there's more!  The overall length of the
M-249 is 1.35m (40.75").  Pretty handy, and there's a
collapsible stock version that's even shorter.	The
Barrett is 1.4478m, a total of 57".  IOW, nearly 5
feet long. 

John

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