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|[[ArmA II]]||M249 SAW||||Also available in M249 Paratrooper and L110A1 models||2009
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|[[Insurgency]]||||||||
 
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|[[Fallout: New Vegas]]||||w/lower wooden handguards||||2010
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|[[Counter-Strike Online]]||M249||Red(Christmas Special)||Paratrooper version||TBD
 
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|[[Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]||||w/scope||||2003
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|[[Operation 7]]||||||||???
 
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|[[ArmA: Armed Assault]]||||||||2007
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|[[Half-Life]]||||||Only appears in the expansion pack Opposing Force, unrealistically the magazine capacity is 50 rounds||1998
 
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|[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]||||||||2004
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|[[Counter-Strike]]||M249||||Paratrooper version||2000
 
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|[[America's Army]]||||||||2002
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|[[Delta Force: Land Warrior]]||||||||2000
 
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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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|[[Parasite Eve 2]]||Light Machine Gun||||||2000
 
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|[[Soldier of Fortune: Payback]]||||||||2007
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|[[Delta Force: Task Force Dagger]]||||||||2002
 
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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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|[[America's Army]]||||||||2002
 
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|[[Project Reality]]||||With paratrooper-style telescoping stock||In fixed defensive positions||2005
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|[[XIII]]||Sub-machinegun||No stock||||2003
 
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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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|[[Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]||||w/scope||||2003
 
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|[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]||||Paratrooper version||||2008
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|[[Counter-Strike: Condition Zero]]||M249||||Paratrooper version||2003
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|[[Far Cry: Instincts]]||||||||2005
 
 
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|[[Kill.Switch]]||||||||2004
 
|[[Kill.Switch]]||||||||2004
 
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|[[Counter-Strike]]||M249||||Paratrooper version||2000
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|[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]||||||||2004
 
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|[[Counter-Strike: Condition Zero]]||M249||||Paratrooper version||2003
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|[[Counter-Strike: Source]]||M249||||Paratrooper version||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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|[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]||M249 SAW||||||2007
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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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|[[Insurgency]]||||||||
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|[[Project Reality]]||||With paratrooper-style telescoping stock||In fixed defensive positions||2005
 
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|[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]||SAW||||||2006
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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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|[[Half-Life]]||||||Only appears in the expansion pack Opposing Force, unrealistically the magazine capacity is 50 rounds||1998
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|[[Far Cry: Instincts]]||||||||2005
 
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|[[Counter-Strike Online]]||M249||Red(Christmas Special)||Paratrooper version||TBD
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|[[Battlefield 2: Modern Combat]]||||||||2006
 
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|[[Far Cry]]||Machine gun||No stock||||2004
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|[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]||SAW||||||2006
 
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|[[Far Cry 2]]||||Metal belt box||||2008
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|[[America's Army: True Soldiers]]|| || || || 2007
 
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|[[Operation 7]]||||||||???
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|[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]||M249 SAW||||||2007
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Battlefield 2: Modern Combat]]||||||||2006
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|[[ArmA: Armed Assault]]||||||||2007
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Delta Force: Land Warrior]]||||||||2000
+
|[[Soldier of Fortune: Payback]]||||||||2007
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Delta Force: Task Force Dagger]]||||||||2002
+
|[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]||||Paratrooper version||||2008
 
|-
 
|-
|[[XIII]]||Sub-machinegun||No stock||||2003
+
|[[Far Cry 2]]||||Metal belt box||||2008
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Parasite Eve 2]]||Light Machine Gun||||||2000
+
|[[America's Army 3]]|||| With 200-round ammo drum or 100-round woodland camo ammo bag and M68 Aimpoint red dot scope ||||2009
 
|-
 
|-
|[[America's Army: True Soldiers]]|| || || || 2007
+
|[[ArmA II]]||M249 SAW||||Also available in M249 Paratrooper and L110A1 models||2009
 
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|[[Marines: Modern Urban Combat]]||  ||  ||  || 2010
 
|[[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 handguards||||2010
 
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|[[Homefront]]||M249  ||  ||  || 2011
 
|[[Homefront]]||M249  ||  ||  || 2011

Revision as of 18:15, 7 April 2011

The FN Minimi was 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 U.S. 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.

The FN Minimi and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, video games, and anime:


FN Minimi

FN Minimi - 5.56x45mm with 200-round ammo drum (note 90-degree carry handle and flash hider design).
M249 (first pattern U.S. adopted variant of the original FN Minimi) - 5.56x45mm. The only noticeable change from the Belgian Minimi is the rear sight design and cut outs in the buttstock. Other minor changes would result in the M249-E1 and the M249-E2.
FN Minimi Para - 5.56x45mm with 100-round camo cloth ammo bag. Note handguard design distinguishing this from the paratrooper version of the M249 SAW below.


Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Green Zone U.S. Army soldiers Substitutes the M249 SAW with an added heatshield 2010
Quantum of Solace Gunmen Paratrooper version 2008
Swordfish John Travolta Gabriel Shear 2001
Black Hawk Down Ian Virgo PFC John Waddell Substitutes the M249 SAW 2001
Black Hawk Down Tom Hardy Specialist Lance Twombly Substitutes the M249 SAW 2001
Proof of Life Downtown 3 Substitutes the M249 SAW with an added heatshield 2000
Ronin Robert De Niro Sam The Paratrooper version is used 1998
One That Got Away, The One of the SAS soldiers 1996
Robocop Detroit SWAT officer 1987

Video Games

Title Mods Notation Release Date
Resident Evil Game Can only be found in the PC version 1996
Project I.G.I 2000
Project IGI 2: Covert Strike 2003
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames 2008
Project Reality Paratrooper version with optional SUSAT scope and 100-round DPM camo cloth ammo bag 2005
Little Busters! 2007

Anime

Film/Television Title Character Notation Date
Kochikame, The Movie Volvo Saigo 1999
Asobi ni Ikuyo! 2010
Gunsmith Cats 1995


M249-E1 / M249-E2 / M249 Paratrooper SAW

M249-E1 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) with 200-round ammo drum - First major upgrade of the SAW officially adopted by the U.S. Military (this is a real blank adapted movie gun) - 5.56x45mm
M249-E2 SAW - upgraded M249 with heat shield and full synthetic Stock - 5.56x45mm with 200 round ammo drum.
M249 SAW - 5.56x45mm paratrooper version with 200 round ammo drum
M249 Paratrooper - a real blank adapted movie gun with bipod folded and a picatinny rail on the top of the feed tray cover - 5.56x45mm
M249 SAW Paratrooper - this one features components of the Product Improvement Package (PIP), including the new telescoping stock, heat shield, and RIS handguard, and is also fitted with an ACOG scope and a 100-round woodland camo cloth ammo bag - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Battle: Los Angeles U.S Marines With ACOG sight 2011
Gamer Slayers With barrel shroud 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Heavy Duty With grenade launcher 2009
District 9 MNU mercenaries 2009
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Special Forces soldier With Elcan M145 MGO and suppressor 2009
In the Valley of Elah Hans Steckley Cpl. Steckley Paratrooper version 2007
I Am Legend Will Smith Dr. Robert Nevile 2007
Stop-Loss Joseph Gordon-Levitt Pfc. Tommy Burgess With Elcan M145 MGO 2007
28 Weeks Later U.S. Army soldiers 2007
Home of the Brave Brian Presley Specialist Tommy Yates Paratrooper version mounted on Humvee with 200-round woodland camo cloth ammo bag 2006
The Island Mercenaries Paratrooper model; mounted on fictional 'Black Wasp' airbikes 2005
War of The Worlds ??? U.S. Army soldiers 2005
Jarhead ??? U.S. Marines 2005
The Island Mounted on the 'Black Wasp' craft 2005
Bad Boys II ??? A member of the rescue team Paratrooper version is seen 2003
Hulk ??? Soldiers in the Secret Lab fitted with Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher 2003
The Hunted Carrick O'Quinn Kohler 2003
Tears of the Sun Nick Chinlund Michael "Slo" Slowenski Paratrooper version with cloth ammo pouch and accessory rail mounted on feed tray cover 2003
Die Another Day ??? U.S. Army soldiers Paratrooper version is seen 2002

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Notation Air Date
Generation Kill Billy Lush Lance Corporal Trombley 2008
Generation Kill ??? U.S. Marines 2008
CSI: NY/Heroes ??? U.S. Marine May 10, 2006
Invasion ??? Hybrid National Guardsmen 2005-2006
Over There Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones Pvt. Maurice 'Smoke' Williams Starts out with the standard version, then changes to paratrooper version 2005

Video Games

Title Appear As Mods Notation Release Date
Insurgency
Counter-Strike Online M249 Red(Christmas Special) Paratrooper version TBD
Operation 7 ???
Half-Life Only appears in the expansion pack Opposing Force, unrealistically the magazine capacity is 50 rounds 1998
Counter-Strike M249 Paratrooper version 2000
Delta Force: Land Warrior 2000
Parasite Eve 2 Light Machine Gun 2000
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger 2002
America's Army 2002
XIII Sub-machinegun No stock 2003
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield w/scope 2003
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero M249 Paratrooper version 2003
Kill.Switch 2004
Full Spectrum Warrior 2004
Counter-Strike: Source M249 Paratrooper version 2004
Far Cry Machine gun No stock 2004
Battlefield 2 With Minimi-style carry handle and muzzle brake Handheld or vehicle-mounted, or in fixed positions 2005
Project Reality With paratrooper-style telescoping stock In fixed defensive positions 2005
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
Far Cry: Instincts 2005
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat 2006
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories SAW 2006
America's Army: True Soldiers 2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare M249 SAW 2007
ArmA: Armed Assault 2007
Soldier of Fortune: Payback 2007
Battlefield: Bad Company Paratrooper version 2008
Far Cry 2 Metal belt box 2008
America's Army 3 With 200-round ammo drum or 100-round woodland camo ammo bag and M68 Aimpoint red dot scope 2009
ArmA II M249 SAW Also available in M249 Paratrooper and L110A1 models 2009
Marines: Modern Urban Combat 2010
Just Cause 2 Machine Gun 2010
Fallout: New Vegas w/lower wooden handguards 2010
Homefront M249 2011

Anime

Film/Television Title Character Notation Date
Blood+ Red Shield personnel 2005
Flag mounted on UNF tank M249-E1 2006
Full Metal Panic! Sousuke Sagara M249-E2 SAW 2002
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex Batou M249 SAW 2002


FN Minimi SPW

Several times seen as a modified Daewoo K3.

FN Minimi SPW with 100-round cloth ammo bag and RIS foregrip - 5.56x45mm

Video Games

Title Appear As Mods Notation Release Date
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men 2007
Rainbow Six: Vegas With optional ACOG scope, red dot sight, and improved stock 2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 with a variety of accesories and wrong buttstock when used by the player 2008


Mk 48 Mod 0

Mk 48 Mod 0 light machine gun with vertical fore-grip - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
XXX 2: State of the Union Ice Cube Darius Stone 2005
XXX 2: State of the Union Samuel L. Jackson August Gibbons 2005

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
SOCOM: Combined Assault 2006
SOCOM 3: US Navy SEALS 2005
SOCOM: Confrontation Mk. 48 2008
Combat Arms Mk.48 2004
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter MK48 2005
Soldier of Fortune: Payback Mk48 SAW 2007
ArmA II M68 Aimpoint 2009


Mk 46 Mod 0

The Mk 46 Mod 0 is a short-barreled Mk 48 in 5.56x45mm NATO

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Mk 46 Mod 0 light machine gun - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen NEST soldiers With Harris bipods, Aimpoint and Elcan M145 MGO sights 2009
Iron Man Seen on table during weapons demonstration 2008

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
Rainbow Six: Vegas w/variety of accessories 2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 w/variety of accessories 2008
Saints Row 2 AR-200 2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 2008
Operation 7 ???
MAG 2010
Counter-Strike Online Destiny gold key w/ 1.5x M145 MGO scope 2010
Medal of Honor M249 SAW w/variety of accessories 2010


FN 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.

FN C9 light machine gun 5.56x45mm
FN C9A1 light machine gun with ELCAN scope and 200-round ammo drum - 5.56x45mm
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FN C9A2 light machine gun with ELCAN scope, AN/PEQ-2 IR designator, and 200-round cloth ammo bag - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Courage Under Fire Lou Diamond Phillips Staff Sergeant John Monfriez Fitted with heat shield to pass for M249 SAW 1996

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



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