(unlike the M240 or its predecessor in the "light machine gun" role, the M60)
"Light Machine Gun"? The GPMG (aka FN-MAG or M-240) is a real heavy bast**d of a weapon to carry around. Not that the Minimi (aka SAW) is light, but it's a hell of a lot lighter than a GPMG...
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