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You can indeed so. As the M249 is a blaring piece of equipment under normal use, when silenced it is considered by bystanders as "not much of a difference". The silencer itself degrades especially fast because of the amount of rounds/heat. Overall silencing a machine-gun is a bad idea.
To expand on the above, from a practical standpoint, you cannot silence a SAW (or Minimi, or any of its other incarnations). Firstly, remember that a "silencer" is actually not a silencer, it's a sound supressor or sound moderator. All a silencer does is lower the amount of noise that the gun produces. The primary means by which a silencer works is by lowering the velocity of the bullet to below supersonic speeds (about 1000 f/s or 330 m/s). This eliminates the supersonic "crack" that the bullet makes. Additionally, the silencer buffers the gas escaping from the muzzle, both reducing muzzle flash (like a flash supressor), and also the not inconsiderable noise that escaping gas causes.
The problem is that muzzle and bullet noise are only part of the equation. In an automatic weapon such as the SAW, the cycling action makes a whole lot of noise itself, and that metallic "clack" is both extremely distinctive, and carries quite a distance (though, it is not exceptionally loud). So, even with a silencer, the noise reduction would be modest, at best.
In addition, the nature of the way a silencer works to reduce the bullet speed and gas expulsion means that very considerable stress is placed on the silencer materials itself. Virtually no silencer will last more than a couple of hundred rounds, at the most. For an automatic weapon like the SAW, the typical method of use is for supression fire, which means frequent bursts of several seconds, repeated for minutes. In this usage pattern, a silencer would almost certainly not last 5 minutes in actual use. There are certain high-tech (and very expensive) silencers which are made with very high durability materials which can last significantly longer; however, even with such a silencer, the usefulness of it is rather dubious.
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Who Invented M249 SAW?
FN Herstal
What lubricant is used on the M249 saw?
CLP
In what game do they use a M249 saw?
M249 SAW or MLG is used in Battlefield. This game is a US version of Belgian-Made FN Minimi. It uses the 5.56x45mm NATO round, which lowers the weight of the gun.
What is the nickname of the M249 rifle?
The M249 is not a rifle - it is a light/general purpose machine gun, also commonly referred to as a SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon). Informally, it's sometimes referred to as the 'piglet'.
What is the fps of a spring M249 saw machine gun air soft gun?
It's 360 FPS
Will there be a dead silence 2?
Actually, the chances for a dead silence 2 are highly optional now here in 2011. Since all the saw movies have ended people crave movies like saw and keep that saw movie love still alive, in the past year people have been buying dead silence on dvd, the creator and writer of dead silence are also from saw, one of the main characters in dead silence is related to the writer of saw and there was said to have a possibility of another dead silence in the hopes of rekindling saw.
The best SAW airsoft gun to use in a war?
if you are tight in budget i suggest you buy the A&K M249 Para
What caliber is an m249?
The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon fires the same 5.56x45mm cartridge used by the M16 and M4.
What is the max effective range of the m249?
The maximum effective range of the M249 light machine gun is 1,000 yards (910 meters).
What is stronger PKM or M249?
Technically the PKM, since it is an AK-47 variant it fires a 7.62mm round while the M249 shoots a smaller 5.56mm round
What are the rates of fire for the M249?
700-1200 rpm.
How many meters is the M249 maximum effictive range for an area target?
In short the M249 is effective up to 1000 meters to cover an area target which the gun is designed to do.
