US Army fields MK48 to lighten load in mountain operations

摘要

The US Army has begun fielding the 7.62 mm MK48 machine gun to serve as a lighter-weight alternative to the M240 for soldiers operating in Afghanistan's mountains.rnIn mid-October the first systems were fielded and by mid-November about 350 are expected to be in theatre, Colonel Doug Tamilio, project manager for soldier weapons, told reporters on 27 October.