Weapons day two

today was more of the same as yesterday, but with bigger weapons. We worked with the 249 saw and the m240B/H.
If you want a relative picture of what I am talking about when i say a bunch of names of weapons. I will start with the smallest. The M-9 is a Handgun and all black. It fires a 9 mm round. That is a big round, but it is smaller on the handgun side, they are usually a .308 or a .45 caliber round. it is very accurate, but not very powerful. it ways about 3 pounds
The m-4 is a rifle that is a semi-automatic. that means that it will reload itself but it is not fully automatic. the m-4 is a 5.56 mm round. small compact and accurate. it is not very powerful but it will do enough damage that if you don't kill the enemy you will do enough to keep the enemy from getting back up. it can handle up to a 30 round magazine. it has two fire settings single and burst. in single fire mode it will fire a single shot. in burst it will fire 3. this is the primary weapon that a soldier carries. It is the upgraded model of the m-16. the m-4 ways 7-8 pounds fully loaded.
The 249 is a beefed up version of the m-16. the 249 is also known as the squad automatic weapon. it is a fully automatic weapon. it is usually fired in 5-8 round bursts, but if the trigger is held down it will expend all of the ammo that it can. it also fires the the ammo comes in anything from a 30 round magazines that is used in a m-4 to the 200 round drums that are supposed to be attached. it ways a little less than 20 pounds. I am assigned one of these, because it is very likely that they are not going to be used in country and the first sergeant wanted to give the lowest ranking of the company a chance to get some extra training, and have some fun while doing it.
If the 249 is a big version of the m-4, the m240b/h is a big version of the 249. It fires a 7.62 round, which is much more powerful than the 5.56 round that the m-4 and the 249 fire. it is the weapon that we will have mounted on the aircraft in the crew windows. these we will be using anytime that we fly. it has two trigger systems for the different types of firing, ground and mounted. the ground is set up with a butt stock and regular trigger. the mounted trigger, used for humvees and helicopters. it has a butterfly handle and a trigger that is fired by the thumbs.

here are some links that will explain the weapons a little better than I can
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M9_pistol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_carbine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M249_Squad_Automatic_Weapon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M240_machine_gun

i have been having a good day, things are going well, i hope everyone else has too.
signing off