The LSAT machine-gun weighs 4.27 kg (9.4 pounds) compared to 8 kg for the current M249. Moreover, the ammo for the new machine-gun is 37 percent lighter as well. Thus the new machine-gun, with 1,000 ...

With a basic load of 1,000 rounds, the LSAT light machine gun and its cased telescoped ammunition is 20.4 pounds lighter than a traditional SAW with the same amount of standard, brass-cased ...

June 11, 2021: For about a decade the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army have been seeking caseless ammunition or polymer (instead of brass) cased ammunition that would work reliably in combat and be ...

The Army is set to test a radically-designed new machine gun that fires space-aged ammo that's half the weight of today's cartridges.

With a basic load of 1,000 rounds, the light machine gun and its cased telescoped ammunition is 20.4 pounds lighter than a traditional SAW with the same amount of standard, brass-cased ammunition.

The CTA round and LMG design have proven versatile, with 5.56-millimeter and 7.62-millimeter versions of the CTSAS machine guns and CTA being produced and tested. CTA has also been produced in a ...

In a nutshell, it's a lighter weight light machine gun that fires lightweight ammunition. If that doesn't impress you, try this: the standard LSAT model weighs 9.4lbs, almost half what an M249 ...

Caseless ammunition is not a new idea. The concept has been with us as long as the auto-loading rifle, but it took awhile for the technology to mature. Back in the 1980s, ...