Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Who designed & produced the M60 GPMG? Message-ID: <1991Feb28.051925.9607@cbnews.att.com> Date: 28 Feb 91 05:19:25 GMT References: <1991Feb27.020649.21181@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (william.b.thacker) Organization: The Boeing Co., MMST, Seattle, Wa. Lines: 23 Approved: military@att.att.com From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) > From: "Alvin M. Chan" > Who designed the M60 General Purpose Machine Gun? Was it Stoner? > Who produced the M60 GPMG? Was it Browning? Fabrique National? > I don't have a clue, that's why I'm asking! The M60 7.62mm Machine Gun is produced by Saco Defense Inc. The M249 5.56mm Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) was initially contracted by Fabrique Nationale (82-83 procurement). Current procurement is from F. N. Manufacturing, Inc., Columbia, S.C. ("F. N." - now WHO could that be?) mike schmitt "Ready on the left. Ready on the right. Ready on the firing line. Firers watch your lanes."