MA XM496

The XM496 light machine gun is a magazine-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated, selective fire infantry weapon created and used by Magnum. The XM496 was designed to give soldiers operating within a squad additional range and volume of fire without drastically increasing weight.

The XM496 utilizes the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge, a well-balanced round in comparison to alternative calibres, its accuracy and rate of fire, combined with negligible recoil, making it well suited for use in the XM496.

The weapon provides infantry squads with the heavy volume of fire of a machine gun combined with accuracy and portability approaching that of a rifle.

Characteristics
Advantages: Disadvantages:
 * Better mobility than other machineguns.
 * Faster reload times due to detachable magazines.
 * Can aim down the sights while standing and moving.
 * Lower capacity than other machine guns.
 * Lower fire rate than other machine guns.
 * Extremely expensive to aquire.

Stats
Damage = 45 – 35 (high) Velocity = high Effective range = 800 (1250 maximum range) Penetration = high Rate of fire = 600 RPM Magazine capacity = 64 + 1 Reload speed = fair Recoil = medium-high without bipod Recoil type = natural reset Accuracy = high Mobility = fair Price = very expensive Special properties: Can aim while moving with this machine gun.