Stoner LMG

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The Stoner LMG is a light machine gun system developed by Eugene Stoner and manufactured by Knight's Armament Company (KAC).

The Stoner LMG is billed by KAC as the lightest 5.56mm machine gun. It weighs 10 pounds with magazine and has a length of 35.25 inches. The Stoner LMG is belt-fed, gas-cooled, and fully automatic; firing at a rate of 550 rounds per minute.

Stoner designed the weapon as a replacement for the Stoner 63. Neither weapons system gained much popularity as the FN MINIMI would become the LMG adopted by the United States military, which dubbed the FN weapon the M249. Currently, the weapon has seen only limited production.

The Stoner LMG is most commonly used by private military contractors (PMC's) because of its compact size and its weight.