Comments on: Ultimax 100 Mk5 / General dynamics IAR

By: Devon

Devon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:15 +0000

I’ve done a lot of research and this is currently the best lmg out there right now…hands down. I wish our military’s weapon procurement would get over their political agendas and just pick the best weapons. This weapon is so much more mobile than other lmgs and is much quicker to reload because it is not belt fed. We should have grabbed this and not the 249 back in the eighties. I also think they should have dropped the m-16 and grabbed the daewoo k-2. Now we pay millions for weapons we don’t even end up adopting (XM8, OICW). This scar is costing us way too much and doesn’t even incorporate all the latest in weapon design (non-reciprocating charging handle, switch from closed to open bolt on full auto). How about some home-grown american designs? The RobArm XCR is excellent and the ACR looks very promising.

By: d3v

d3v — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:18:51 +0000

“Constant recoil” here simply means that the heavy bolt group never hits the backstop in the receiver by using a longer receiver housing and carefully measuring the strength of the spring.

By: stopping pahwarh

stopping pahwarh — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:35:53 +0000

apparently it uses some “constant recoil” or “consistent recoil” concept or something that sounds like that… i dont quite understand it though

By: happy

happy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:31:40 +0000

The bipod/fore grip combo are great !!! It may be hard to believe, that is because like melvin have say it only when you fire it then you understand, because this is not another machine gun. The recoil is so low, that you could not believe you are firing a real gun.

Thus it is the dream light machine gun, which enable you to run and shoot, very mobile and able to shoot in positions that you never dream of possible.

By: Melvin

Melvin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:36:46 +0000

Trust me…the bipod is more than able to work very steadily. This is due to the very low and controllable recoil of the weapon. You gotta fire it to understand.

The standard bipod wouldn’t shift even on full-automatic fire.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:37:25 +0000

I doubt a belt-fed would be in the works as the Ultimax design was originally created for high-mobility firepower and MOUT scenarios, a belt-fed removes some of the mobility by being unable to reload on the move (not that I ever recall doing any reloading other than stationary) but most importantly, reduces the ability to fire almost straight up, an important consideration when trying to clear buildings with multiple stories as you’d have to provide covering fire up stairwells. The 249 was designed for stationary (base of fire) and open field support, so the design purposes of the 2 weapons are different, hence the difference in focus of what the weapon is good at.

By: Sven Ortmann

Sven Ortmann — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:24:03 +0000

I have reservations about this bipod/fore grip combo. I can see its utility for an assault rifle, but a suppressive fire weapon like an ‘automatic rifle with bipod’ deserves a true bipod that offers more stability.

By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:32:34 +0000

Now they need to make a belt feed version to sell the Army…