The strangest looking firearm ever on TFB’s Photo Of The Day? Here we see selected soldiers from the units of the 101st Engineer Battalion taking advantage of the opportunity that the Massachusetts National Guard offered. Their battalion coordinated with SARTS (Small Arms Readiness Training Section) Team for gunners and assistant gunners to attend some comprehensive machine gun primary marksmanship instruction (MG PMI) in the Training Support Center (TSC) at Camp Edwards.

The Massachusetts National Guard is a component of the United States National Guard and the Massachusetts Military Department. The National Guard is a reserve military force comprised of both Army and Air National Guard units. The Massachusetts National Guard serves both state and federal missions and can be activated for either role by the governor of Massachusetts or the President of the United States.

I’d like to try this machine gun out! Wouldn’t you? It looks like it has a big speaker instead of a muzzle.

Source: Massachusetts National Guard, photo by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs.