.50 Cal. M3M Pintle Weapon System

The .50 Cal. M3M Pintle Weapon System for multirole aircraft. This article contains the product range, missions, benefits and technical data.

PRODUCT RANGE
MFP = Medium Floor Pintle
one M3M machine gun
one MPH (Medium Pintle Head)
one MFPC (Medium Floor Pintle Connection)
MEP = Medium External Pintle
one M3M machine gun
one MPH (Medium Pintle Head)
one MEPC (Medium External Pintle Connection)
MWP = Medium Window Pintle
one M3M machine gun
one MPH (Medium Pintle Head)
one MWPC (Medium Window Pintle Connection)

 

Missions

• Suppressive fire against light armored vehicles
• Suppressive fire in landing zones
• Ground and aerial threat suppression (.50 cal. APEI round)
• Training
  

Benefits

• A .50 Cal. M3M especially designed by FN HERSTAL for airborne operations

• high firing rate for "short time on target" (1,100 rpm)
• open bolt firing to suppress cook-off problems
• emergency travel lock
• effective range (over 2,000 m)
• optimised sighting system
• long burst capability (can fire 600 rounds in one burst)

• High hit probability. This weapon system is very easy to control because:
  -its balance during firing is outstanding
  -the recoil forces are absorbed (elastic craddle)
  -the handles are on the pintle head and not on the gun
• Pintle connections which are specifically designed for each aircraft and available in two different basic versions :
  -floor pintle connection
  -external pintle connection
• A .50 Cal Pintle head especially developped for M3M airborne operations

• light weight
• wide angle of operation (vertical +1° / -60° ; horizontal, maximum of 180° ; stops are adapted to helicopter)
• maximum firepower (flexible chute feeding for increased ammo capacity)
• link collector
• minimised effort to recock (around 350 N)

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