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The Colt IAR light machine gun / squad automatic weapon was developed by the famous American gun-making company Colt for the Infantry Automatic Rifle trials, initiated by the US Marine Corps in 2008. These trials, as announced, sought a lighter and a more maneuverable and reliable replacement for the M249 light machine gun, when used in the SAW / Automatic Rifle role. The USMC IAR trials were won by the HK 416 rifle, designed by the Heckler & Koch in Germany and adopted by the USMC as the M27 IAR. However, Colt decided to keep its own version of the Infantry Automatic Rifle, known as the Colt IAR Model 6940, as a production item. Circa 2010 Mexican Marines bought an undisclosed number of the Colt IAR machine guns for their units engaged in the fighting with the drug cartels, and after that there were no news about the Colt IAR until the spring of 2023. In April of 2023 the Ministry of Defense of Singapore announced that the Colt IAR would be adopted by the Singaporean military to replace old Ultimax 100 Mk.2 light machine guns in the Squad Automatic Weapon role. It is interesting to note that in the Singaporean trials the Colt IAR rifle apparently beat the HK 416 / IAR rifle, which also participated in the contest.
The Colt IAR light machine gun has no standard bipod; instead, a variety of supporting accessories can be attached to the Picatinny rail, integrated into the lower handguard. It also has a bayonet lug on the barrel, a feature very rarely seen on machine guns of any type. It also must be noted that there were two other versions of the Colt IAR that never made it past the prototype stage. Those included a Colt IAR6940H with a different type of the heat sink / radiator, developed by the Knight’s Armament Co, and the Colt IAR6940P, an upper receiver with a short stroke piston instead of the more common direct impingement gas system. Finally, it is worth noting that back around 2016 the Colt company sold a small number of Colt IAR upper receivers on the civilian market. Those upper receivers can be legally mounted onto any compatible semi-automatic mil-spec AR-15 lower receiver, or onto a compatible registered Class III select-fire AR-15 / M16 / M4 type lower receiver. The Colt IAR light machine gun specifications:

Caliber: 5.56x45mm
Length: 850-933 mm
Barrel length: 409 mm
Weight empty: 4,3 kg
Rate of fire: 700-1000 rounds per minute
Feed and capacity: Magazine, 30 – 150 rounds

Description
Link for Information and Image: modernfirearms.net/en/machineg…

Website: modernfirearms.net/en/

The Colt IAR light machine gun / squad automatic weapon was developed by the famous American gun-making company Colt for the Infantry Automatic Rifle trials, initiated by the US Marine Corps in 2008. These trials, as announced, sought a lighter and a more maneuverable and reliable replacement for the M249 light machine gun, when used in the SAW / Automatic Rifle role. The USMC IAR trials were won by the HK 416 rifle, designed by the Heckler & Koch in Germany and adopted by the USMC as the M27 IAR. However, Colt decided to keep its own version of the Infantry Automatic Rifle, known as the Colt IAR Model 6940, as a production item. Circa 2010 Mexican Marines bought an undisclosed number of the Colt IAR machine guns for their units engaged in the fighting with the drug cartels, and after that there were no news about the Colt IAR until the spring of 2023. In April of 2023 the Ministry of Defense of Singapore announced that the Colt IAR would be adopted by the Singaporean military to replace old Ultimax 100 Mk.2 light machine guns in the Squad Automatic Weapon role. It is interesting to note that in the Singaporean trials the Colt IAR rifle apparently beat the HK 416 / IAR rifle, which also participated in the contest.
The Colt IAR light machine gun has no standard bipod; instead, a variety of supporting accessories can be attached to the Picatinny rail, integrated into the lower handguard. It also has a bayonet lug on the barrel, a feature very rarely seen on machine guns of any type. It also must be noted that there were two other versions of the Colt IAR that never made it past the prototype stage. Those included a Colt IAR6940H with a different type of the heat sink / radiator, developed by the Knight’s Armament Co, and the Colt IAR6940P, an upper receiver with a short stroke piston instead of the more common direct impingement gas system. Finally, it is worth noting that back around 2016 the Colt company sold a small number of Colt IAR upper receivers on the civilian market. Those upper receivers can be legally mounted onto any compatible semi-automatic mil-spec AR-15 lower receiver, or onto a compatible registered Class III select-fire AR-15 / M16 / M4 type lower receiver. The Colt IAR light machine gun specifications:

Caliber: 5.56x45mm
Length: 850-933 mm
Barrel length: 409 mm
Weight empty: 4,3 kg
Rate of fire: 700-1000 rounds per minute
Feed and capacity: Magazine, 30 – 150 rounds