The Colt Automatic Rifle or Colt Light Machine Gun is a 5.56 mm NATO, open-bolt, full-automatic-only firearm developed by Colt Defense. [1] It is based on the M16A2/A4, and has a distinctive …

The 5.56 mm Light Support Weapon (LSW) is designed to provide small expeditionary units with a high volume of accurate support fire without increasing the logistical load. The LSW shares the …

The Diemaco Light Support Weapon (LSW) features an enlarged straight gas tube and an almost 1 inch thick heavy barrel to make the barrel less susceptible for overheating and hence …

Oct 25, 2021 · Colt sought to create a SAW design utilizing as much of the existing M16 parts family as possible while firing from an open bolt. Colt’s engineer, Henry Tatro, designed a …

Sep 16, 2022 · It became known as the Diemaco LSW and saw success with the Danish and Dutch military forces. The gun has continued to become one of the premier automatic rifles …

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Sep 1, 2010 · A vast majority of these weapons were sold by Diemaco (or now Colt Canada). Diemaco called these weapons the LSW (Light Support Weapon) instead of the LMG. The …

Dec 1, 2005 · The LSW (Light Support Weapon) The LSW began life as a Colt design of a light support weapon based on the M16 weapon system. This open bolt firing version was designed …

The Open Bolt M16 LSW – Colt Model 950HistoryEver since Colt acquired Eugene Stoner’s design for the M16 from Armalite, they have been trying to use it in de...

The Colt M16 LSW is a light support weapon variant of the Colt M16, it was used alongside the M60 machine gun until the adoption of the M240 a license built FN MAG.