FN Minimi

The FN Minimi was a combination 'belt fed'/magazine fed' light machine gun, designed to serve in the role of "Squad Automatic Weapon". The SAW was a mobile suppressive fire platform that was light weight and single man transportable - much more so than the venerable M60 (which was always supposed to be a General Purpose Machine Gun, i.e. a crew served weapon). The U.S. Military adopted the first models of the FN Minimi in the 1980s directly as the XM249 or later as the M249 (with some slight design changes in the official U.S. Adopted version. Later versions of the gun, reflected upgrades and design changes that were requested by the U.S. Military.

On a historical note: in the first months of the First Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm 1990), there were not enough M249s to supply the massive troop buildup in the Middle East, so the U.S. Army bought outright a number of unaltered FN Minimis directly from FN, to supplement the weapons. So it is not inaccurate to see first pattern FN Minimis in the hands of U.S. Soldiers who are supposedly issued M249 SAWs since the Army mixed the two versions together until the Late 1990s.

The FN Minimi and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, video games, and anime:

FN Minimi

FN Minimi 5.56x45mm with 200-round ammo drum (note 90-degree carry handle and flash hider design).

M249 (first pattern U.S. adopted variant of the original FN Minimi) - 5.56x45mm. The only noticeable change from the Belgian Minimi is the rear sight design and cut outs in the buttstock. Other minor changes would result in the M249-E1 and the M249-E2.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Swordfish	John Travolta	Gabriel Shear		2001
Black Hawk Down	Ian Virgo	PFC John Waddell	Substitutes the M249 SAW	2001
Black Hawk Down	Tom Hardy	Specialist Lance Twombly	Substitutes the M249 SAW	2001
Proof of Life		Downtown 3	Substitutes the M249 SAW with an added heatshield	2000
Ronin	Robert De Niro	Sam	The Paratrooper version is used	1998
One That Got Away, The		One of the SAS soldiers		1996

Games

Title	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Resident Evil Game		Can only be found in the PC version	1996
Project I.G.I			2000
Project IGI 2: Covert Strike			2003
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames			2008

Anime

Film/Television Title	Character	Notation	Date
Kochikame, The Movie	Volvo Saigo		1999

M249-E1 / M249-E2 / M249 Paratrooper SAW

M249-E1 SAW with 200-round ammo drum - First major upgrade of the SAW officially adopted by the U.S. Military (this is a real blank adapted movie gun) - 5.56x45mm

M249-E2 SAW - upgraded M249 with heat shield and full synthetic Stock - 5.56x45mm with 200 round ammo drum.

M249 SAW 5.56x45mm paratrooper version with 200 round ammo drum

M249 Paratrooper - a real blank adapted movie gun with bipod folded and a picatinny rail on the top of the receiver - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
I Am Legend	Will Smith	Dr. Robert Nevile		2007
Home of the Brave	Brian Presley	Specialist Tommy Yates	Paratrooper version mounted on Humvee with 200-round woodland camo cloth ammo bag	2006
War of The Worlds	???	U.S. Army soldiers		2005
Jarhead	???	U.S. Marines		2005
The Island			Mounted on the 'Black Wasp' craft	2005
Bad Boys II	???	A member of the rescue team	Paratrooper version is seen	2003
Hulk	???	Soldiers in the Secret Lab	fitted with Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher	2003
The Hunted	Carrick O'Quinn	Kohler		2003
Tears of the Sun	Nick Chinlund	Michael "Slo" Slowenski	Paratrooper version with cloth ammo pouch and accessory rail mounted on feed tray cover	2003
Die Another Day	???	U.S. Army soldiers	Paratrooper version is seen	2002

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Notation	Air Date
Generation Kill	Billy Lush	Lance Corporal Trombley		2008
Generation Kill	???	U.S. Marines		2008
CSI: NY/Heroes	???	U.S. Marine		May 10, 2006
Invasion	???	Hybrid National Guardsmen		2005-2006
Over There	Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones	Pvt. Maurice 'Smoke' Williams	Starts out with the standard version, then changes to paratrooper version	2005

Video Games

Title	Appear As	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield		w/scope		2003
Rainbow Six: Vegas		w/variety of accesories		2006
ArmA: Armed Assault				2007
Full Spectrum Warrior				2004
America's Army				2002
America's Army 3		With 200-round ammo drum or 100-round woodland camo ammo bag and M68 Aimpoint red dot scope		2009
Soldier of Fortune: Payback	TBD			2007
Battlefield 2		With Minimi-style carry handle and muzzle brake	Handheld or mounted on Desert Patrol Vehicle, fast attack boat, or fixed positions	2005
Battlefield: Bad Company			Paratrooper version	2008
Far Cry: Instincts				2005
Kill.Switch				2004
Counter Strike: Source	Para			2004
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare				2007
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	SAW			2006
Half-Life			Only appears in the expansion pack Opposing Force,unrealistically the magazine capacity is 50 rounds	1998
Counter-Strike Online		Red(Christmas Special)	Paratrooper version	TBD
Far Cry	Machine gun	No stock		2004
Far Cry 2		Metal belt box		2008
Saints Row 2	AR-200			2008
Operation 7				???
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat				2006
Delta Force: Land Warrior				2000
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger				2002
XIII	Sub-machinegun	No stock	Yes, they really called it that	2003
Parasite Eve 2	Light Machine Gun			2000
America's Army: True Soldiers				2007

Anime

Film/Television Title	Character	Notation	Date
Blood+	Red Shield personnel		2005

FN Minimi SPW

Several times seen as a modified Daewoo K3.

FN Minimi SPW with 100-round cloth ammo bag and RIS foregrip - 5.56x45mm

Video Games

Title	Appear As	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men				2007

Mk 48 Mod 0

Mk 48 Mod 0 machine gun 7.62x51mm NATO with RIS foregrip

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
XXX 2: State of the Union	Ice Cube	Darius Stone		2005
XXX 2: State of the Union	Samuel L. Jackson	August Gibbons		2005

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Notation	Air Date
Future Weapons/Predators	Richard Machowicz	Richard Machowicz		February 26, 2007

Video Games

Title	Appear As	Mods	Notation	Release Date
SOCOM: Combined Assault				2006
SOCOM 3: US Navy SEALS				2005
SOCOM: Confrontation	Mk. 48			2008
Combat Arms	Mk.48			2004
Soldier of Fortune: Payback	Mk48 SAW			2007
ArmA II		M68 Aimpoint		2009

Mk 46 Mod 0

The Mk 46 Mod 0 is a short-barreled Mk 48 in 5.56x45mm NATO

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Mk 46 Mod 0 machine gun 5.56x45mm

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Notation	Air Date
Future Weapons/Predators	Richard Machowicz	Richard Machowicz		February 26, 2007

Video Games

Title	Appear As	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Rainbow Six: Vegas		w/variety of accesories		2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2		w/variety of accesories		2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots				2008
Operation 7				???

FN C9 Light Machine Gun

The C9 is a variant of the Minimi used by the Canadian Armed Forces, identifiable by the open front sight as opposed to the hooded front sights on other Minimi variants. The upgraded version, the C9A1, features an ELCAN scope mounted on the feed tray cover and an optional vertical grip that mounts to the stock for added stability during prone firing.

FN C9 light machine gun 5.56x45mm

FN C9A1 light machine gun with ELCAN scope and 200-round ammo drum 5.56x45mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Courage Under Fire	Lou Diamond Phillips	Staff Sergeant John Monfriez	Fitted with heat shield to pass for M249 SAW	1996