BUR #16894 has been rejected.
create alias m249 -> fn_minimi
create alias m240 -> fn_mag
The gun is also known by another name, the M240, officially the Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240, which serves as the US military designation for the FN MAG, a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine guns that chamber the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.
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SekaiReality forum thread said:
Apparently, according to Wikipedia, aside from some minor tweaks, they are the same: The M249 version of the MINIMI was adopted by the US military in 1982, and since 1984, production is carried out entirely in the US by a local subsidiary - FN Manufacturing LLC in South Carolina.
For the similar reason just like the previous topic #22801, where Beretta M9 and their minor technical variants was aliased into a catch-all Beretta 92. As all of those guns bear similar indistinct features when it comes to illustration works. Would prefer using the name based on the original models if available, instead of more US military-specific designated name.
This alias request can be a debatable subject, so I would like to hear more opinions. I bet actually there are so many users here know better about this subject compared to myself.
I will try to make tagging easier to search while not bloating tag count and still maintaining accuracy.
Note to the admins: Please reconsider this BUR into moderation queue. Those are just the same firearms under different names. Same overall external parts despite very minor external features like rails, same mechanism, same calibre.
FN MAG and FN Minimi did came first before being adopted by the US military.
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