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[–] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is it potentially filled with water or coolant? Or maybe it's easier to swap barrels quickly with a larger guard.

[–] Tervell@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Nope - the Colt LMG has neither water cooling nor a quick-change barrel mechanism. There was an earlier prototype which featured the barrel change part, but that didn't make it to the final iteration

[–] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

I was wondering why no quick-change barrel. Looking at it, that flimsy gas tube just hanging out there seems like a potential problem.