Yep, the lucky grunts in the weapons squad get to lug around the 7.62 ammo. The Army doesn't use the M249 as a crew served weapon (unlike the Marines) so the a

Yep, the lucky grunts in the weapons squad get to lug around the 7.62 ammo. The Army doesn't use the M249 as a crew served weapon (unlike the Marines) so the automatic rifleman on each team usually has 600 rounds of 5.56mm linked ammo to carry around. I'd be curious to see standard ammo load-out by conflict and country.