Colts Unicorn MG: The CMG 3

In the mid, late 1960s, Colt was manufacturing AR15 rifles and wanted to supply light machine guns to go with them so they developed the CMG2 ( Colt s Machine Gun ). The CMG2 competed against the Stoner 63 in trials for the Navy SEALs (among others), and narrowly lost out. It was a very well designed and thoughtout weapon, but not quite as good as the Stoner. A few years later in the early, mid 70s, Colt brought the design back in response to a request for a