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"Article LAAD 2013 - Ministère de la Défense
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/ema/sitta/les.../article-laad-201...‎Translate this page
Apr 29, 2013 - Enfin quatre mitrailleuses de type M-60 (7,62 x 51 mm) complètent sa ... La mise de feu est électrique et l'éjection des maillons s'effectue vers ..."

"Le plus efficace et répandu de nos jours, au moins sur les mitrailleuses moyennes et lourdes, est l'alimentation par bandes. Actuellement, celles-ci sont métalliques et dites « désintégrables », c'est-à-dire que chaque maillon utilisé se détache du suivant durant la phase d'utilisation et donc est éjecté comme l'étui au lieu de demeurer en l'état et d'encombrer."
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrailleuse#Alimentation_en_m...


"A belt or ammunition belt is a device used to retain and feed cartridges into a firearm.
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Belts were originally composed of canvas or cloth with pockets spaced evenly to allow the belt to be mechanically fed into the gun. These designs were prone to malfunctions due to the effects of oil and other contaminants altering the belt. Later belt designs used permanently connected metal links to retain the cartridges during feeding. These belts were more tolerant to exposure to solvents and oil.
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Many modern ammunition belts use disintegrating links. Disintegrating links retain a single round and are articulated with the round ahead of it in the belt. When the round ahead is stripped from the belt and fed into the feed system or chamber, the link holding it is ejected and the link holding the following round is disarticulated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_(firearm)