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A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. LMGs firing cartridges of the same caliber as the other riflemen of the same combat unit are often referred to as squad automatic weapons.
The Bren gun was a series of lightmachineguns (LMG) made by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992. While best known for its role...
literally: "Degtyaryov's infantry machine gun") or DP-27/DP-28 is a lightmachinegun firing the 7.62×54mmR cartridge that was primarily used by the Soviet...
The Type 11 lightmachinegun (十一年式軽機関銃, Jyūichinen-shiki Kei-kikanjū) was a lightmachinegun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period...
A heavy machinegun (HMG) is significantly larger than light, medium or general-purpose machineguns. HMGs are typically too heavy to be man-portable (carried...
The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machinegun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War–era lightmachinegun. Designed privately in the United States...
The Type 99 lightmachinegun (九九式軽機関銃, Kyūkyū-shiki Kei-kikanjū) was a lightmachinegun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. It was similar...
(15–40 lb or 6.8–18.1 kg). Medium machineguns are light enough to be infantry-portable (as opposed to a heavy machinegun, which completely relies on mounting...
The LSAT lightmachinegun is a component of the Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) program. The purpose of the program was to develop a lighter...
The Type 96 lightmachinegun (九六式軽機関銃, Kyūroku-shiki Kei-kikanjū) was a lightmachinegun used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the interwar period and...
The IWI Negev (also known as the Negev NG-5) is a 5.56×45mm NATO lightmachinegun developed by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), formerly Israel Military...
Pulemyot Degtyaryova, English: Degtyaryov hand-held machinegun) is a 7.62x39mm lightmachinegun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for...
The Madsen is a lightmachinegun that Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen...
singapore-airshow-2024-st-engineering-debuts-ultimax-100-mk-9-light-machine-gun The .5" Vickers Guns and Ammunition Common Close Support Weapon (CCSW)...
transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's machinegun") is a belt-fed general-purpose machinegun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed cartridge...
The M1941 Johnson LightMachineGun, also known as the Johnson and the Johnny gun, was an American recoil-operated lightmachinegun designed in the late...
manufactured in the Hotchkiss machinegun line include: Hotchkiss 1897 machinegun Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machinegun, lightmachinegun also known as the "Hotchkiss...
The Dror lightmachinegun (Hebrew for "Sparrow") was an Israeli lightmachinegun based on the M1941 Johnson lightmachinegun. Some Drors are on display...
Vietnam War. The M1919 saw service as a light infantry, coaxial, mounted, aircraft, and anti-aircraft machinegun by the U.S and many other countries. The...
automatic cannon used as an anti-tank rifle. Initially, the Type 11 lightmachinegun was modified by the Army Technical Bureau for use in tanks and other...
The M2 machinegun or Browning .50 caliber machinegun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machinegun that was designed near the end of World War I by...
The Type 73 is a lightmachinegun designed and manufactured by North Korea's First Machine Industry Bureau. It is used primarily by the Korean People's...
The MG 3 is a German general-purpose machinegun chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. The weapon's design is derived from the World War II era...
of the Vickers-Berthier (VB) lightmachinegun, adopted in 1932 by the Indian Army. The VB, like the Bren lightmachinegun, used a locking tilting breechblock...