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Light machine gun
Johnson M1941 LMG
Type
Light machine gun
Place of origin
United States
Service history
In service
1940–1961
Used by
See Users
Wars
World War II
Korean War
Hukbalahap Rebellion
Cuban Revolution
Production history
Designed
1940
Unit cost
USD $265 (1941; equivalent to $5,489 in 2023)
Produced
1940–1945
No. built
9,500
Variants
M1941 M1944
Specifications
Mass
13 lb (5.9 kg)
Length
42 in (1,100 mm)
Barrel length
22 in (560 mm)
Cartridge
.30-06 Springfield
Action
Short recoil
Rate of fire
300–900 round/min variable
Muzzle velocity
2,800 ft/s (850 m/s)
Effective firing range
600 m (660 yd)
Feed system
20-round, single stack-column detachable box magazine
The M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun, also known as the Johnson and the Johnny gun,[1] was an American recoil-operated light machine gun designed in the late 1930s by Melvin Johnson. It shared the same operating principle and many parts with the M1941 Johnson rifle and the M1947 Johnson auto carbine.
^Rottman, Gordon L. (2002). U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle: Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-313-31906-8 – via Google Books.
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