Recoil-operated/short-recoil operation with gas assist
Rate of fire
500-625 round/min
Muzzle velocity
2,800 ft/s (853.44 m/s)
Effective firing range
984 yd (899.8 m)
Maximum firing range
4,000 yd (3,657.6 m)
Feed system
Belt Feed, left or right hand
The M73 and M219 are 7.62 mm NATO caliber machine guns designed for tank use. It is no longer in use by NATO countries. They were used on the M48 Patton and M60 Patton MBT series (including the M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle), as well as the MBT-70 prototype vehicles, and on the M551 Sheridan Armored Reconnaissance / Airborne Assault Vehicle (AR/AAV). They were also used in a twin mount in the turret of the V-100 Commando (M706) light armored car during the Vietnam War.
The M73 and M219 are 7.62 mm NATO caliber machineguns designed for tank use. It is no longer in use by NATO countries. They were used on the M48 Patton...
M73 or M-73 may refer to: M73machinegun, an American belt-fed machinegun M-73 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan M73 motorway, a motorway...
the center of the hull which mounts an M10-8 flame gun with a coaxial 7.62 mm caliber M73machinegun. The weapons could be traversed though 360 degrees...
by many South Vietnamese infantry. M73machinegun – tank mounted machinegun. Browning M2HB .50cal Heavy MachineGun AN-M8 – white smoke grenade C4 explosive...
those of the M60A3. The main gun is the rifled 105 mm/L52 M68A1E2 with a thermal sleeve. The 7.62 mm M73 coaxial machinegun used on the M60A1 was replaced...
carrier, with small turret carrying an M10-8 flamethrower and coaxial M73machinegun, plus fuel and pressure tanks in rear of hull. M132A1 – Modified M113A1s...
pullcords. Some machineguns such as the M73machinegun and M85 machinegun use a pullchain to charge and/or fire them. The Kord machinegun uses a device...
featured two .30-06 caliber M37 machineguns, while the XM706E1/M706 for the U.S. Army featured two 7.62mm NATO M73machineguns for better ammunition commonality...
live forces, firing posts and machinegun nests. HE Mortar Shell 60 mm HE Mortar Shell M73 P4 60 mm HE Mortar Shell M73 P3 Smoke Mortar Shell 60 mm Smoke...
vehicle designed to mount the gun had a steel turret and aluminum hull. Although the hull could deflect heavy machinegun fire of up to 12.7 mm AP, it...
submachine guns. Coaxial MachineGuns and Automatic cannons: M240 on M60A3TTS and M1A1SA Abrams NSV on T-72B AA-52 on AMX-10 RC, VAB VCI and AML60/90 M73 on M60A3...
M190, also exists. This weapon is reloadable and uses the 35 mm (1.4 in) M73 training rocket. A subcaliber training device that uses a special tracer...
both the US Army and the USMC. The Weaver scopes (later standardized as the M73 and M73B1) were not only low-powered in magnification, they were not waterproofed...
compact than the standard Garand rifle, the short barrel made it an unpleasant gun to fire—and the advantages were not judged to be sufficient to offset the...
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