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	First World War.com - Weapons of War - Machine Guns
		Machine guns of all armies were largely of the heavy variety and decidedly ill-suited to portability for use by rapidly advancing infantry troops.
		As the war developed machine guns were adapted for use on tanks on broken ground, particularly on the Western Front (where the majority of machine guns were deployed).
		Light machine guns were adopted too for incorporation into aircraft from 1915 onwards, for example the Vickers, particularly with the German adoption of interrupter equipment, which enabled the pilot to fire the gun through the aircraft's propeller blades.
	www.firstworldwar.com /weaponry/machineguns.htm (1049 words)

	First World War.com - Encyclopedia - Lewis Gun
		As a light automatic machine gun it was considered the best and most reliable available at the time and was soon adapted for use both at sea by the Royal Navy, and for use in the air by aircraft observers (with the Vickers Gun used for forward firing through the aircraft's propeller blades).
		The Lewis Gun was belatedly adopted by the U.S. Army in 1917, manufactured in New York using 0.30 inch calibre ammunition.
		Although a popular choice the gun was nonetheless expensive to manufacture, for all that six could be produced in the time it took to manufacture a single Vickers Gun.
	www.firstworldwar.com /atoz/mgun_lewis.htm (0 words)

	3rd Parachute Brigade WWII British & Canadian Reenactors - Bren Light Machine Gun
		The Bren Light Machine Gun was the heart of the British section's firepower during WWII.
		The soldier should ensure that the gun is leaning on its right side; the barrel nut should now be disengaged by pressing inwards the bottom of the barrel nut catch and lifting it to its fullest extent; raise the carrying handle, push forward and lift off the barrel.
		The firer is lying behind the gun, the gun unloaded, the butt on the ground and the magazines in the utility pouch beside the gun.
	www.6th-airborne.org /bren.html (1730 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Light machine gun
		A light machine gun (LMG) is a machine gun that is designed to be carried and operated by an individual soldier.
		A LMG is intended to act as a support weapon in that it can generate a greater volume of continuous fire than the usual firearms carried by infantry soldiers, but at the cost of greater weight and higher ammunition consumption.
		Light machine guns are often used as squad automatic weapons.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Light_machine_gun (285 words)

	Machine Gun - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		Machine Guns had played a minor part in Canadian military history in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, when Gatling Guns under the command of a regular US Army officer, lent their support to the battles at Cut Knife Creek and Batoche.
		Machine Gun battalions (and independent MG companies in the armoured divisions} were employed throughout the war.
		The M1919 Browning.30 calibre machine gun was widely used during the Second World War by US forces as both a vehicle mounted weapon, and as an infantry weapon in both medium and later light machine gun configuration (the former by fitting the weapon to a tripod, the latter by fitting a bipod and buttstock).
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Machine_Guns (1445 words)

	The Machine Gun
		Machine guns of all armies were of the heavy variety and decidedly ill-suited to portability for use with rapidly advancing infantry troops.
		Light machine guns were adopted too for incorporation into aircraft from 1915 onwards, for example the Vickers, particularly with the German adoption of interrupter equipment (whereby a light machine gun could be fired through the propeller blades of an aircraft).
		In use by the German army from 1915, the Bergmann 7.92mm machine gun was primarily used to supplement supplies of the superior Maschinengewehr 08 as used by the infantry and by airmen.
	www.sawargamer.co.za /Articles/showArticle.asp?Art=38 (2657 words)

	Machine Gun - Military History Wiki
		Machine guns were mounted in aircraft for the first time in World War I. Firing through a moving propeller was solved in a variety of ways, including the interrupter gear, metal reinforcement of the propeller or simply avoiding the problem with wing mounted guns.
		The development of conventional machine guns has been slowed by the fact that existing designs of machine guns are adequate for most purposes, although significant developments are taking place with regard to anti-armour and anti-missile weapons.
		In the future, electronically controlled machine guns with ultra-high rates of fire may see use in some applications, although current small-caliber weapons of this type have found little use: they are too light for anti-vehicle use, but too heavy (especially with the need to carry a tactically useful amount of ammunition) for individual soldiers.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /wiki/Machine_Gun (2099 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A light machine gun (commonly abbreviated LMG) is a categorization type (or class) of machine guns that are generally lighter than other machine guns of its period, and usually designed to be carried by an individual soldier, but sometimes with an assistant.
		Usually, a light machine gun is intended to act as a support weapon, in that it can generate a greater volume of continuous automatic fire than the usual firearms carried by infantry soldiers, at the cost of greater weight and higher ammunition consumption.
		Other modern light machine guns, such as the Minimi, are capable of firing from both an ammunition belt or a detachable box-type magazine.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Light_machine_gun (335 words)

	Machine Guns - Maschinengewehre
		Machine guns derive their limited armor-penetrating capability both from the single bullet's penetration ability and from the effect the repeated hits of bullets in quick succession - as is the case with a machine gun - onto the same spot have on thin steel plates.
		Development of the german machine guns went towards a general purpose machine gun, therewith abandoning the differentiation hitherto between light machine guns carried around by the assaulting infantry and heavy machine guns that were intended as stationary support weapons.
		With the occupation of czechoslovakia in 1939 the germans captured 31,204 machine guns of the types ZB 1926 and ZB 1930, mostly the latter.
	www.geocities.com /Augusta/8172/panzerfaust5.htm (4863 words)

	Machineguns
		A light machine gun is still a heavy son of a bitch, especially when you take into account the ammo that has to be carried.
		Light Machine guns are likely to travel with the assault group, heavier machine guns are best deployed where they can shoot over the heads of the assault group or from the side where they will not endanger the assault group.
		Defense: Machine guns are the backbone of the defense.
	www.military-sf.com /Machineguns.htm (3585 words)

	Nase noviny - Bren Light Machine Gun
		The Bren light machine gun was a further development of the Czechoslovak ZB vz.
		The gun was received well when it came into service, but after the French defeat and the British evacuation from Dunkirk, a large number of machine guns and ammunition fell into German hands, where it was re-designated Leichte MG 138(e).
		As Machine Gun L4, Bren was modified for the 7.62mm NATO cartridge and remains in service with second-line and support units of the British army.
	www.nasenoviny.com /brenEN.html (546 words)

	THE PKM GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINE GUN (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For infantry the SG43/SGM was just a medium machine gun like the DS-39 or Maxim, however, shortly after WWII, a belt fed version of Degtyarev's DPM light machine gun, the RP-46 was adopted as 'the company machine gun'.
		The RPD light machine gun firing an intermediate 7.62 x 39 mm M43 round was considered for the GPMG role.
		In addition to the improved PK machine gun, the SVD based sniping rifle and AK assault rifle chambered for the 6 x 49 mm cartridge are also being developed.
	club.guns.ru /eng/pkm.html (3704 words)

	The Minimi rifle
		Another major difference between rifles and machine guns is that a rifle will fire fewer than 20,000 rounds during its service life and a machine gun often will fire 10 to 15,000 in peace time and perhaps 10,000 a week in intensive combat.
		However, being 5.56mm, the weapon and its ammunition are light enough to be operated by one man. This is important, the Minimi usually is not used to replace the 7.62mm machine gun but replaces one of the rifles in each fire team.
		As mobile as a rifleman with the firepower of a machine gun, a Minimi gunner greatly increases the capability of the unit in attack and defence.
	www.global-defence.com /2003/minimi.htm (859 words)

	Fabrique Fantastique: The MK48 MOD 0 Machine Gun
		Fabrique Fantastique: The MK48 MOD 0 Machine Gun
		FABRIQUE FANTASTIQUE: The FN MK48 MOD 0 Machine Gun
		In 2001, the Navy and U.S. SOCOM initiated development for a new 7.62mm machine gun in response to complaints that the M60 E4 was chronically unreliable.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Mk48,,00.html (1014 words)

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	Soviet Machine guns and Light Machine guns in the Winter War
		The Russian model 1910 machine gun, which was similar to the British Vickers with the only real difference being the caliber, was before World War 1 virtually the only machine gun in Russian servive (there was a small number of Madsen Model 1902 machine guns used in the Russian-Japanese War*).
		The DP was the first of a series of Degtyarev machine guns adopted by the Soviet Union.
		It was basically the same gun as the DP, with the recoil spring mounted in a tube that projects to the rear of the receiver.
	www.winterwar.com /Weapons/SuSmallArms/SUAutomatics.htm (542 words)

	Light Machine Gun RPK
		To increase practical rate of fire machine gun was supplied by 40 round curved sector and 75 round drum magazines.
		Machine gun is fully suitable to take combat actions in the city.
		Machine gun has opened sight intended for 1000 m sighting range with sliding sight calibred to every 100 m range.
	www.enemyforces.com /firearms/rpk.htm (386 words)

	The Rifle Squad (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Since the introduction of the light or general purpose machine gun, there has been a tendency to describe the riflemen as virtual ammunition bearers and escorts for the weapon.
		Once the light machine gun had reached its secondary position, the crew could recommence fire, this time from a different angle, thus forcing the return fire to be redirected.
		The gun team was continual seeking new locations which allowed them to lay fire down for as long as possible before the advancing riflemen risked crossing their path.
	www.bayonetstrength.150m.com /Tactics/Formations/rifle_squad.htm (5214 words)

	Light Machine Guns (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Light machine guns used two distinct means of operation, either recoil or gas, several models using a combination of the two.
		The recoil version was similar to that used in the Sub Machine Guns which it inspired.
		It is difficult to describe it as a light machine gun, as it was noticeably heavier than other examples and also needed a weighty tripod mount to fire from.
	www.bayonetstrength.150m.com /Weapons/lightmachineguns/light_machine_guns.htm (2426 words)

	BF2S Wiki weapons:light-machine-guns, BF2S.com
		A light machine gun (LMG) is a machine guns that is generally lighter than other machine guns, and is usually designed to be carried by an individual soldier.
		In practice, they are either automatic rifles (machine rifles) or medium machine guns with a bipod, a stock, and sometimes a pistol grip.
		Usually an LMG is intended to act as a support weapon in that it can generate a greater volume of continuous fire than the usual firearms carried by infantry soldiers, but at the cost of greater weight and higher ammunition consumption.
	wiki.bf2s.com /weapons/light-machine-guns (448 words)

	Machine Guns
		If a suppressor is permanently attached to the machine gun, it too is considered a part of the gun and not subject to a separate tax.
		Light Machine Gun (LMG) - A lighter weight, purpose-built machine gun, usually of original design and not converted from a heavier weapon, that fires a rifle cartridge either from a belt or large magazine.
		Submachine Gun (SMG) - The Italians are credited with inventing the SMG, though it was the Germans who first employed the concept effectively in the closing days of W.W.I. The SMG is a full automatic or select-fire weapon that is distinctive from other machine guns due to its reliance primarily on pistol ammunition.
	www.paladinarmory.com /MachineGuns.htm (1932 words)

	Machine Gun: Light Machine Gun
		The air-cooled Browning M1919A4 light machine gun was modified from the earlier water-cooled M1917 heavy machine gun.
		The French (and later, the Americans) had the Chauchat, a machine rifle, which was a brute to fire but was light enough to fire from the hip in the French style of frontal attack.
		The Germans were slow to adopt a more portable machine gun and came out with a rather heavy, although lightened, version of the Maxim.
	www.lycos.com /info/machine-gun--light-machine-gun.html?page=2 (407 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Type 96 was a light machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army.
		It was a development of the earlier Type 11 Light Machine Gun.
		However, the gun was still prone to failure, which was conditioned by a mistake in its design: in order to ensure reliable feeding (theoretically), the cartridges had to be greased.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Type_96_Light_Machine_Gun (147 words)

	Biggerhammer.net - Colt Light Machine Gun MG40-2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The gun is of a special light construction and can be fed with cartridges from the left-hand or the right-hand side as may be desired, the change from one hand to the other being effected by a simple re-positioning of some of the component parts taking very little time to carry out.
		The gun is supplied in two types; the Flexible (for observer) type is provided with a back plate having hand grips and a hand trigger, whereas the Fixed or Wing type is provided with a fl plate without the hand grips.
		Provision is made on the side plates of guns to receive a type of trigger motor to suit the mechanical synchronizing gear, thus enabling the Fixed type of gun to be fired through the plane of propeller rotation.
	www.detonics.com /anm2/coltlightmg.html (599 words)

	NZ Army - Our Equipment - Machine Guns
		Machine guns are automatic weapons that provide suppressive fire onto an enemy target in support of our own troops.
		These guns were originally introduced into service in 1976, and despite their age, continue to be a very effective weapon.
		The Browning.50 calibre Machine Gun is a recoil operated, air-cooled, belt fed, medium machine gun.
	www.army.mil.nz /our-army/equipment/weapons/machine-guns.htm (365 words)

	M60 machine gun at AllExperts
		The M60 is a gas-operated, air-cooled, belt-fed, automatic machine gun that fires from the open-bolt position and is chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge.
		In 1991, the Belgian-designed FN MAG machine gun, designated the M240 in U.S. service, was adopted by the Marines as the M240G as a replacement for M60s used by infantry, though the M240 had already been used as a co-axial and pintle-mounted machine gun since the 1980s by the USMC.
		Most infantry units in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps have now switched over to the M240 as their general-purpose machine gun, which is more reliable (particularly when dirty) and seems to be well-liked by the troops for its ruggedness, despite the fact that it weighs five or six pounds more than the M60E3.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/m/m60_machine_gun.htm (4691 words)

	Machine Gun Equipment
		Japanese Machine Guns, ammunition and various equipment were designed and prepared for carrying using less vehicles but by house backs or mainly manpower.
		For Light Machine Guns, a cleaning kits was carried in the small bag on the belt of a gunner.
		In that period, Japanese Army's main Light Machine Gun for a squad was Nambu Model 11, 6.5mm which adopted the hopper feeding system with the common ammunition unit as M-38 rifles so it did not need box magazines nor a loader.
	www.japaneseweapons.net /kikanjyu/sogu/english.htm (433 words)

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