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	MSN Encarta - Machine Gun
		Machine guns are grouped into four general categories: light machine guns; general-purpose, or medium, machine guns; heavy machine guns; and externally powered machine guns.
		Light machine guns use ammunition of.30 caliber (7.62 mm) or less and are designed to have minimum weight so that a single soldier may use them.
		Medium machine guns are also heavier, requiring teams of at least two soldiers to use them.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562087_2/Machine_Gun.html (437 words)

	General purpose machine gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A general purpose machine gun (GPMG) in concept is a compromise weapon, a machine gun intended to fill the role of either a light machine gun or medium machine gun, while at the same time being man-portable.
		The first medium machine guns used as a GPMG traces back to WWI, where aircooled medium machine guns were used in many different roles, typically with larger magazine on aircraft, tanks, and ships, and in lighter configurations by infantry on bipods on tripods.
		The lighter M249 (firing 5.56 NATO ammunition) is the main U.S. light machine gun/squad automatic weapon, and the M2 machine gun (using the.50 BMG cartridge) is used in the heavy machine gun role.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General-purpose_machine_gun (452 words)

	Light machine gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A light machine gun (LMG) is a categorization type, or class of machine guns that are generally lighter than other of machine guns of its period, and usually designed to be carried by an individual soldier, but sometimes with an assistant.
		In practice, they are either automatic rifles (machine rifles) or medium machine guns with a bipod, a stock, and sometimes a pistol grip.
		Light machine guns are often used as squad automatic weapons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Light_machine_gun (259 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Machine Gun
		Heavy machine guns fire.50-caliber (12.7-mm) or larger ammunition and generally require a crew.
		Many externally powered machine guns are modern motorized versions of the hand-turned Gatling gun, patented by American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling in 1862.
		The 30-mm Gatling gun on the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft can fire 3,900 rounds a minute and is capable of destroying armored targets such as tanks.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761562087___6/Machine_Gun.html (510 words)

	Machine Guns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The machine gun was developed in the late 19th century and has profoudly altered the character of modern warfare.
		The machine gun also requires no outside energy, becuase it uses the energy released by the burning propellant in a cartridge to feed, load, lock, fire each round, and extract and eject the empty cartridge case.
		Because of the machine guns, trench warfare became a neccesity for the offensive and deffensive side of the war.
	www.angelfire.com /ma3/craighzakatheman84/Machine (608 words)

	M240G Medium Machine Gun
		This is a ground mounted variant of the original M240/M240C/M240E1 coaxial/pintle mounted machine gun used on M2/M3 Series Bradley Fighting Vehicles, the M1 Series Abrams tank, and the U.S. Marine Corps LAV-Series of Light Armored Vehicles.
		The M240D 7.62mm machine gun is a left hand feed, gas operated, air cooled, fixed head space weapon.
		The M240G Machine Gun is the ground version of the original M240/M240E1, 7.62mm medium class weapon designed as a coaxial/pintle mounted machine gun for tanks and light armored vehicles.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/m240g.htm (372 words)

	Boeing CH-47D Chinook Armament.
		Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M60 series (above): The M60 was type classified in 1957 as a companion to the 7.62mm M14 rifle.
		A canvas ejection control bag attaches to the machine gun to catch ejected links and cartridge cases, preventing them from being ejected into the path of the rotor blades or turbine engine intake.
		The machine guns are free pointing by the operator, but limited in traverse, elevation, and depression by cam surfaces, stops on the pintles, and pintle posts of the left and right mount assemblies.
	www.chinook-helicopter.com /standards/areas/armament.html (451 words)

	Machine Guns
		Medium Machine Gun (MMG) - At first this was a lighter variant of the early heavy machine guns.
		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.
		Such a term is a contradiction because the legal definition of a machine gun violates the principle of one shot per each pull of the trigger.
	www.paladinarmory.com /MachineGuns.htm (1932 words)

	Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M73 / Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M219 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The M73C is an M73 modified for use as a flexible machine gun by addition of sights and a pistol grip trigger.
		Despite continuing efforts to improve the machine gun, problems encountered by the Israelis during the 1973 Yom Kippur war caused the Army to seek a replacement.
		Considerable study and trade-offs led the Army to adopt the Belgian Fabrique National MAG medium machine gun as the M240 machine gun in 1977.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/m73.htm (215 words)

	THE PKM GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINE GUN
		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.
		If you have examined buffers in other machine guns, the buffer may be a fancy name for 1/4 inch thick plate of fiber-reinforced reddish plastic placed at rear end of the recoil spring guide.
	club.guns.ru /eng/pkm.html (3704 words)

	MG34 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was an air-cooled machine gun firing 7.92 mm Mauser rounds and had similar performance to other medium machine guns.
		However, it was also designed to perform both as a light squad machine gun and also in heavier roles, in an early example of a general-purpose machine gun.
		The MG34 was used as the primary infantry machine gun during the 1930s, and remained as the primary tank and aircraft defensive weapon.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/MG34.htm (843 words)

	Special Operations.Com
		The M240B is a ground mounted flexible variant of the M240/M240C/M240E1 coaxial/pintle mounted machine gun used on M2/M3 series Bradley Fighting Vehicles, the M1 series Abrams Main Battle Tank, and the U.S. Marine Corps LAV-series of Light Armored Vehicles.
		Machine Gun, 5.56, M249 Squad Automatic Weapon System (SAWS) The M249 SAWS light machine gun is gas-operated, magazine or disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, individually portable machine gun capable of delivering a large volume of effective fire to support infantry squad operations.
		M60 - The M60 Series 7.62mm Machine Gun has been the U.S. Army's general purpose medium machine gun since the late 1950s.The M60 fires standard NATO 7.62mm ammunition and is used as a general support crew-served weapon.
	specialoperations.com /Weapons/LMG (1030 words)

	HK 21E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		That sound, and the guns immense capability for suppressive fire both in the defensive role and during the assault, were feared in its day and are still revered in modern times by many who believe the MG42 to be one of the worlds best all-around belt-fed machine guns.
		Unlike gas-operated machine guns (such as the FN MAG58) in the HK21E there is no need for a gas regulator to adjust the gas flow into the system to account for sluggish operation due to fouling in the weapon.
		As is the case in most machine guns fired from the ground, after the second or third shot the gunners view through the sights is obscured by the smoke and dust created from the muzzle blast of the weapon.
	www.remtek.com /arms/hk/mil/21/21.htm (6098 words)

	Maxim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Maxim Medium Machine Gun Model 1910 was in service with the Russian army from 1910 and Soviet Army until the end of the Second World War.
		The machine gun's mechanism works due to the motion of the barrel closing the bore by the dead point of the lever system.
		A jacket filled with water is fitted to the machine gun for cooling during firing.
	www.iremember.ru /help/Maxim.htm (96 words)

	Light Machine Guns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Light machine guns used two distinct means of operation, either recoil or gas, several models using a combination of the two.
		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.
		They each had the facility to change barrels and could be mounted on a tripod for use as Heavy Machine Guns or on a bipod in the light role.
	www.stormpages.com /garyjkennedy/Weapons/lightmachineguns/light_machine_guns.htm (2426 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Machine Guns Work" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Historians count the machine gun among the most important technologies of the past 100 years.
		Medium machine guns such as this one are an essential element in the modern arsenal.
		In light of their monumental role in history, it's somewhat surprising how simple machine guns really are.
	www.howstuffworks.com /machine-gun.htm (186 words)

	M240 7.62mm Armor Machine Gun
		The U.S. Army adopted the Belgian Fabrique National MAG medium machine gun as the M240 in 1977 to replace the M73/M219 7.62mm and M85.50 caliber tank machine guns.
		The M240 7.62mm machine gun is used to engage enemy personnel, infantry crew-served weapons, anti-tank guided missile teams, and unarmored vehicles.
		Thus, the gun functions automatically as long as it is supplied with ammunition and the trigger is held to the rear.
	www.inetres.com /gp/military/cv/weapon/M240.html (1305 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Machine Guns (G) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Machine Guns (G) The Gatling-gun was a machine-gun, invented in the 19th century, with a cluster of barrels and a charging breech at which the cartridges were automatically loaded into the barrels and fired in succession.
		The Goryunov SG43 was a Russian medium machine-gun of the Second World War, produced from 1943 to 1955, replacing the Maxim 1910 as the standard army medium machine-gun.
		It was chambered for the 7.62 mm Soviet cartridge and was fed from a 250 round cloth belt, firing at a rate of 650 rounds per minute.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /FMF.HTM (222 words)

	HOW DO I CARRY MEDIUM MACHINE GUN TRIPODS? AMMO BELTS? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In a three-man MMG team, one Soldier's entire job is to hold this 15-pound, uncamouflaged, bare-metal weight in his bands over his shoulder, denying the team the use of his M16A2 Assault rifle/M4 5.56mm carbine for self-defense fires.
		The ability of British Paratroops in the Falklands War to "dial in" machine gun fire with accuracy using tripods/T&Es was critical in their drive to push the Argentines off the forward slopes indirectly with the gun team under the safety of terrain masking defilade; a "poor man's mortar".
		If the M60 MMG is used, a plastic assault pack that connects to the machine gun to securely hold up a 100-round belt of 7.62mm ammunition is available for about $12 from CAPCO Enterprises 3250 Pollux Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89201 (702) 362-3700 to complete the ready firepower arrangement for this gun.
	www.geocities.com /equipmentshop/mmg.htm (3314 words)

	FN MINIMI STANDARD MODEL (U.S. M249 SAW) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The machine guns were fired with and without lubricant and also tested for noise level.
		The guns were fired with magazine and belt changes while the test medium was blown on them during the dynamic sand and dust test.
		The guns were also fired at extreme temperatures: 155°F and -50°F. The sustained-firing test involved firing 700 rounds in five minutes at varying rates of fire: 200 rpm for two minutes and 100 rpm for three minutes.
	remtek.com /arms/fn/minimi (2467 words)

	M60 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Gun
		The M60 machine gun is loaded, fired, unloaded, and cleared from the open-bolt position.
		However, the M60's availability and lighter weight makes it well suited to augment heavy machine gun fire or to be used in areas where.50-caliber machine guns cannot be positioned, or as a substitute when heavy machine guns are not available.
		The M60 machine gun can be employed on its tripod to deliver accurate fire along fixed lines and then can quickly be converted to biped fire to cover alternate fields of fire.
	www.inetres.com /gp/military/infantry/mg/M60.html (1633 words)

	Miltary Equipment Guides -M240G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Description: The M240G Machine Gun is the ground version of the original M240/M240E1, 7.62mm medium class weapon designed as a coaxial/pintle mounted machine gun for tanks and light armored vehicles.
		The M240G is modified for ground use by the installation of an "infantry modification kit," comprised of a flash suppressor, front sight, carrying handle for the barrel, a buttstock, infantry length pistol grip, bipod, and rear sight assembly.
		While possessing many of the same basic characteristics as the M60 series medium class machine guns, the durability of the M240 system results in superior reliability and maintainability when compared to the M60.
	www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=M240G&cat=w&lev=2 (164 words)

	M240 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The M240 is a 7.62 mm NATO Medium Machine gun.
		For example, an M240B buttstock and bipod may be carried in a vehicle to enable the crew to convert the coaxial weapon to an infantry model in the event that they are forced to withdraw from a non-operable vehicle.
		The M240G is the ground version of the original M240/M240E1, 7.62 mm medium class weapon designed as a coaxial/pintle mounted machine gun for Tanks and LAVs.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/M240.htm (582 words)

	Military Organization
		The machine gun is not assigned to the senior member because he is responsible for the 'big picture' and the operation of the weapon requires a great deal of attention.
		One way to organize an eight man squad with only one medium machine gun is to put six riflemen in one team (commanded by the squad leader) and two men armed with a medium machine gun in the other fireteam (commanded by the assistant squad leader).
		Light machine guns usually have lighter ammunition, are easier to handle, have a higher rate of fire and can be operated by one person with relative ease (compared to a medium).
	www.military-sf.com /organization.htm (1639 words)

	American Medium Tanks
		The only difference between the Grant (which came first) and Lee models was that the Lee, in addition to the massive arsenal of the Grant, also had an independently rotatable cupola atop the turret with a machine gun in it.
		Packing the hefty wallop of the M3 Grant's sponson gun in a fully rotatable turret, the M4 was a very good medium tank in 1941.
		Because the M4 chassis was made especially for mass-production, it was modified for all sorts of purposes especially the M7B1 "Priest" self-propelled artillery unit and the M10 and M36 tank destroyers.
	www.angelfire.com /scifi/weirdozone/wargames/angriff/usarmy/usmediumtanks.htm (463 words)

	Modern Firearms - Machineguns - Degtyarev DP DPM RP-46
		The DP (Degtyarev Pechotnyi, or Degtyarev Infantry) light machine gun was one of the first small arms designed after the 1917 in USSR.
		Those guns featured flat pan magazines of smaller diameter but larger in height, heavier barrels and different stocks and mountings, but internally were quite similar to its infantry "brothers".
		The sucess of the belt-feed German universal machine guns in the light MG role (on bipod) showed the necessity of a light, mobile machine gun, capable of high firepower, to be used on the company level.
	world.guns.ru /machine/mg34-e.htm (893 words)

	MILITARY FIREARMS -- M240 MACHINE GUN
		The M240 machine gun is a versitile light machine gun fielded in a number of configurations for the U.S. military and, as the Fabrique Nationale MAG, by armies around the world.
		After extensive operational and technical tests, the Army adopted the Fabrique Nationale MAG as the M240B 7.62mm medium machine gun, intended as a replacement for the M60 series machine guns.
		The Medium Machine Gun Tripod seen with the M240G is the MMGT(LW), a lightweight, man-packable, weapon mount and control that provides an accurate and repeatable means to aim and shift the fire of the M240G Medium Machine Gun (MMG).
	www.olive-drab.com /od_other_firearms_mg_m240.php3 (471 words)

	Vickers .303in Water-cooled Medium Machine Gun
		It was the medium machine gun used by all British Commonwealth forces in the Korean War, although Australian forces occasionally used the US Continuous automatic fire generated tremendous heat in the barrel and Maxim overcame this problem by encasing The barrel is encased in a water jacket, containing about 7.5 pints.
		The gun was adopted by the British Army in November 1912, and remained as the standard support-fire machine gun until the middle 1960s, when it was replaced by the L7A1 GPMG.
		The machine gunner fired from a sitting position, holding two wooden grips which were fixed at the rear of the gun.
	www.rt66.com /~korteng/SmallArms/Vickers.htm (442 words)

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