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| | Machine-gun development transformed battlefield |
 | | Next up is the M240 medium machine gun, a descendant, like many of its type, from the revolutionary German MG-42 of the Second World War. |
 | | FAS Military Analysis Network notes that the gun, derived from the 1950s Belgian FN MAG, 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 armoured vehicles. |
 | | On the Iraqi side, the inevitable Soviet-era lineup of counterpart "cousins" is fielded: the RPK-74 5.45-mm light machine-gun, the PK series of 7.62-mm GPMGs, and 12.7-mm DShK "Dushka" and NSV heavy machine guns. |
| www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2003/030407-gun01.htm (258 words) |
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