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|caption= An early M249 version of the Minimi |type= [[Light machine gun]]

...any|German]] [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] [[assault rifle]], designed in the early 1990s by [[Heckler & Koch|Heckler & Koch GmbH]] (H&K) and accepted into ser ...e '''MG36''' [[light machine gun]] (MG – ''Maschinengewehr'' or "machine gun"). An export version of the series is also produced (these weapons have a s

...lt Rifle) and an '''ARM''' (Assault Rifle and Machine gun) [[light machine gun]]. ...12-round magazine for blank cartridges, used to launch [[rifle grenade]]s. Early production models were supplied with barrels that had six right-hand groove

...blishers, 1978</ref> although it remained in British service well into the early 1960s and is still found in service in the armed forces of some Commonwealt ...rivate soldier might be prone to lose the magazine during field campaigns. Early models of the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield even used a short length of chain

{{gun ....45 ACP]] (left) and [[7.65 mm Browning]]/[[.32 ACP]] (right). Confiscated early 2004 in or around Al-Qurna, Iraq, by Dancon/Irak. Destroyed shortly after.

|caption= Browning Model 1917A1 water cooled machine gun |type= [[Heavy machine gun]]

...conflicts during the 1930s, and dissatisfaction with existing [[submachine gun]]s and rifles contributed to the development of the M1 Carbine. ...ly accurate or powerful. Submachine guns such as the [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]] were more than sufficiently powerful for close-range encounters,

|name= Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M60 |caption= M60 machine gun

...ning]]'s design has been one of the longest serving and successful machine gun designs]] ...gun. The original Maxim of the 1880s was the first fully automatic machine gun, as well as using a [[Belt (ammo)|belt of linked ammunition]] rather than a

{{gun ...xport of firearms. Consequently, SIG entered into an agreement with German gun manufacturer (and eventual owner) J.P. Sauer & Sohn to facilitate an export

... surplus market in many countries. Together with the [[RPD]] light machine gun the SKS was one of the first weapons chambered for the 7.62x39mm M43 round ...The firing pins of most SKSs can be modified with a spring to resemble the early Russian models if the owner desires such, as several aftermarket sources ex

The design of the rifle originated in the early 1930s when [[Fedor Tokarev]] gave up his attempts to design a recoil-operat ...imentary training had difficulty maintaining it. In addition, [[submachine gun]]s like the [[PPSh-41]] had proven their value as simple, cheap, and effect

|name= Carbine, Machine, Sten |type= [[Submachine gun]]

|name= Vickers Medium Machine Gun |type= [[Medium machine gun]]

...ver tested by the Armory.<ref>Lewis, Jack, ''The M-14: Boon or Blunder?'', Gun World, April 1963</ref><ref>Pikula, Sam (Major), ''The ArmaLite AR-10'', p. ...ent objections) burst in a torture test conducted by Springfield Armory in early 1957.<ref>Pikula, Sam (Major), ''The ArmaLite AR-10'', p. 38: The experimen

{{gun |caption= Early Mark Bren LMG, photo from a Canadian factory