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...er cover, recoil spring, and bolt carrier.<ref name="popeneker">Popeneker, Maxim & Williams, Anthony. ''Assault Rifle'' The Crowood Press Ltd. (2005) ISBN 1 ... in design. Curved 30-round L4A1 magazines from the 7.62 NATO caliber Bren Gun are interchangeable with the 30-round L2A1 magazines, however they reputedl

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...antry '''Model 60-20''' machine gun, the '''Model 60-40''' coaxial machine gun for armoured fighting vehicles and the '''Model 60-30''' aircraft variant.

|type= [[Light machine gun]] ...un”) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] [[light machine gun]] developed by [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal|Fabrique Nationale]] (FN) in

[[Image:Gatling gun.jpg|thumb|An 1876 Gatling gun preserved at Fort Laramie National Historic Site]] ...urn the barrels. Later still, electric motors supplied external power. The gun was designed by the American inventor [[Richard Jordan Gatling|Dr. Richard

[[Image:M2 machine gun.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[M2 Browning machine gun]] with a [[tripod]] weighs 58 kg (128&nbsp;lb).]] ...avy machine gun''' refers to either a larger-caliber, high-power [[machine gun]] or one of the smaller, medium-caliber (rifle caliber) machine guns meant

|name = Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim |image = Maxim portrait.jpg

*[[Skoda M1909 machine gun]] *[[Hotchkiss M1909 Benet-Mercie machine gun|Hotchkiss M1909]]

This is an extensive list of [[small arms]] — [[pistol]], [[machine gun]], [[grenade launcher]], [[anti-tank rifle]] — that includes variants (mo *[[Adams-Wilmont]] (UK - Aircraft Machine Gun - .303 British)

*[[Gatling Gun]] (US - [[Machine Gun]] - 1862) *[[Maxim Gun]] (UK - Machine Gun - 1883)

...ile of old [[Mosin-Nagant]]s in the basement of the president of the local gun club would be pretty fucking pointless, no?'''), or situations where rapid ...y accessible when it is needed. It is crucial to remember the now-overused maxim, "Two is one; one is none." Establish as many re-supply caches, in as many

{{gun ...a self-loading [[pistol]] in the 1880s, but was preoccupied with [[machine gun]]s. Nevertheless, the application of his principle of using bullet energy t

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

...troops defeat Ijebu infantry in modern-day Nigeria, using a single [[maxim gun]].

...e:M240G-0167-2004-01.jpg|thumb|300px|U.S. Marines firing an [[M240 machine gun|M240G]] at Camp Hansen, Okinawa]] ...They occupy a gray area between [[light machine gun]]s and [[heavy machine gun]]s.

...iring the recoil from the cartridge pushes the barrel backwards within the gun. This movement provides the energy required to extract and eject the spent ... booster. This application has largely fallen out of use as modern machine gun design switched to [[Blowback|delayed blowback]] and [[gas operation]] in m

...y used as an appeal to reinstate [[Federal assault weapons ban|ineffective gun laws]] that expired in [[2004]]. The claim — still active among the less But anti-gun politicians rarely miss a chance to call for more control even if the laws

...ame weapon mounted within the cramped confines of a tank or self-propelled gun. This is because the crew operating in the open can move more freely and ca For automatic weapons such as [[machine gun]]s, the rate of fire is primarily a mechanical property.

...ted]], [[Gas-Operated|gas operated]], [[Gatling Gun|gatling]], and [[chain gun|chain]]. ...rk best when using a cartridge with a [[grain]] size (mass) near where the gun's action was originally optimized or tuned in terms of momentum. For examp

...the trigger. This type of firearm uses a single [[chamber]] and a single [[gun barrel|barrel]], which remain in a fixed linear orientation relative to eac ... for supplying new ammunition to reload the chamber to be able to fire the gun again. The removable magazine is typically located inside a hand grip. Typi