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A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. LMGs firing cartridges of the same caliber as the other riflemen of the same combat unit are often referred to as squad automatic weapons .
Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
The M/26 won a Finnish Army competition in 1925 where it was selected as the army's main light machine gun. Production started in 1927 at the Valtion kivääritehdas (VKT), State Rifle Factory, and lasted until 1942. More than 5,000 weapons were produced during that time.
The MG 13 was introduced into service in 1930, where it served as the standard light machine gun until 1935. [1] It was superseded by the MG 34 and then later the MG 42 . An unusual feature of the MG 13 was its double-crescent trigger, which provided select fire capability without the need for a fire mode selector switch.
The Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, was the standard light machine gun of the U.S. military throughout WWII. Typically chambered for .30-06 ammunition and weighing between 13 and 24 pounds, BARs ...
Lewis machine gun; FN Mle 1930 - Standard light machine gun adopted in 1930. Copy of Colt R75 (the Browning Automatic Rifle Model 1925 ) [30] MG 08/15; Fusil-Mitrailleur 1915-27 (Used by rear-line units) [31] Bren light machine gun (used by Free Belgian forces) [32]
The Wehrmacht soon adopted the ZB-26 after the occupation of Czechoslovakia, renaming it the MG 26(t), it was used in the same role as the MG 34, as a light machine gun. In the opening phases of World War II, the ZB-26 in 7.92 mm Mauser caliber was used in large numbers by elements of the German Waffen-SS, who at first did not have full access ...
M1917 Browning machine gun; M1918 Browning automatic rifle; M1919 Browning machine gun; M1941 Johnson machine gun; Madsen machine gun; Maxim M/32-33; Maxim–Tokarev; MG 08; MG 13; MG 15; MG 17 machine gun; MG 30; MG 34; MG 42; MG 45; MG 131 machine gun; MG 151 cannon; Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm