A type of machine gun designed to be operated by a single person, with or without an assistant.
Early LMG designs were typically magazine-fed and fired full-powered rifle cartridge, such as the .303 British Bren. Modern post-World War II designs fire intermediate round, and they can be either belt-fed or magazine-fed (e.g. the 5.56×45mm NATO M249). Some LMGs are based on the existing service rifle, such as the RPK.
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The following tags implicate this tag: bren_lmg, imi_negev, m249, rpd, rpk, rpk-16, and rpk-74 (learn more).