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Type 97 light machine gun: 7.70×58mm Arisaka: Detachable box magazine Japan: 1937 Type 97 aircraft machine gun: 7.70x56mmR Type 87: Ammunition belt Japan: 1937 Type 99 light machine gun: Kokura Arsenal Nagoya Arsenal: 7.70×58mm Arisaka: Detachable box magazine Japan: 1939 Type 100 machine gun: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Drum magazine Japan: UKM-2000 ...
Soviet Stechkin APS and suppressed APB select-fire machine pistols, introduced into Soviet service in 1951. A machine pistol is a handgun that is capable of fully automatic fire, including stockless handgun-style submachine guns. [1] The Austrians introduced the world's first machine pistol, the Steyr Repetierpistole M1912/P16, during World War ...
The Colt Automatic Rifle or Colt Light Machine Gun is a 5.56 mm NATO, open-bolt, full-automatic-only firearm developed by Colt Defense. It is based on the M16A2/A4 , and has a distinctive squared-off handguard, vertical grip, carrying handle and integrated bipod.
The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. . The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe as a replacement for the ...
A variant named L2A1/C2A1 (C2), meant to serve as a light machine gun in a support role, is also capable of fully automatic fire. Differences from the L1A1/C1 include a heavy barrel, squared front sight (versus the "V" on the semi-automatic models), a handguard that doubles as a foldable bipod , and a larger 30-round magazine although it could ...
The Steyr AUG A3 SA USA is a semi-automatic only variant of the AUG A3 with a 407 mm (16.0 in) barrel, made available for the U.S. civilian market in April 2009. [108] The Steyr AUG A3 SA NATO: is a semi-automatic only variant similar to the AUG A3 SA USA, but uses a right-hand-only, NATO STANAG magazine stock assembly. [14] [15]
An autocannon, automatic cannon or machine cannon is a fully automatic gun that is capable of rapid-firing large-caliber (20 mm/0.79 in or more) armour-piercing, explosive or incendiary shells, as opposed to the smaller-caliber kinetic projectiles fired by a machine gun.
A 20,000 round endurance test against an Astra machine pistol and a PPS-43 submachine gun proved that Stechkin's design was promising. However, the testing board showed flaws of the prototype, such as the lack of adjustability of the rear sight, the high weight (1.9 kg with holster), short sight radius, and the recoil spring located under the ...