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Denel Land Systems unveiled the lightest 7.62×51mm NATO general- purpose machine gun (GPMG) at the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2016. The new weapon, designated the Denel DMG-5, currently weighs 8.4 kg, 20% lighter compared to the company’s current production GPMG, the Denel SS-77, weighing 10.3 kg. This development challenge was given to ...
A Marine Scout Sniper Rifle, a Philippine Marine Corps marksman rifle designed from a heavily modified M16A1. Most designated marksman rifles are based on modified designs of an assault rifle currently issued by a nation's military, or on a battle rifle that was formerly issued. The ammunitions used are often of the same caliber as that of the ...
A U.S. Army sniper using an M107. A U.S. Coast Guard TACLET marksman with a Barrett M107. Barrett model M82A2. The M82 is a short-recoil semi-automatic firearm. When the gun is fired, the barrel initially recoils for a short distance (about 1 inch (25 mm)), while being securely locked by the rotating bolt.
The general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) originated with the MG 34, designed in 1934 by Heinrich Vollmer of Mauser on the commission of Nazi Germany to circumvent the restrictions on machine guns imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. It was introduced into the Wehrmacht as an entirely new concept in automatic firepower, dubbed the ...
The BFG (" Big Fucking Gun ") [1] is a fictional weapon found in many video games, mostly in id Software -developed series' such as Doom and Quake. [citation needed] The abbreviation BFG stands for "Big Fucking Gun" as described in Tom Hall 's original Doom design document and in the user manual of Doom II: Hell on Earth.
The .50 BMG ( .50 Browning Machine Gun ), also known as 12.7×99mm NATO, and designated as the 50 Browning by the C.I.P., [1] is a .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber cartridge developed for the M2 Browning heavy machine gun in the late 1910s, entering official service in 1921.
The MG 34 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 34, or "machine gun 34") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun, first tested in 1929, introduced in 1934, and issued to units in 1936. It introduced an entirely new concept in automatic firepower – the Einheitsmaschinengewehr (Universal machine gun) – and is ...
The M240 is adapted as a coaxial machine gun for tanks and 7.62 mm fire power on light armored vehicles. [14] The M240 is part of the secondary armament on the U.S. Army M1 series Abrams tank, M2/M3 series Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and the U.S. Marine Corps LAV-25. [15] The M240E1 is the U.S. Marine Corps version of the original M240 coaxial ...