light machine gun
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 they fire 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 saw). They are also known as the squad automatic weapon.
Some LMGs are based on the existing service (assault) rifle, such as the RPK.
List of light machine guns
- Bren LMG
- CETME Ameli
- Chauchat
- Daewoo K3
- DP-27
- FM 24/29
- FN Minimi / M249 saw
- Galil ARM
- IMI Negev
- H&K HK23
- H&K MG36
- H&K MG4
- KK 62
- KAC LAMG
- Lahti-Saloranta M/26
- Lewis gun
- M1918 BAR
- M1941 Johnson LMG
- Madsen machine gun
- Type 88 LMG
- RPD
- RPK
- RPK-74
- RPK-16
- Stoner 63
- Type 11 light machine gun
- Type 96 light machine gun
- Type 99 light machine gun
- Valmet M78/83
- ZB-26