Light machine guns

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machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier

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light machine gun

light machine gun

The RPK (), sometimes inaccurately termed the RPK-47, is a Soviet 7.62×39mm light machine gun that was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the early 1960s, in parallel with the AKM assault rifle. It was created to standardize the small arms inventory of the Soviet Army, where it replaced the 7.62×39mm RPD machine gun. The RPK continues to be used by the military of the post-Soviet states and several African and Asian nations. The RPK is also manufactured in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.

light machine gun of Soviet origin

type of rifle

medium machine gun

5.56 mm light machine gun

Soviet light machine gun

light machine gun

Czechoslovak light machine gun

The Chauchat ("show-sha", ) was the standard light machine gun or "machine rifle" of the French Army during World War I (1914–18). Its official designation was "Fusil Mitrailleur Modèle 1915 CSRG" ("Machine Rifle Model 1915 CSRG"). Beginning in June 1916, it was placed into regular service with French infantry, where the troops called it the FM Chauchat, after Colonel Louis Chauchat, the main contributor to its design. The Chauchat in 8mm Lebel was also extensively used in 1917–18 by the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.), who described the weapon as "Abysmal", where it was officially desi

assault rifle

light machine gun

Indian-made assault rifle system

assault rifle

machine gun

light machine gun

machine gun

light machine gun

light machine gun

light machine gun

The RPK-74 () is a variant of the Soviet RPK light machine gun but is chambered for an intermediate cartridge, the 5.45×39mm round.

7.9 mm machine gun aircraft defensive armament

light machine gun

assault rifle

light machine gun

7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun

light machine gun

light machine gun

light machine gun of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces

light machine gun

The QBZ-191 () is a Chinese assault rifle chambered for the 5.8×42mm intermediate cartridge, designed and manufactured by Chongqing Jianshe as a new-generation service rifle for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and People's Armed Police (PAP). The QBZ-191 is to replace the QBZ-95 in service with the Chinese army.

7.9 mm machine gun

light machine gun

type of light machine gun

general-purpose machine gun

type of Automatic rifleMachine Gun

The Vickers–Berthier (VB) is a light machine gun that was produced by the British company Vickers-Armstrong. It was adopted by the British Indian Army and saw combat during World War II.

light machine gun in service in the Swiss Army during the Second World War

type of light machine gun

type of light machine gun

The QJY-88, also known as the Type 88 LMG (), is a 5.8x42mm Chinese light machine gun designed in the late 1980s by China North Industries Corporation, otherwise known as Norinco.

type of Automatic rifle

light machine gun

automatic rifle

type of light machine gun

The Maxim–Tokarev (sometimes shortened to MT or M-T) was the first domestic Soviet light machine gun accepted for service. It was developed from the Maxim machine gun M1910 by Fedor Tokarev.

Japanese WWII light machine gun

type of light machine gun

machine gun

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7.7 mm machine gun aircraft armament

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WWI era light machine gun project

7.92 mm machine gun aircraft armament

type of light machine gun

light machine gun