Also they are built heavier and are mounted on tripods. Heavy machine guns fire larger cartridges than general purpose and medium machine guns, usually. US government replaced it with the FN MAG, under the name of M240. Very unpopular in US Troops during the Vietnam War, some expert consider this general purpose machine gun as the worst in widespread use. But, reliability problems like jamming, feeding issue, inversed safety and the gas tube how is fixed on the barrel (making additional barrels heavier), lack of grip for changing hot barrels after a sustained fire, that means the assistant gunner must have additional gloves, the M60 was named "The Pig". The M60 fires a large round and can tear down a horde of zombies in little time. Known as M240 in the US Army.Īn American medium machine-gun, most notably used in the jungles of Vietnam by the US army. The original PK was made in the 1960s by Kalashnikov, and was later modified to the PKM.Īn M60 medium machine gun, chambered in 7.62x51 (.308) FN MAGĪ Belgium made belt fed GPMG first introduced in the 1950s.
M60 MACHINE GUNS FOR SALE SERIES
Series of Soviet medium machine guns, firing 7.62x54 mmR round.
They are chambered in full-size rifle calibers, are man-portable, are usually belt-fed, and are designed to be fired from a stationary position mounted on a bipod or tripod, although it is possible for one man to carry a medium machine gun, though it is not advisable. Medium machine guns (also known as general-purpose machine guns) occupy the gray area between light machine guns and heavy machine guns. They can be easily found in abandoned military bases of many countries, like the U.S, U.K, Belgium, Norway, Australia, Malasia and more. The M249 can accept standard USGI M16, but jamming issue is common due to the fact it was only made for emergency purpose. It has many variants, notable are the before-mentioned M249 and a more compact and lighter paratrooper version. It can be found in the former Soviet Union and some Asian and African countries.Ī Belgium made, belt fed LMG, probably most famous as the M249, the version used by the U.S army. Although it can't hold as much ammo in its box magazine as belt-fed MGs can (some 100-round drums exist), it is much lighter. If you for some reason want to carry an LMG the RPK and its many variants are exellent candidates. It also exists in a version chambered in the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. The RPK light machine gun, chambered in 7.62x39mm (.30)Īnd plastic parts instead of wood. It was modified into the RPK-74 (alongside the AK-74) and then chambered for the lighter 5.45x39mm cartridge, and later modified into the RPK-74M, which uses polyesters It is almost identical to the AK-47 except being heavier and with longer barrel, using a higher capacity magazine, and a few other changes. A light machine gun may be a variant of an existing rifle design (with modifications - such as a larger capacity magazine, a heavier barrel, and a bipod for stability - to make the weapon more suitable for sustained automatic fire) or a unique design specifically for the purpose.Ī Russian light machine gun, chambered with the 7.62x39mm cartridge, was made by Mikhail Kalashnikov for Soviet troops. These weapons are sometimes called the Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW. Light machine guns are machine guns chambered in intermediate assault rifle calibers that are designed to be employed by a single soldier as a handheld weapon.
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