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light machine gun
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machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier
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Encyclopedic overview
The Belgian Minimi M249 light machine gun, one of the most widespread modern 5.56 mm light machine guns amongst NATO countries. This one is an M249E3 "Para" model. IWI Negev of the Israeli Army Bren light machine gun .30-06 Browning Automatic Rifle Model 1918
A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. LMGs firing cartridges of the same caliber as the other riflemen of the same combat unit are often referred to as squad automatic weapons. Unlike submachine guns, LMGs do not use pistol cartridges.
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