A major question for the Army is whether its new machine gun should chamber the 7.62mm round or another caliber, a retired ...

Watch this American Rifleman "At The Range" video segment above to learn about the M60 general-purpose machine gun chambered in 7.62 mm NATO.

Key Points – The Nazi German MG 42, introduced in 1942, was a fearsome 7.92x57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun renowned for its devastatingly high rate of fire (1,200-1,800 rpm) and ...

Later, we examine the history of the classic Cold War-era Russian general-purpose machine gun, the PKM. Based off the long-stroke Kalashnikov gas-operated action of the AK family of rifles, the ...

In 1968, the Gun Control Act expanded the NFA’s reach, at which point auto sears technically fell under the definition of a machine gun. In 1981, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ...

The MG42 still fulfills a need in the general-purpose machine gun class. MG42 45-Display noBG (CC BY-SA 3.0) by Pollyanna1919. 6. MG45 > Maximum rate of fire: 1,350-1,800 rpm ...

The contract for 1,148 new C6A1 FLEX General Purpose Machine Guns is worth more than $25.6 million. First deliveries to the Canadian Army are expected in September. ... spare parts and slings.

When the war began in 1939, the Germans had a solid, reliable general-purpose machine gun—the MG34. But it was expensive and difficult to manufacture. The German high command wanted front-line ...