It has no one ancestor. It was inspired in part by the H&K G11.
light machine gun is the m249 a medium machine gun is the m240 and the heavy machine gun is the browning m2 50. cal machine gun
AEK-999 (Machine gun - 7.62 x 54 mm) AO-9 (Machine Gun - 23 x 115 mm) AO-18 (Gatling Machine Gun - 30 mm) DP-27 / DP-28 (Light machine gun - 7.62x54mmR) * ** DPM (Light machine gun - 7.62x54 mmR) ** DA (Light machine gun - 7.62x54mmR) ** DT / DTM (Light machine gun - 7.62x54mmR) ** RP-46 (Light machine gun - 7.62x54mmR) * DShK ** DShK 1938 (Heavy machine gun - 12.7x107mm) ** DShK 1938/1946 / DShKM (Heavy Machine Gun - 12.7x107mm) Kord (Heavy Machine Gun - 12.7 x 107 mm) KPVT (Tank Heavy Machine Gun) Maxim M1910 (Medium machine gun - 7.62x54mmR) NSV (Heavy Machine Gun - 12.7x108mm) * PK (GPMG - 7.62 x 54 mm R) ** PKM (GPMG - 7.62 x 54 mm R) ** PKSMN (GPMG - 7.62 x 54 mm R) ** PKT (GPMG - 7.62 x 54 mm R) Pecheneg (Machine gun - 7.62 x 54 mm) SG-43 Gorunov (Medium machine gun - 7.62 x 54 mm R) TKB-523 (Light Machine Gun - 7.62 x 39 mm) 6P62 (Heavy Machine Gun - 12.7 x 107 mm)
a light machine gun is a fully automatic rifle that one man can operate. during ww2 the most common light machine gun was the BAR (browning automatic rifle) in 30 cal. or 3006 in todays lingo.
Light Machine Gun = LMG
Yes it is.
These are amongst the most common... Webley Revolver. Lee Enfield. Sten Machine Carbine. (Machine Carbine was the British equivalent of sub machine gun) Vickers Machine Gun. Bren Light Machine Gun.
Heckler and Koch is the company the produces the MG4 light machine gun. This German company developed this gun in the late 1990's but displayed it to the general public in 2001.
the infantry used: lee enfield 303, bren light machine gun, vickers machine gun, Thompson sub machine gun the sten was not yet issued to troops in Africa.
German WWII machineguns
on either support light and heavy asult
600 to 800 rounds
The machine gun evolved from the Gattling gun, a device that that rapidly fired bullets when cranked. WWI saw the first true machine guns, liquid and air cooled. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_gun Another example is the french Mitralleuse, used in the Franco/Prussian war of 1870/71.