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Machine guns come in a variety of sizes, from the 5.56x45mm cartridge used by the M16 and other NATO rifles, all the way up to the 14.5x115mm cartridge used by the KPV machine gun (anything 20mm and over is considered a cannon).
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What is the name of a machine gun bullet?
Cartridge
How fast does a 50 calibre machine gun bullet travel?
@890 mps
How far will a .50 cal machine gun bullet travel?
7400 meters.
How quick can a machine gun shoot 100 bullet drum?
a machine gun can shoot 100 bullet drum in about 5-15 seconds it can shoot a target down in 3-5 seconds and it shoot at 120 mph
Does bullet size affect the gun barrel?
Yes, a bullet must be the same diameter as the barrel (unless it is a shotgun).
What is pistol caliber?
Its the size of the bullet that the gun is made for. its the caliber that a handgun uses
How small was the machine guns bulletts in World War 1?
Actually, pretty large. The standard machine guns were 8mm Mauser, .303 Enfield, and 30-06. Larger machine guns such as the .50 Browning were also used. To give you an idea of size, a section of a regular pencil about 1 inch long is the size of the small machine gun bullet.
What does 0.44 stand for in a gun?
The size of the bullet. The.44 stands for 44/100ths of an inch. That is the diameter of the bullet it shoots (more or less)
What does calibre stands for in relation to firearms?
"Caliber" refers to the size of the bullet the gun fires, or more specifically, the size of the bore, which is the size of the hole in the barrel.
If the mechanical advantage of a machine gun is 2 it means?
It means that twice the amount of required to fire the bullet to its target than the acutal amount of energy required to pull the trigger, thus making the machine gun efficient.
How do machine guns work?
A machine gun works by pulling the trigger that lets the spring with the firing pin it hit the primer then ignites the bullet recolis causing it to repeat
What size round does the M60 machine gun fire?
7.62x51mm nato
