A machine gun is a fully automatic firearm. Machine guns are extremely expensive and one cannot purchase a used one. One can only purchase one that is new and has never before been used.
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
The Kord machine gun is a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun. It was designed in the 1990's by V.A. Degtyarev Plant in Russia. It is used by Russian police and Army.
In World War 2 there were three types of machine guns used: squad support weapon, medium machine gun, and Heavy Machine gun such as the Browning M2, and the M1919
Yes and no. Some machine guns are heavy and some are not. It depends on which type of machine gun.
Americans: Springfield M1917 (carbine), Colt 1911 (pistol), Browning M1917 (heavy machine gun) Browning Automatic Machine gun (BAR: machine gun), 1895/1914 Colt-Browning (machine gun), Lewis (machine gun), Marlin Gun (machine gun), Thompson (machine gun)Germans: Mauser Gewehr 98 (rifle), Luger Parabellum M17 (pistol), Maxim (heavy machine gun), Bergmann MG15 nA (machine gun), Bergmann MP18 (machine gun), Maschinengewehr (heavy machine gun)French: Lebel 8 mm (rifle), Berthier Fusil d'Infanterie Modele 1907 (rifle), Pistole Revolveur Modele 1892 (revolver), Benet-Mercie (machine gun), Chauchat (machine gun), St Etienne (heavy machine gun),British: Lee-Enfeild (rifle), Webley Mk IV (revolver), Vicker's (heavy machine gun)Austria: Mannlicher Gewehr M95 (carbine), Steyer Automatic (pistol), Schwarzlose (machine gun)Romania: Steyer Automatic (pistol)Hungary: Mannlicher Gewehr M95 (carbine), Steyer Automatic (pistol), Schwarzlose (machine gun)Belgium: Browning (revolver)Italy: 1910 Glisenti 9mm automatic (pistol)Russia: What ever they could find for pistols and riffles, Pulemyot Maxima (heavy machine gun)--Many of the weapons were shared among allied powers (the Chauchat for one was also used by U.S. and British troops). There were also assortments of grenades, tanks, artillery, flamethrowers, mines, bayonets, and poison gas weapons used.
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)
100 pounds
The British used the Vickers machine gun
FM 23-65
@ 6 lbs
on either support light and heavy asult
The Vickers machine gun was the primary machine gun they used in WWI.