Favorite MG

What do u guys consider as the best machine gun out there today?

My personal favorites include:

FN M-3M HMG




MG-42 GPMG




M-240G GPMG




And the Ares Shrike (14" barrel)
LMG




What are ur personal favorites and why? Any class of MG: Squad Automatic Rilfe (ex: Steyr AUG HBAR), LMG, GPMG, and HMG.

BTW Fulcrum, does finland still use the Valmet KvKK 62?


[Edited on 7-1-2004 by GabRaz]

I vote for the MG 34.

It's only real drawback was that it's rate of fire was so high you needed 2 extra guys just to hump all the ammo!

The MG-34 had a cyclic rate of 900 rds/min, while the MG-42 ran at 1200-1300 rds/min.

"MG-34 was an outstanding weapon, with wery fine finish and made to tight tolerances, but this become also its biggest drawback - being too expensive and too slow to manufacture, MG-34 was less than suitable for mass wartime production. It also was somewhat sensitive to dirt and fouling, a standard atrribute of the western front battles. But the most major advantage of the MG-34 was its versatility, and it set the trend for numerous latter designs."

Source: world.guns.ru...

Originally posted by GabRaz

BTW Fulcrum, does finland still use the Valmet KvKK 62?

Yes..

And its 7.62 KVKK 62..



And ive fired this weapon many times..

And i dont like it.


7.62 KVKK 62

KVKK and some ugly guy, high res pic!

KVKK and some ugly guy, high res pic!

Its not that its a bad weapon..

Actually its very good has high rate of fire (~1000 rounds per minute..) and virtually no recoil..

Its just that it needs much more care than AK type of weapons and its quite heavy even as it is KVKK (LMG..).

And personally, i didnt like its sights.



PK and PKM are however now replacing them.. or have done that by now..



And my favorites:

FN MAG and MG43/MG3..

PK series is also good, maybe better than either of these.. its just that it dont look as pretty.



[Edited on 7-1-2004 by FULCRUM]

Here in Lebanon, the army uses the FN MAG (with wood stock), or the PK (don't know if its an "M"). Ironically the Police in charge of protecting embassies and certain University presidents (they're american) are usually armed with the 7.62x39mm Valmet Rk.76P.

[Edited on 7-1-2004 by GabRaz]

Originally posted by GabRaz
Police in charge of protecting embassies and certain University presidents (they're american) are usually armed with the 7.62x39mm Valmet Rk.76P.

That is with fixed plastic stock right?

Also,

I have heard that RKs (RK stands for Rynn�kk� Kiv��ri, and is in English word to word: Assault Rifle..) were exported to Lebanon..

I just never have seen any images of those..

Maybe you could help?

Well the police here arn't that friendly when it comes to embassy protection so i dont know if they'll like pics taken of them but i'll try.

In the mean time this kinda illustrates what i mean:




in this case the rifle butt belongs to a vintage M-16A1 (birdcage flash hider, manual assist on upper receiver).

Here are examples of under-cover cops manhandling a student during an anti-syrian protest.




not exactly our proudest moments. I somehow new this thread was gonna turn political (my fault though). So please the rest of u forward ur favorite MGs and tell us why.

[Edited on 7-1-2004 by GabRaz]

My personal favourite



G11 LMG
a nice read

[Edited on 8-1-2004 by Johnny]

Originally posted by GabRaz
Well the police here arn't that friendly when it comes to embassy protection

They could as well have opened machinegun fire...

From those that are intrested of 7.62 KVKK 62 LMG ->

Video ->

7.62 KVKK 62 LMG firing!
(save as..)

Originally posted by GabRaz
Well the police here arn't that friendly when it comes to embassy protection

Do you mean that you know a country where polices forces are friendly when it comes to embassy protection ?

ultra_phoenix,

Bring em on!

Them favorite MGs of yours!

That is why this topic is here!

Originally posted by GabRaz


FN M-3M HMG





[Edited on 7-1-2004 by GabRaz]

i like that weapon too.


very very nice.

How can you go wrong with a cyclic rate of 1100/1200 rounds per minute, and bullets the size of my thub. All this with one barrel. In any case this looks like the future of infantry support weapons.

M312 .50 (12.7mm)




and the M307 25mm

Mine are USA and Australia made...




My Fav, 1 Million rounds / Min. without recoil




My Second, Grenade Lanucher, 6,000 Rounds/ Min. Without Recoil.

Originally posted by GabRaz


and the M307 25mm

this is a very good weapon too.


BUT THE PIC deos NOT WORK!

The pics don't work?
Sorry here are the links:

www.globalsecurity.org...

and

www.globalsecurity.org...

if you want check the site:

www.globalsecurity.org...

As for whats available in 5.56 Calibre, my fav is the HK MG-43...







HK Pro Website

Originally posted by GabRaz
The pics don't work?
Sorry here are the links:

www.globalsecurity.org...

and

www.globalsecurity.org...

if you want check the site:

www.globalsecurity.org...

Thank you very much.

Out,
Russian

Id have to choose either the Browning M-2 .50 calibre HEAVY machine gun, the M-249 SAWS (Squad automatic weapon system) or the M-60