belt fed
Chain-linked cartridge system
Belt fed describes a firearm that draws ammunition from a flexible belt rather than a detachable magazine.
The belt holds cartridges in sequence, feeding them continuously into the action—a design standard for machine guns where sustained fire matters more than portability: a belt-fed M60, The weapon can be belt fed or magazine fed.
- machine gunContinuous-fire arm
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- automaticOperating without intervention
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
brass · linked · cyclic · suppressive fire · danger close · barrel · tracer · disintegrating · receiver · gunner · rate of fire · rattle · sustained fire · military · tripod · combat · infantry · firepower
belt fedsingle shot
Sole attempt permitted
bolt action · detachable magazine · stripper clip · drum magazine · pump action
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