light machine guns
Portable automatic weapons
Light machine guns are portable automatic firearms designed to be operated by a single soldier, lighter than their heavy counterparts but capable of sustained fire.
They typically use bipods for stability and feed from box magazines or belts: The squad's light machine gun provided covering fire.
The category emerged in World War I to give infantry units mobile firepower.
- firearmProjectile weapon using explosives
- belt-fedAmmunition via flexible chain
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- suppressive fireShooting to restrict enemy movement
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Large-caliber battlefield weapons
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Guns with sliding breech handles
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