Kjellman machine gun

Infobox Weapon
name= Kjellman machine gun


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origin=flagcountry|Sweden
type=Machine gun
is_ranged=YES
service=Sweden
used_by=Swedish Army
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designer= D.H. Friberg/Rudolf Henrik Kjellman
design_date=1870-1907
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cartridge=6.5x55mm
caliber= Unknown
action=Recoil operated, cam-locked bolt
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feed= Belt
sights= Iron

The Kjellman LMG was a machinegun produced in Sweden. It is notable in being one of the first fully automatic weapons ever conceived (if not produced) and one of the first light machineguns as well.

Although the patent dated back to 1870, and prototypes may have existed at least a half a decade before the Maxim was invented, black powder ammunition made the weapon virtually unusable due to rapid residue build up. The weapon was the brainchild of a Lieutenant D.H. Friberg, and was later modified by (and acquired its namesake from) Rudolf Henrik Kjellman, who in 1907, adapted the system to fire smokeless cartridges. Although boasting a reliable and secure breech-locking mechanism (similar to the Russian DP28), the weapon was prohibitively expensive to manufacture, and only ten were ever made.

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* [http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/500/untitled.jpgKjellman LMG]

External links

* http://www.gotavapen.se/index_english.htm

* http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/kg/swedish_kg1.htm