MG-4 machine gun

MG-4 machine gun

Infobox Weapon
name=MG4


caption=
origin=flagcountry|South Africa
type=Machine gun
is_ranged=yes
service=
used_by=South Africa
wars=
designer=Lyttelton Engineering Works
design_date=
manufacturer=Armscor
production_date=
number=
variants=MG4AA, MG4CA
weight=Approx. kg to lb|15|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes
length=mm to in|1015|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes (MG4AA) mm to in|940|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes (MG4CA)
part_length=mm to in|595|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes
crew=
cartridge=7.62x51mm NATO
caliber=
action=Recoil operated, tilting breechblock
rate=700 rounds/min
velocity=convert|840|m/s|0|lk=on|sp=us|abbr=on
range=200 to 2400 y sight adjustments
max_range=
feed=Linked belt
sights=Folding rear leaf sight and forward post

The MG-4 is a South African machine gun developed by Lyttelton Engineering Works in Pretoria. It was developed from the .30-caliber (.30-06 Springfield) Browning M1919A4 machine gun, but was adapted to fire the 7.62x51mm NATO round, which had supplanted the original standard .30-caliber (.30-06 Springfield) cartridge in US and NATO military service in the 1950s.


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