Lmg 25

Lmg 25
Type Light machine gun
Place of origin Switzerland
Production history
Designer Adolf Furrer
Manufacturer W+F Bern
Specifications
Weight 8.65 kg
Length 1163 mm
Barrel length 585 mm

Cartridge 7.5x55 mm GP11
Caliber 7.5 mm
Action Recoil
Rate of fire about 500 RPM
Muzzle velocity 2400 to 2500 f.p.s.
Maximum firing range 2000 m
Feed system 30 round box magazine
Sights Front: Blade, Rear: Tangent leaf, 100 to 2000 m

The Leichtes Maschinengewehr Modell 1925 (shortened to Lmg 25) is a Swiss recoil operated light machine gun designed by Colonel Adolf Furrer of Waffenfabrik Bern in the 1920s and produced since 1925.[1] It takes the 7.5 mm Swiss Service cartridge from a 30-round box magazine and has a cyclic rate of fire of about 500 rounds-per-minute.[2]

System Furrer toggle-joint function
Lmg 25 in position

The Lmg 25 is a recoil-operated gun with a toggle-joint action. The toggle breaks to the right side, rather than to the top as with the Luger Pistol. In 1957, the LMG 25 was replaced by the Stgw 57-Assault rifle.


References

  1. "Swiss LMG25". Forgotten Weapons. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. "W+F Lmg 25 - Modern Firearms". 2018-05-14. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14.
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