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|caliber=7.62mm The '''Fusil Automatique Léger''' (Light Automatic Rifle) or '''FAL''' is a [[7.62x51 NATO]] [[Self-loading rifle|se

...e Factory]] adapted the action to a [[light machinegun]], the [[Huot light machine gun|Huot]], using surplus rifles. These were cheaper than the [[Lewis gun]] ... to the Baltic states after World War I which wound up in the hands of the Soviet Union after their occupation in 1940.

...' (Assault Rifle) and an '''ARM''' (Assault Rifle and Machine gun) [[light machine gun]]. The [[light machine gun]] variant is additionally equipped with a carry handle and a folding bi

..., Northern Ireland, Mau Mau Uprising, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistan Wars, Soviet war in Afghanistan and numerous other conflicts. ...ritish troops sending the Germans home reporting they'd suffered withering machine gun fire, when, in fact, it was simply a group of trained riflemen armed wi

|name= Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M60 |caption= M60 machine gun

...ohn Browning]]'s design has been one of the longest serving and successful machine gun designs]] ...machine gun. The original Maxim of the 1880s was the first fully automatic machine gun, as well as using a [[Belt (ammo)|belt of linked ammunition]] rather th

|type= [[Machine pistol]] (M712 Schnellfeuer)<br>[[Semi-automatic pistol]] (all others) ...un'' January 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.1896mauser.com/spanish.htm Spanish Guns] - 1896mauser.com</ref>

|image= Soviet RPK.JPEG |caption= The Soviet RPK LMG.

|caliber=[[7.62mm]] .... 52]] round, used in both the earlier vz. 52 rifle and the vz. 52 [[light machine gun]]. Over the period of 25 years (up until 1984) over 920,000 had been pr

...automatic rifle|Semi-automatic]] [[battle rifle]] (L1A1/C1A1)<br />[[Light machine gun]] (L2A1/C2A1) ...book for Rifle, 7.62mm, L1A1 and 0.22 incle calibre, L12A1 Conversion Kit, 7.62mm Rifle</ref>

|variants= M76W (Wooden Buttstock), M76F (Folding Stock, 7.62 Soviet and 5.56 NATO) ...upgrading the design at every point. Tolerances are much tighter than the Soviet bloc AKs while still being generous enough to assure outstanding reliabilit

|type= [[Light Machine Gun]] }}The '''M72/M72A''' is a modern military [[light machine gun]] developed and manufactured by [[Zastava Arms]] of Kragujevac, [[Repub

|type= [[light machine gun]] }}The '''M77 B1''' is a modern military [[Light Machine Gun]] developed and manufactured by [[Zastava Arms]] of Kragujevac, [[Repub

... in the [[AK-47]] and [[AKM]] [[assault rifle]]s and [[RPK]] light machine guns. ...chine guns (numerous types, many developed from AK family such as the [[PK machine gun|PKM]]).

[[File:SSA 7.62mm 143gr AP.png|thumb|300px|SSA 7.62mm 143gr AP rifle cartridge.]] ...ticles/mi_m0BQY/is_/ai_n16741375 The old Three-Line: still a great value], Guns Magazine, Nov, 2006</ref>

*[[Cartridge]]s, like those used in [[rifle]]s, [[handgun]]s and [[machine gun]]s (collectively known as small arms), are called Small Arms Ammunition ...be fired all at once in a single discharge are also called shot; hand-held guns designed for this type of ammunition are generally known as [[shotgun]]s.