Light Machine Guns (LMG)

• 20 Mar 2020

Why in News

• Recently, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract with the Israeli Weapon Industries (IWI) for procuring Light Machine Guns (LMG).

Key Points

• LMG is designed to be employed by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon.
• It is often called the squad automatic weapon.
• Some examples of LMG:
  
  • Negev 7.62X51 mm - Israeli LMG
  • SIG-716 assault rifles- American LMG
  • AK-203 assault rifles -Russian LMG

Source: TH