Lmg 25

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
Lmg 25
TypeLight machine gun
Place of originSwitzerland
Production history
DesignerAdolf Furrer
ManufacturerW+F Bern
Specifications
Mass8.65 kg
Length1163 mm
Barrel length585 mm

Cartridge7.5x55 mm GP11
Caliber7.5 mm
ActionRecoil
Rate of fireabout 500 RPM
Muzzle velocity2400 to 2500 f.p.s.
Maximum firing range2000 m
Feed system30 round box magazine
SightsFront: Blade, Rear: Tangent leaf, 100 to 2000 m

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. Retrieved 2018-05-13.


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