LAD machine gun

The LAD machine gun (Russian: пулемет ЛАД) is a Soviet prototype light machine gun. Although belt-fed and having a built-in bipod, it is chambered for the Tokarev pistol cartridge. The LAD machine gun was developed between 1942 and 1943 by V. F. Lyuty, N. M. Afanasyev and V. S. Deykin. Only two prototypes were built and it was not accepted for service.[1]

LAD machine gun
TypeLight Machine Gun
Place of originSoviet Union
Production history
DesignerVasily Fedorovich Lyuty
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Afanasyev
Vladimir Sergeyevich Deykin
Designed1942
ManufacturerNIPSMVO
Produced1942-1943
No. built2
Specifications
Mass5.56kg
Length970mm

Cartridge7.62×25mm Tokarev
Caliber7.62x25mm Tokarev
ActionBlowback
Rate of fire600 rpm

The two prototypes are on display at the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps in Saint Petersburg.

References

  • А. А. Малимон, Отечественные автоматы (записки испытателя оружейника), Moscow: Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, 1999
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