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LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Length · "Maximum"
Single source914 mm (36.0 in) ("Maximum")[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Length
Configuration
| Specification | LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System | M1919 Browning machine gun |
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| Type | Assault rifle Battle rifle[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Type | Medium machine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Place of origin | United States[source] |
| In service | 2015 - present[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · In service | 1919–present[source] |
M1919A4
Single sourceM1919A6
Single source40.734375 in (1,034.65 mm) (M1919A4) 53 in (1,346 mm) (M1919A6)[source]
L129A2 exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single sourceStgw 25 exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single sourceStgw 25K exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single source18 in (457 mm)[source]L129A2 exact named variant; not a sibling record
16 in (406 mm)[source]Stgw 25 exact named variant; not a sibling record
12 in (305 mm)[source]Stgw 25K exact named variant; not a sibling record
Barrel length
Single source24 in (610 mm)[source]
for AN/M2 variant
Single sourceRate of fire
Single source400–600 rounds/min (1200–1500 rounds/min for AN/M2 variant)[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer |
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Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Designer |
John M. Browning[source] |
| Manufacturer | Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Manufacturer | Buffalo Arms Corporation Rock Island Arsenal Saginaw Steering Gear division of General Motors[source] |
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| Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO 6.5mm Creedmoor[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Cartridge The MARS-L (light) assault rifle variants are chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge , and the MARS-H (heavy) battle rifle and designated marksman rifle variants for the 7.62×51mm NATO , 6.5 mm Creedmoor or similar fully powered cartridges .[source]Design · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope MARS-H based designated marksman variant, chambered in 6.5 mm Creedmoor .[source]L129A2 · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope Swiss MARS-H-based designated marksman rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO.[source]7.62mm Zf Stgw 20 · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope LMT's MRGG-A is a member of its Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System-Heavy (MARS-H) family, which are commonly described as AR-10-style rifles, but is chambered to fire the 6.5mm Creedmoor round.[source]MK24 Mid-Range Gas Gun-Assault · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope | .30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO .303 British 7.92×57mm Mauser 6.5×55mm 7.62×54mmR 8×63mm patron m/32 7.65×53mm Argentine 7.5×54mm French[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated , rotating bolt (internal piston, not direct impingement ) or Short-stroke piston[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Action | Recoil-operated / short-recoil operation, closed bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 5.56×45mm NATO : 30-round detachable box magazine 7.62×51mm NATO 20-round detachable box magazine[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Feed system | 250-round cloth or disintegrating belt[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| Wars | — | World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rica Civil War of 1948 Indonesian National Revolution Calderonista Invasion of Costa Rica 1955 1958 Lebanon crisis Cuban Revolution Algerian War Second Taiwan Strait Crisis Greek Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Bay of Pigs Invasion Cambodian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Lebanese Civil War Rhodesian Bush War 1982 Lebanon War South African Border War Iran–Iraq War Iraq War Mexican drug war Militias–Comando Vermelho conflict (2010–present)[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1919[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1919–1945[source] |
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| No. built | — | 438,971[source] |
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| Variants | — | A1; A2; A3; A4; A5; A6; M37; AN/M2[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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