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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 | PPSh-41 |
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| Type | Assault rifle Battle rifle[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Type | Submachine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 2015 - present[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · In service | 1941–present[source] |
| Designer | Lewis Machine & Tool Company |
Length
843 mm (33.2 in)[source]
Effective; Effective firing range
Single source150 m - 200 m[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 source269 mm (10.6 in)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source1,250 RPM[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source488 m/s (1,600.6 ft/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Georgy Shpagin[source] |
| Manufacturer | Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Manufacturer | Numerous[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 | 7.62×25mm Tokarev 7.63×25mm Mauser 9×19mm Parabellum (captured German versions)[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 | Blowback , open 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 | 35-round box magazine or 71-round drum magazine 32-round box magazine (captured German versions)[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| Wars | — | World War II First Indochina War Malayan Emergency Korean War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Portuguese Colonial War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Rhodesian Bush War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Somali Civil War Yugoslav Wars Iraq War Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1941[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1941–1947 (USSR) Mid 1940s–present (Other countries)[source] |
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| No. built | — | Approx. 6,000,000[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Sights | — | Iron sights[source] |
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