Characteristics
Air cooled, recoil operated, belt fed, crew served, heavy machine gun, can be fired in single shot or automatic, is right or left hand fed, and fires from the closed bolt position
Barrel Length
47inches
Barrel Weight
26 lbs
M3 Tripod Weight
44 lbs
Reciever Weight
58 lbs
Total System Weight
128 lbs
Total System Length
67 inches
Mk 93 Cradle
30.2 lbs
Max Range
7,400 yards or 6767 meters
Max Effective Range Area
2,000 yards or 1,830 meters
Max Effective Range Point
1,500 meters
Tracer Burnout
900 meters
Grazing Fire
700 meters
Sustained Rate of Fire
40 or less rpm, 6 - 9 round burst, 10 - 15 pause, barrel change every firing session
Rapid Rate of Fire
40 or more rpm, 6 - 9 round burst, 5 - 10 pause, barrel change every hour
Cyclic Rate of Fire
450 - 600 rpm, long continuous burst, barrel change every 30 minutes
Condition 4
Cover closed, no round on feed way, no round in chamber, bolt forward, weapon on safe and single shot
Condition 3
Cover Closed, rounds on feed way, 1st round held by belt holding pawl, no round in chamber, bolt forward, weapon on safe
Condition 2
Cover closed, round on feed way, 1st round against the cartridge stop grasped by extractor assembly, no round in chamber, bolt forward, weapon on safe, half load
Condition 1
Cover closed, rounds on feed way, round in chamber, bolt forward, weapon on safe, full load
Rifling
1 uniform right hand twist every 15", 8 lands and grooves
Muzzle Velocity
3,050 fps
Muzzle Velocity Slap Round
4,000 fps
4 ways to determine Hot or Cold Barrel
Fired 150 rounds in less than 2 minutes,
VC determined hot barrel,
Fired long continuous burst,
Deemed hot barrel in the last 15 minutes