| Furrer M25 | |
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Swiss Army M25, on display at Morges castle museum. |
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| Type | Light machine gun |
| Place of origin | Switzerland |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Adolf Furrer |
| Manufacturer | W+F Bern |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 8.65KG |
| Length | 1163MM |
| Barrel length | 585MM |
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| Cartridge | 7.5x55mm GP11 |
| Caliber | 7.5mm |
| Action | Recoil |
| Rate of fire | 450RPM |
| Effective range | 800M |
| Feed system | 30 round box magazine |
| Sights | Iron |
The Furrer M25 (fielded as "Fusil-mitrailleur modèle 1925", "Lmg-25" or "FM-25") is a Swiss recoil operated light machine-gun designed by Colonel Furrer of the Swiss Arsenal in the 1920s and produced since 1925. It takes the 7.5 mm Swiss Service cartridge from a 30-round box magazine and has a cyclic rate of fire of 450 rounds-per-minute. The Furrer M25 has a blade foresight and a tangent rearsight and an effective range of 800 metres when fired from a bipod.
