Ksp 58 machine gun
Ksp 58 | |
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Type | General-purpose machine gun |
Place of origin |
Belgium Sweden |
Service history | |
In service | 1958–present |
Used by | Swedish Armed Forces |
Wars | War in Afghanistan |
Production history | |
Designer | Ernest Vervier |
Designed | 1950s |
Manufacturer |
FN Herstal Carl Gustav |
Produced | 1958–present |
Variants |
Ksp 58 B Ksp 58 C Ksp 58 D Ksp 58 DF Ksp 58 Strv |
Specifications | |
Weight | 11.79 kg (25.99 lb) |
Length | 1,263 mm (49.7 in) |
Barrel length | 630 mm (24.8 in) |
Width | 118.7 mm (4.7 in) |
Height | 263 mm (10.4 in) |
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Cartridge | 7.62×51mm NATO |
Action | Gas-operated, open bolt |
Rate of fire | 650–1,000 rounds/min |
Muzzle velocity | 840 m/s (2,756 ft/s) |
Effective firing range | 800 m |
Maximum firing range | 1,800 m from tripod |
Feed system | Non-disintegrating DM1 or disintegrating M13 linked belt |
Sights | Folding leaf sight with aperture and notch, front blade |
The Ksp 58 (Swedish: Kulspruta 58) is a Swedish variant of the Belgian FN MAG general purpose machine gun that is currently being manufactured by the Swedish company Carl Gustav and was adopted by the Swedish Armed Forces since 1958.
History
After 1945, many countries are trying to use the design of the MG 42 design, to produce their own machine guns. In the early 1950s, a Belgian company called FN Herstal succeeded in developing a general-purpose machine gun called the MAG.
Users
Sweden: Used by the Swedish Armed Forces since 1958 to the present.[1][2]
References
- ↑ http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Materiel-och-teknik/Vapen/Medeltung-kulspruta-58/ Medeltung kulspruta 58. Retrieved on October 9, 2008. (in Swedish)
- ↑ Henrik Svensk. "SoldF". SoldF. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
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