Lmg 25
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The Leichtes Maschinengewehr Modell 1925 is a Swiss recoil-operated light machine gun designed by Colonel Adolf Furrer at Waffenfabrik Bern in the 1920s. It was produced from 1925 until the 1960s.
The Furrer M25 from the Swedish Army Museum
System Furrer toggle-joint function
Lmg 25 in position
7.5×55mm Swiss
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The 7.5×55mm Swiss or 7,5mm GP 11 is a cartridge developed for the Swiss Army. It originated from the Gewehrpatrone 1890 developed in 1889 by mechanical engineer Lt. Col. Eduard Rubin for rifles based
Lmg 25
…from 1925 until the 1960s. The Lmg 25 was the first light machine gun adopted by the Swiss Army for use as a portable infantry weapon. It fires the 7.5 mm Swiss Service cartridge from a 30-round box magazine and has a cyclic rate of fire of approximately 500 rounds per minute. In 1957, it was replaced in Swiss Army service by…
Two 7×57 cartridges (left) next to a 7.5×55mm / GP 11 (mid), .308 Win (right), and .223 Rem (far right)
GP 90/03 ammunition
PC 88 square flake shaped propellant used in the GP 90/23 cartridge variant
Swiss Army issue 10-round GP 11 pack