The picture shows 12 with the equipment of the Airborne Forces7 mm heavy machine gun.
Recently, the Internet and TV ** on the domestic ultralight 12The 7 mm heavy machine gun system is equipped with more and more equipment, as a domestic equipment system affected by the theory of the extinction of heavy calibers, 12The 7-mm heavy machine gun is heavier in our country and has more tasks. Took on a lot of tasks with heavy caliber machine guns,
Domestic 89 formula 12The 7mm heavy machine gun is still an important part of the heavy machine gun detachment in our country. With 26With a weight of 2 kg, it was picked the lightest in service 12The laurels of the 7 mm machine gun, pay attention to the active service! But the reality is still very cruel, the troops often like the 89-style light when they are cross-country training, but they have to endure his poor accuracy in actual combat and fighting, the gun body jumps, the weight is pressed, and even a hammer and ground nails are brought back.
New Generation 12The 7mm heavy machine gun, sometimes referred to as the mountain machine gun, is currently mainly equipped with elite mountain troops, airborne troops and marines in the west.
It is claimed that the main improvements of the machine gun are:
1. A new design, which adopts a mature muzzle brake, floating gun body, etc., to reduce the recoil by up to 80%, and redesign, mainly the barrel recoil, to improve accuracy and further reduce recoil.
2. In terms of materials, more new materials such as titanium alloys and composite materials are applied, which are lighter in weight and higher in strength, especially to adapt to harsh environments such as mountains and airborne.
3. The main accessories are weight reduced, such as the tripod mount is made of composite materials, mainly carbon fiber, and the metal tripod of the previous 89 machine gun is 85 kilograms, the weight is not light, the beating is very strong, is an important factor affecting the accuracy, the new gun carriage is more accurate, the weight is as much as 30 percent lighter.
4. The ammunition box and bullet chain are made of high-strength plastic, and the weight of these two items alone is reduced by 43%. The ammunition carrying capacity and carrying intensity of the entire machine gun squad have been greatly reduced.
5. The improvement of the bullet is mainly to change the bullet case to a new type of aluminum alloy with high strength and light weight. A new round of ammunition is about 100 grams, compared to more than 120 grams before the improvement, the weight of the bullet is reduced by 20 percent for the whole team, it is understandable to carry an extra box of ammunition, and most importantly, it is said that the shell is not only good in performance but even lower in cost.
The whole system looks at the new generation 12Compared with the world's first Type 89 heavy machine gun, the 7mm heavy machine gun has reduced the weight and improved the accuracy of the whole system.