In general, most of the ** with the same ammunition do not differ much in range.
However, assault rifles and machine guns with the same ammunition generally have a slightly longer range for machine guns at first.
This only discusses the current assault rifles and machine guns, and does not include precision marksman rifles.
Quite simply, in the Gun Family**, the barrel of the machine gun will be slightly longer and slightly heavier, this is to obtain better long-range ballistic characteristics and sustained fire ability, in this case, the natural range will be slightly farther than that of an assault rifle.
Here is a chart, several types of assault rifles and machine guns in our country:
It can be seen here that under the same ammunition, the range of machine guns is slightly larger than that of rifles, why this situation occurs, it is very simple, look at the specific data of the same family:
The Type 81 machine gun had a 10% longer barrel than a rifle of the same family. This directly increases the muzzle velocity and firing range.
Again, the 95 data proves this:
The barrel of a machine gun is 20% longer than that of an automatic rifle.
This is limited to discussing the range of assault rifles and squad machine guns in squads**, which are now dominated by intermediate power rounds or small-caliber ammunition.
In the early days of full-power rounds, many rifles could have a long range.
At the same time, the precision marksman rifle has now been added to the squad **, which is actually a semi-automatic fully automatic sniper rifle, even if it has the same ammunition as the squad **, but the longer barrel and the inclined design for accuracy will have a longer range than the machine gun of the same ammunition.
Regarding accuracy, in fact, range and accuracy are two sides of the same coin, and the effective range itself is the distance within the range of accuracy, so the range is long, and the accuracy is generally higher.
Regarding recoil, in the first chart, the recoil impulse is a standard data, in the same case, the muzzle velocity is faster, the muzzle kinetic energy is greater, and naturally the recoiler is larger.
However, considering that the machine gun is basically an auxiliary tripod for shooting, and if the rifle is not supported to shoot, the actual shooting experience is not easy to say.