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New page: {{Rifle |image=FNMAG.jpg |caption=L7A2 mounted on Royal Navy warship |type=General Purpose Machine Gun |origin=Belgium |design=1950s |manuf=1955 - |length=1230mm (light role) |barrel=6...
{{Rifle
|image=FNMAG.jpg
|caption=L7A2 mounted on [[Royal Navy]] warship
|type=General Purpose Machine Gun
|origin=Belgium
|design=1950s
|manuf=1955 -
|length=1230mm (light role)
|barrel=629mm
|weight=10.15 kg unloaded<br>13.85kg gun plus 50 round belt
|cart=7.62 × 51mm [[NATO]]
|calibre=7.62mm
|action=Gas operated
|rof=750 rounds/min
|velocity=838m/s
|range=800m light role<br>1800m sustained fire role
|feed=100-round disintegrating link belt
|sights=various; in sf role can be fitted with C2A1 optical sight
}}
The '''L7A2''' is a [[General Purpose Machine Gun]] (GPMG) currently in service with the [[British]] [[Army]]. It can be used as a light weapon, mounted on a bipod, and also in a sustained fire role, mounted on a tripod and fitted with the C2 optical sight. Versions of the weapon are mounted on most British Army vehicles, some helicopters, and some warships.
[[Category:Guns]][[Category:Military]]
|image=FNMAG.jpg
|caption=L7A2 mounted on [[Royal Navy]] warship
|type=General Purpose Machine Gun
|origin=Belgium
|design=1950s
|manuf=1955 -
|length=1230mm (light role)
|barrel=629mm
|weight=10.15 kg unloaded<br>13.85kg gun plus 50 round belt
|cart=7.62 × 51mm [[NATO]]
|calibre=7.62mm
|action=Gas operated
|rof=750 rounds/min
|velocity=838m/s
|range=800m light role<br>1800m sustained fire role
|feed=100-round disintegrating link belt
|sights=various; in sf role can be fitted with C2A1 optical sight
}}
The '''L7A2''' is a [[General Purpose Machine Gun]] (GPMG) currently in service with the [[British]] [[Army]]. It can be used as a light weapon, mounted on a bipod, and also in a sustained fire role, mounted on a tripod and fitted with the C2 optical sight. Versions of the weapon are mounted on most British Army vehicles, some helicopters, and some warships.
[[Category:Guns]][[Category:Military]]