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Kjellman light machine gun: The REAL first true MG?

Discussion in 'Weapons & Technology in WWII' started by Wetchey, Jun 27, 2007.

  1. Wetchey

    Wetchey Member

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    [​IMG]

    And i though the Maxim was the first true MG, The patent of this one dates well back to 1870!.
     
    Wetchey, Jun 27, 2007
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  2. Joe

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    Wow...Thats ugly...
     
    Joe, Jun 28, 2007
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    wow, that's ugly!

    sorry for duplicate post!
     
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    I don't like it. But who which used that weapon ?
     
    Iroh, Jul 13, 2007
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    Wait a minute, wasn't the gatling the first MG?
     
    Joe, Jul 14, 2007
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    That picture is a bit of a red-herring. Though the patent for a MG mechanism may have been patented as early as 1870, the actual MG wasn't built then. The patent was taken out by Friberg but what you see is the 1907 MG built by Rudolf Henrik Kjellman using the patent design, and subsequent improvements in ammunition.

    So, Gatling was the first operational machine-gun.
     
    Amrit, Jul 14, 2007
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    Do my eyes deceive me or was that thing intended to be hefted up to the shoulder and fired as a conventional rifle? What do you suppose the business end of that thing weighs, 107 1/2 lbs? You'd need the recoil just to keep it up and not shoot the ground or your toes, the heck with keeping it on target.
     
    Slipdigit, Jul 14, 2007
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