Lmg 25
| Lmg 25 | |
|---|---|
The Furrer M25 from the Swiss Army Museum. | |
| Type | Light machine gun |
| Place of origin | Switzerland |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Switzerland |
| Wars | World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Adolf Furrer |
| Manufacturer | W+F Bern |
| Produced | 1925-c.1960s |
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| Specifications | |
| Mass | 8.65 kg (19 lb) |
| Length | 1163 mm (45.7 inches) |
| Barrel length | 585 mm (23 inches) |
| Cartridge | 7.5×55mm Swiss |
| Action | Recoil, Toggle-lock |
| Rate of fire | about 500 RPM |
| Muzzle velocity | 731.5 to 762 m/s. |
| Maximum firing range | 2000 m |
| Feed system | 30 round box magazine |
| Sights | Front: Blade, Rear: Tangent leaf, 100 to 2000 m |
The Leichtes Maschinengewehr Modell 1925 (shortened to Lmg 25) is a Swiss recoil operated light machine gun designed by Colonel Adolf Furrer of Waffenfabrik Bern in the 1920s and produced from 1925 to the 1960s. It was the first machine gun in the Swiss Army that could be carried by a man. It takes the 7.5 mm Swiss Service cartridge from a 30-round box magazine and has a cyclic rate of fire of about 500 rounds-per-minute. In 1957, the LMG 25 was replaced by the Stgw 57-Assault rifle.