The Ksp 58 is the Swedish-produced variant of the Belgian FN MAG general-purpose machine gun, adopted by the Swedish Armed Forces in 1958 and still in service. It was built jointly by FN Herstal of Belgium and Carl Gustafs stads Gevarsfaktori of Sweden, part of a wider postwar effort by several nations to develop machine guns influenced by the German MG 42. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Belgium Sweden
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The Ksp 58 (Swedish: Kulspruta 58, English: Machine Gun 58) is a Swedish variant of the Belgian FN MAG general-purpose machine gun, adopted by the Swedish Armed Forces in 1958.
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6.5×55mm Swedish 7.62×51mm NATO
- Introduction/adoption year stated in the entity's own sourced description text.
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General-purpose machine gun
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1958-present
Operated By: Swedish Armed Forces, Infobox: used_by
Swedish Armed Forces
Used In: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Infobox: wars
War in Afghanistan Russian Invasion of Ukraine
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Wikidata Q17319393, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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