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LSAT light machine gun

Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons

The LSAT light machine gun is a component of the Lightweight Small Arms Technologies program, initiated in 2004 when the United States Joint Service Small Arms Program challenged the American defense industry to develop a lighter light machine gun together with lighter ammunition. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Light machine gun 1
Introduced Year
2010 1
Classification
Caliber
5.56x45mm NATO 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Machine Gun 1
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Manufactured By

AAI Corporation

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: LSAT light machine gun
  • Infobox: caliber
    5.56×45mm NATO (at present)
  • Infobox: caption
    A US Army soldier shooting a cased telescoped prototype in 2010
  • Lead section
    The LSAT light machine gun is a component of the Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) program.
  • In Group: Light Machine Guns, Infobox: type
    Light machine gun
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Wikidata: LSAT light machine gun
Wikidata Q6459909, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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