| Lmg 25 | |
|---|---|
 The Furrer M25 from the Swedish 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 |
| Variants |
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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)[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] In 1957, the LMG 25 was replaced by the Stgw 57-Assault rifle.
- ^ Schweizerische Armee: Das Leichte Maschinengewehr LMG25, Ausgabe 1939 (German)
- ^ "Swiss LMG25". Forgotten Weapons. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ "W+F Lmg 25 - Modern Firearms". 2018-05-14. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-13.