Kulspruta m/39 | |
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Type | Machine gun |
Place of origin | Sweden |
Service history | |
In service | 1939-present |
Used by | Sweden |
Production history | |
Designer | John Moses Browning |
Designed | 1942 |
Manufacturer | Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori |
Produced | 1937-1944 |
No. built | ≈7600 pieces |
Specifications | |
Cartridge | 6.5×55mm 8×63mm patron m/32 7.62×51mm NATO |
Action | Recoil |
Rate of fire | 600-720 rounds per minute |
Maximum firing range | 1800 to 2400 m |
Feed system | Belt |
Sights | Iron |
The Kulspruta m/39 (ksp m/39) is a Swedish development of the Browning M1917 machine gun. It is an air-cooled variant of the Kulspruta m/36. While primarily mounted on vehicles, it could also be used as an anti-aircraft weapon, with the latter mainly being chambered in 8mm (8 x 63 mm m/32). After World War II, the 6.5 models were adapted to fire the 6.5x55 m/41 cartridge (6,5mm sk ptr m/94 prj m/41). In the 1970s the machine guns were converted to 7.62×51mm NATO.[1][2][3] Ksp M/39s were still in use on the Stridsvagn 122 and Combat Vehicle 90, but were later replaced with more modern machine guns.[4]