Engineering:Knötgen automatic rifle
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| Knötgen automatic rifle | |
|---|---|
| Type | Automatic rifle |
| Place of origin | German Empire |
| Production history | |
| Designer | M. Knötgen |
| Designed | 1910, 1911 |
| Specifications | |
| Cartridge | 7.92×57mm |
| Calibre | 7.92mm |
| Barrels | 2 |
| Action | Delayed blowback |
| Feed system | Detachable box magazine |
| Sights | Iron |
The Knötgen automatic rifle is a two barrel automatic rifle of German origin.[1] A machine gun derivative also existed as the Knötgen maschinengewehr.[2]
The Knötgen automatic rifle is a two barrel, magazine fed light machine gun using a delayed blowback operation. It uses two bolts and has a spring buffer and cocking lever in the stock.
See also
References
- ↑ Chinn, George M. (1951), "Appendix A", The Machine Gun: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons (Department of the Navy) 5, http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/MG/I/MG-A.html
- ↑ Merkelbach, Thea. "In vino veritas - in aqua autem vis". http://www.jahrbuch-daun.de/VT/hjb2006/hjb2006.122.htm.
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