Engineering:List of dual-feed firearms

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Dual-feed has been used to describe firearms which either can switch between two different feeding mechanisms[1] or employ a feeding mechanism two times simultaneously.[2]

Firearms feeding from ammunition belt or box magazine

(The following list tables are sortable.)
Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
Ares Shrike 5.56 Ares Defense 150px 5.56×45mm United States 2002
Daewoo Precision Industries K3 Daewoo Precision Industries 150px 5.56×45mm South Korea 1991
FN Minimi FN Herstal 150px 5.56×45mm Belgium 1980
Standschütze Hellriegel M1915[3] 150px Austro-Hungarian Empire 1915
IP-2 TsNIIMash 150px 5.45×39mm Soviet Union 1977
IWI Negev Israel Weapon Industries 150px 5.56×45mm Israel 1997
M249 light machine gun FN Herstal 150px 5.56×45mm United States 1984
MCR-5.56-DF[4] FIGHTLITE INDUSTRIES 5.56×45mm United States
QJS-161 Norinco 5.8×42mm China
Heckler & Koch HK21 Heckler & Koch 150px 7.62×51mm Germany 1961
TKB-516M 7.62×39mm Soviet Union 1955
KORD-5.45[5] 5.45×39mm Russia
Type 73 light machine gun First Machine Industry Bureau 7.62×54mmR North Korea 1970s
vz. 52 machine gun Zbrojovka Brno 150px 7.62×39mm
7.62×45mm 		Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 1950s

Simultaneous dual-feed

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Feed Country Year
Burton Machine Rifle[6] .345 Winchester Self-Loading Detachable box magazine United States 1917
AAI GPHMG "Dover Devil"[7] Army Armament Research and Development Command (ARRADCOM)[8][9][10] 12.7×99mm
20mm caliber[11][12] 		ammunition belt United States 1979
FN BRG-15 FN Herstal 15x115 mm ammunition belt Belgium 1983
IWI Tavor TS12 Israel Weapon Industries 12 gauge Tubular magazine Israel 2018
Kel-Tec KSG Kel-Tec 150px 12 gauge Tubular magazine United States 2011
NeoStead 2000 Truvelo Armoury 12 gauge Tubular magazine South Africa 2001
SRM Arms Model 1216 SRM Arms 150px 12 gauge Tubular magazine United States 2011
STK 50MG Chartered Industries of Singapore 150px 12.7×99mm ammunition belt Singapore 1991
UTAS UTS-15 UTAS 150px 12 gauge Tubular magazine Turkey 2012

See also

References

  1. ↑ "MCR® DUAL-FEED™ RIFLE (MCR-5.56-DF)". 2023-10-25. https://fightlite.com/mcr-556-df. 
  2. ↑ "Gun Review: UTAS UTS-15 Marine 12 Gauge - Athlon Outdoors". 2023-10-26. https://www.athlonoutdoors.com/article/gun-review-utas-uts-15-marine-12-gauge/. 
  3. ↑ "Maschinengewehr des Standschützen Hellriegel: A WW1 Phantom - YouTube". 2023-10-18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkOdwF1_E1A. 
  4. ↑ "MCR® DUAL-FEED™ RIFLE (MCR-5.56-DF)". 2023-10-25. https://fightlite.com/mcr-556-df. 
  5. ↑ "Russia's New Tokar-2 KORD-5.45 Dual-Feed SAW -The Firearm Blog". 2023-10-25. https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/05/29/russias-new-tokar-2-5-45mm-saw/. 
  6. ↑ "America's First Assault Rifle: Burton 1917 LMR - YouTube". 2023-09-27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGyJPFzNfU. 
  7. ↑ Army Research, Development & Acquisition Magazine September-October 1979 P.10
  8. ↑ Army Research, Development & Acquisition Magazine July-August 1982 P.7
  9. ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US4311082A/en
  10. ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US4587879A/en?oq=US4311082A
  11. ↑ ARMY, October 1983 P.317
  12. ↑ Joint Service Small Arms Program (JSSAP) Comparison of Heavy Machine Gun Characteristics P.595-596




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