Light Machine Guns

A light machine gun is an automatic weapon class that is more powerfull and accurate then sub machine guns or even assault rifles. They have a long range and the fastest rate of fire of all the machine guns. They are also very heavy, preventing the player for running when he is holding it.

There is a considerable number of light machine guns in the Grand Theft Auto series, including the MG, M249 and M-60, Some of the light machine guns are classified as heavy weapons in some of the GTA games. They are relative hard to find compared to the other machine guns, they can be found through gun shops, very high-level law enforcement, or just laying around the city.

Following is information about the Light Machine Guns available in the Grand Theft Auto World.

MG
The MG is based on the PKM, is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union. The bolt and carrier design are similar to the AK, as is the stripping procedure performed to remove those mechanisms from the gun for cleaning. It is a modernized, product-improved version of the PK weighing only 7.5 kg without ammunition.

M249
THe M249 is based on the weapon of same name. It is gas operated and air-cooled. It has a quick-change barrel, allowing the gunner to rapidly replace an overheated or jammed barrel. A folding bipod is attached near the front of the gun, though an M192 LGM tripod is also available. It can be fed from both linked ammunition and STANAG magazines, like those used in the M16 and M4.

M-60
The M-60 is based on the weapon of same name. It is a belt-fed machine gun that fires the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge (.308 Winchester) commonly used in larger rifles. It is generally used as a crew-served weapon and operated by a team of two or three individuals and uses the M13 ammunition link, a change from the older M1 link system with which it was not compatible.

Minigun
The Minigun is based on the weapon of same name. It is a 7.62x51 mm NATO, six-barreled machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute). It features Gatling-style rotating barrels with an external power source, normally an electric motor. The term "minigun" has popularly come to refer to any externally powered Gatling gun of rifle caliber.