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CODE 04-041-001

NAME – MG4

NAME (NATIVE) – HK123 (MG43)

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 2001

CALIBER – 5.56x45mm (5.56 NATO)

OVERALL LENGTH – 81 cm (31.89 in) Stock folded, 105 cm (41.34 in) Stock open

BARREL LENGTH – 48 cm (18.9 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 17.8 cm (7 in)

LOAD – M855 Ball, Full metal jacket with steel core penetrator

BULLET DIAMETER – 5.69 mm (0.224 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 4.02 g (62 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 950 m/s (3,117 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 1,814 j (1,338 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 7.50 kg (16 lb 9 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 10.64 kg (23 lb 7 oz) loaded with 200 round belt box with 200 round M27 link belt of M855 Ball

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 11.34 kg (25 lb) with bipod, loaded with 200 round belt box with 200 round M27 link belt of M855 Ball

TYPE OF MOUNT – Removable bipod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 0.70 kg (1 lb 9 oz)

WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 1.80 kg (4 lb)

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Folding front sight with post, adjustable for elevation and windage for zero, Mechanical Rear sight – Square notch, adjustable for range from 100 to 1,000 meters in 100 meter increments (109 to 1,094 yards in 109 yard increments), Integral Mil-STD-1913 Picatinny rail on top of receiver accepts optical and electro-optical sights

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 1000 m (1,094 yards)

OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 100 to 120 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 750 rpm

FEED DEVICE – Flexible metallic, disintegrating M27 link belt

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.54 kg (1lb 3 oz) 200 empty M27 links

100 ROUND ASSAULT PACK WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.18 kg (6 oz)

200 ROUND BELT BOX (EMPTY) – 0.14 kg (5 oz) (200 rds),

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 3 kg (6 lb 10 oz) M27 link belt loaded with 200 rounds M855 Ball

100 ROUND ASSAULT PACK WEIGHT (LOADED) – 1.62 kg (3 lb 9 oz) with M27 link belt loaded with 100 rounds M855 Ball

200 ROUND BELT BOX (LOADED – 3.14 kg (6 lb 15 oz) with M27 link belt loaded with 200 rounds M855 Ball

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Five 200-round drums (1,000 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 15.7 kg (34 lb 10 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf/Neckar, Germany

STATUS – Production

SERVICE – German military

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