CODE – 04-132-931
NAME – Colt MG 40 Flexible
NAME (NATIVE) – Colt Light Aircraft Machine Gun (MG 40) Flexible
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1931
CALIBER – 7.62x63mm (30-06) *
OVERALL LENGTH – 99.6 cm (39.2 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 60.7 cm (23.9 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)
LOAD – M1 Full jacketed Pointed Spitzer
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 11.34 g (175 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 807 m/s (2647 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3692 j (2723 m/s)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 9.53 kg (21 lb)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 13.08 kg (28 lb 13 oz) loaded with 100 round linked belt
WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 1.59 kg (3 lb 8 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Wind Vane with bead on post, adjusts for wind velocity, Rear sight – Speed ring
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 m (875 yards)
OPERATION – Recoil with gas booster, fires from closed bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 200 rpm
CYCLIC ROF – 1000 to 1200 rpm
FEED DEVICE – M1 disintegrating metallic link belt
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.44 kg (15.5 oz) per 100 links
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 3.55 kg (7 lb 13 oz) 100 round linked belt
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – four-100 rd belts (400 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 14.2 kg (31 lb 5 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut
STATUS – Obsolete
SERVICE – Commercial sales
*For specification ballistics. Weapon was available commercially in many calibers.
