Lmg 25

The Leichtes Maschinengewehr Modell 1925 (shortened to Lmg 25) is a Swiss recoil operated light machine gun designed by Colonel Adolf Furrer of Waffenfabrik Bern in the 1920s and produced from 1925 to the 1960s. It was the first machine gun in the Swiss Army that could be carried by a man. It takes the 7.5 mm Swiss Service cartridge from a 30-round box magazine and has a cyclic rate of fire of about 500 rounds-per-minute. In 1957, the LMG 25 was replaced by the Stgw 57-Assault rifle.

Lmg 25
The Furrer M25 from the Swedish Army Museum.
TypeLight machine gun
Place of origin  Switzerland
Service history
Used by  Switzerland
WarsWorld War II
Production history
DesignerAdolf Furrer
ManufacturerW+F Bern
Produced1925-c.1960s
Variants
  • "Standardversion" (standard version)
  • "Spezialausführung für die Kavallerie mit Klappschaft" (special version for the cavalry with folding stock)
  • "mit Zielfernrohrschiene" (with telescopic sight rail)
Specifications
Mass8.65 kg (19 lb)
Length1163 mm (45.7 inches)
Barrel length585 mm (23 inches)
Cartridge7.5×55mm Swiss
ActionRecoil, Toggle-lock
Rate of fireabout 500 RPM
Muzzle velocity731.5 to 762 m/s.
Maximum firing range2000 m
Feed system30 round box magazine
SightsFront: Blade, Rear: Tangent leaf, 100 to 2000 m
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