Ordnance Factory Board displayed this Gun Machine 7.6mm (MAG) 2A1 at 7th Def Expo 2012 in New Delhi, India.
The weapon is designed to serve the role of a medium machine gun and is fired from a tripod mounting. It is fully automatic, air cooled, belt fed, gas operated weapon capable of a sustained high rate of fire in bursts. The gun fires from open breech thus preventing any explosion of a cartridge (cook off) after prolonged firing. The gun is provided with a heavy/light barrel, the bore and chamber of which are chromium plated. The weapon is supplied with a gun barrel and a spare barrel which can be quickly and easily changed to avoid over heating which causes cook off and reduction in barrel life. The gun is fed from left to right with belts of disintegrating link which are ejected to the right. Empty cartridge cases are ejected downwards.
DefExpo India 2012 is the seventh in the series of biennial Land, Naval and Internal Security Systems Exhibition held at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from March 29 to April 1, 2012. Defexpo India is clearly steering the path of steady growth and has been receiving overwhelming and unprecedented international response with each edition. There are 232 foreign firms, mainly from the US, Russia, France, Israel , the UK and Germany, and 60 official delegations for the four-day Def Expo-2012.
Defexpo India is the largest showcase for new and future defence technology and it is the largest exhibition for the world's defence companies to display their land, sea and air capabilities at a single exhibition organized by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
The four-day Defexpo showcased emergence of India as an attractive destination for investment in the Defence Sector and provides a platform for alliances and joint ventures in the Defence Industry. The exhibition were dedicated to global Land, Naval and Internal Security Systems business activity from Suppliers to Manufacturers and Technology providers to Services.
Source :http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/17.htm
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