Technical Specifications

Type	General-purpose machine gun
Country of origin	Belgium
Designer	Dieudonné Saive, Ernest Vervier
Designed	1950
Produced	1958–present
In service	1958–present
Used by	See Users
No. built	200,000+
Variants	See Variants
Weight	11.8 kg
Length	1263 mm
Barrel length	630 mm
Width	118.7 mm
Height	263 mm
Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO
Action	Gas-operated long-stroke piston, open bolt
Feed	Non-disintegrating DM1 or disintegrating M13 linked belt
Muzzle velocity	840 m/s
Rate of fire	650–1,000 rounds/min
Range	800 m (bipod) · (tripod)
Maximum range	3500 m

Data from FN MAG (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: CC BY 4.0 — MathKnight and Zachi Evenor.

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