LAD machine gun
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| LAD machine gun | |
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| Type | Submachine gun |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Lyuty Afanasyev Daykin |
| Designed | 1942 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 5.56 kg |
| Length | 970 mm |
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| Cartridge | 7.62×25mm Tokarev |
| Caliber | 7.62 mm |
| Action | Blowback |
| Rate of fire | 600 rpm |
The LAD machine gun (Russian: пулемет ЛАД) is a Soviet prototype light machine gun. Although belt-fed and having a built-in bipod, it is chambered for the Tokarev pistol cartridge. The LAD gun was developed between 1942 and 1943 by V. F. Lyuty, N. M. Afanasyev and V. S. Daykin. Only two prototypes were built and it was not accepted for service.[1]
The two prototypes are on display at the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps in Saint Petersburg.
References
- ↑ Руслан Учмак, "Не вписавшийся в классификации. Лёгкий пулемёт под пистолетный патрон конструкции Лютого, Афанасьева и Дейкина", Kalashnikov 2012/5, pp. 82-87; addendum photo with the belt and its box: Коробка и лента к пулемету ЛАД под 7,62-мм пистолетный патрон
- А. А. Малимон, Отечественные автоматы (записки испытателя оружейника), Moscow: Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, 1999
