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Army Musician wrote:The GPMG is a section weapon, it is placed at sentry points, when in location and is a support weapon. When advancing across open ground in what we call arrowhead, then the gpmg would be at the front. In a troop 40-60men, then you have at least 4 GMPG's. On operations, the DROPS vehicles (hint hint), have GPMG mounted on a turret. It is alot easier holding onto a mounted gmpg, than holding an SA80, while doing the cross country course up in Sennybridge. (Sennybridge is a training area in the Brecon Beacons in S.Wales. Most British soldiers know of it.)
Plus better rate of fire, and if we did come under attack, officially you get out of the vehicle, however if you have a GPMG you take full advantage of it.

Army Musician wrote:Though the LSW is being phased out, and it is being replaced by the GPMG. When fitted with the C2 sight it has an approximate effective range of 2km

[R-MOD]Bob_Marley wrote: As for DROPS its been suggested multiple times and will probably be implimented eventually, however its more or less a cosmetic change and so has low priority. Also, arming supply trucks has been suggested and the idea was not popular as it was percieved to encourage "offensive" use of supply viechles.

'[R-MOD wrote:Bob_Marley;871039']The GPMG is not a section weapon, at least not officially. Current NATO regulations state that no 7.62x51mm weapons are to be organic to platoon sized formations and below. As I understand it, GPMGs are issued at company level and may be employed in a multitude of roles. How the company chooses to employ thier GPMGs is up to them, but it is not a stanard section level weapon though it is not unknown for GPMGs to be spread throughout the company rather than operating as a dedicated MG platoon.

As for DROPS its been suggested multiple times and will probably be implimented eventually, however its more or less a cosmetic change and so has low priority. Also, arming supply trucks has been suggested and the idea was not popular as it was percieved to encourage "offensive" use of supply viechles.



The L86A2 LSW is not being phased out. It has been rerolled to a Designated Marksman Rifle or DMR at section level. Its certainly not being replaced with the GPMG, the weapon that it was intended to replace, though it could be argued that it only achived this on paper. The L110A1 (para) and L108A1 (full size, much less common) LMGs (both variants of the FN Mimimi) are replacing it as the section level sustained fire weapon.

In the SF role, mounted on a tripod and fitted with the C2 optical sight, it is fired by a two-man team who are grouped in a specialist Machine Gun Platoon to provide battalion-level fire support.

The GPMG can be carried by foot soldiers and employed as a light machine gun (LMG), although it has largely been replaced by the lighter 5.56 x 45mm Minimi in this role in most regiments

moj wrote:Cool thanks for the info So the GPMG will replace the LSW in the designated marksman role? Am I understanding ths correctly, that the DM will become a kind of combined marksman/support gunner?

[R-DEV]Eddie Baker wrote:No, you are not understanding correctly. The Minimi Light Machine-Gun has replaced the LSW in the infantry fire-team/rifle section base-of-fire role. The LSW is being re-roled as a DM weapon, since it is just a heavy-barreled assault rifle.

The GPMG will just be what it always has been- a GPMG. Some infantry platoon organizations have what is called a "maneuver support section" in addition to the three rifle sections. The maneuver support section includes (or included) a GPMG in the bipod role, and the 51mm light mortar.

Army Musician wrote:Well what I have said there is what my unit have told me.