HK21 machine gun

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The HK21 machine gun is a German-designed, belt-fed general-purpose machine gun developed by Heckler & Koch and based on the G3 rifle’s roller-delayed blowback system.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
HK21 machine gun canonical 1
Heckler & Koch 20-series machine guns 1
Heckler & Koch HK21 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf belt-fed machine gun ⓘ
firearm ⓘ
general-purpose machine gun ⓘ
action roller-delayed blowback ⓘ
barrelFeature quick-change barrel ⓘ
basedOn Heckler & Koch G3 rifle ⓘ
caliber 7.62 mm ⓘ
canBeConvertedTo magazine feed using G3 magazines ⓘ
cartridge .308 Winchester (commercial equivalent) ⓘ
7.62×51mm NATO ⓘ
category crew-served weapon ⓘ
chamberType fluted chamber ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
designer Heckler & Koch ⓘ
feedSystem belt-fed ⓘ
magazine-fed (with conversion) ⓘ
fireModes fully automatic ⓘ
selective fire ⓘ
gasSystem no gas system (recoil-operated, roller-delayed) ⓘ
hasVariant HK11 ⓘ
HK13 ⓘ
HK21A1 ⓘ
linked to: HK21

HK21E ⓘ
linked to: HK21

HK23 ⓘ
HK23E ⓘ
intendedUse infantry support weapon ⓘ
introducedInDecade 1960s ⓘ
isPartOf Heckler & Koch 20-series machine guns ⓘ
linked to: HK21 machine gun
manufacturer Heckler & Koch ⓘ
mountingOptions bipod ⓘ
tripod ⓘ
vehicle mount ⓘ
operatingPrinciple roller-delayed blowback with fluted chamber ⓘ
primaryRole general-purpose machine gun ⓘ
rateOfFire approximately 800 rounds per minute ⓘ
relatedWeapon Heckler & Koch G3 ⓘ
Heckler & Koch MG5 ⓘ
safety selector lever with safe and fire positions ⓘ
sightType iron sights ⓘ
optical sight (with mounts) ⓘ
stockType fixed stock (standard) ⓘ
optional retractable stock ⓘ
usedBy Brazilian armed forces ⓘ
German armed forces (limited and special units) ⓘ
Greek armed forces ⓘ
Portuguese armed forces ⓘ
various police and special forces units worldwide ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War-era conflicts ⓘ
Vietnam War (by some users) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heckler & Koch → product → HK21 machine gun ⓘ
Bren light machine gun → successor → L7A2 GPMG ⓘ
linked to: HK21 machine gun
HK21 → isPartOf → Heckler & Koch 20-series machine guns ⓘ
subject linked to: HK21 machine gun
linked to: HK21 machine gun
Heckler & Koch G3 → influenced → Heckler & Koch HK21 ⓘ
subject linked to: Heckler & Koch G3 rifle
linked to: HK21 machine gun