MG4 machine gun
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| MG4 | |
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| Type | Machine gun |
| Place of origin |  South Africa |
| Service history | |
| Used by | South Africa |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Lyttelton Engineering Works |
| Manufacturer | Armscor |
| Variants | MG4AA, MG4CA |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | Approx. 15 kg (33.1 lb) |
| Length | 1,015 mm (40 in) (MG4AA) 940 mm (37 in) (MG4CA) |
| Barrel length | 595 mm (23.4 in) |
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| Cartridge | 7.62x51mm NATO |
| Action | Recoil operated, tilting breechblock |
| Rate of fire | 700 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 840 m/s (2,756 ft/s) |
| Effective range | 200 to 2400 y sight adjustments |
| Feed system | Linked belt |
| Sights | Folding rear leaf sight and forward post |
The MG4 is a South African machine gun developed by Lyttelton Engineering Works in Pretoria. It was created from the .30-caliber Browning M1919A4 machine gun, but was adopted to fire the 7.62x51mm NATO round.
