The Probert Encyclopaedia of Warfare

L37A2

The L37A2 is a British tank machine-gun based on the L8A1 tank machine-gun and designed for use in AFVs, scout cars, armoured personnel carriers and also to be able to be dismounted and used outside of the vehicle. The L37A2 is chambered for the 7.62 mm x 51 cartridge which it takes from a belt feed and fires with a cyclic rate of between 650 and 1000 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 838 meters per second. The L37A2 was fitted to the Chieftain tank.
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