RT GPSMG

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RT GPSMG
RT GPMSG.jpg
An RT GPSMG
TypeGeneral-purpose machine gun
Place of originErebonian Empire
Gallia-Bruhl
Service history
In service1958–present
Used bySee Users
Wars
Production history
DesignerErnst Vandemeer and Oscar Erickson
Designed1950
ManufacturerTheimer Works
Rainford Group
Theimer Works Rubrum
BSAF
Produced1958–present
No. built1,000,000
VariantsSee Variants
Specifications
Weight11.8 kg (26.01 lb)
Length1,263 mm (49.7 in)
Barrel length630 mm (24.8 in)
Width118.7 mm (4.7 in)
Height263 mm (10.4 in)

Cartridge7.62×51mm GAL
ActionGas-operated long-stroke piston, open bolt
Rate of fire650–1,000 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity840 m/s (2,756 ft/s)
Effective firing range800 m (875 yd) (bipod)
1,800 m (1,969 yd) (tripod)
Maximum firing range3,500 m (3,828 yd)
Feed systemNon-disintegrating DM1 or disintegrating M13 linked belt
SightsFolding leaf sight with aperture and notch, front blade

The RT GPSMG is a joint Erebonian-Gallian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Randgriz Ordnance by Erebonian Engineer Ernst Vandemeer and Gallian Engineer Oscar Erickson. It has been widely used by numerous nations. Under license, it was produced by several factories outside Gallia and Erebonia by the Birmingham Small Arms Factory and Theimer Works Rubrum. It gained its reputation as a widely used and reliable weapon with features inherited from the Lucian Brnfield LMG, TM18 Automatic Rifle, and the Erebonian MG36 GPMG.

The weapon's name is an abbreviation for General Purpose Support Machine Gun. The GPSMG is available in three primary versions: the standard, infantry Model GPSMG Mk. I machine gun, the GPSMG Mk. II coaxial machine gun for armoured fighting vehicles and the GPSMG Mk. III aircraft variant.


Development

Combat Service

Variants

GPSMG Mk. I

A GPSMG Mk. I mounted on a tripod.


GPSMG Mk. II

GPSMG Mk. II mounted as a machine gun on HMNS Yuudachi.


GPSMG Mk. III

The GPSMG Mk. III mounted on an RG 330 Puma.


Users

Alteria: Standard Issue
Altissia: Standard Issue
Basel-Ebel: Standard Issue
Esthar and Balamb: Standard Issue
Erebonian Empire: Standard Issue
Gallia-Bruhl: Standard issue, alternatively used over the Galmetall MG 3
Guinea Islands: Standard Issue
Jutland-Gimli: Standard Issue
Lestallum: Standard Issue
New Akiba: Standard Issues
Nibelheim-Saxe-Hanover: Standard issue, alternatively used over the Galmetall MG 3
Nihhon-koku: Standard Issue
Rubrum: Standard issue; designated as RT RGMG
Taoyuan: Standard issue
Tenebrae and Solheim: Standard issue
United Kingdom: Standard issue
Zanarkand: Standard issue; designated as RT RG88