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English: The Tactical Recognition Flash of The 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment sits proud atop a Jackal vehicle next to a General Purpose Machine Gun.

Members of 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (2 R Anglian) take part in Exercise Primed Poacher at Castlemartin Ranges. Pembrokeshire, Wales.

The L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) is a 7.62 x 51mm belt-fed general purpose machine gun which can be used as a light weapon and in a sustained fire (SF) role.

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. In SF mode, the GPMG, with a two-man crew, lays down 750 rounds-per-minute at ranges up to 1800 metres.

The GPMG can be carried by foot soldiers and employed as a light machine gun (LMG), although it has largely been replaced by the lighter 5.56 x 45mm Minimi in this role, in most regiments. A fold-out bipod is used to support the GPMG in the LMG role.

Versions of the GPMG are mounted on most Army vehicles and some helicopters.

  • Organization: Army
  • Object Name: APOWMID-OFFICIAL-20210204-004-327
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: UNCLASSIFIED, , shanewilkinson@mediaops.army.mod.uk
  • Keywords: TRF, Tactical Recognition Flash, Clothing, 2 R ANGLIAN, 2nd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment, The Royal Anglian Regiment, regiments, Units, primed poacher, exercise, Day Ranges, Weapons Platform, Weapons, Machine Gun, GPMG, Static, Wales, Range, Ranges, Castlemartin, Army, MOD, British Army
  • Country: Wales
Date 10:17:35.60
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Author Cpl Paul Watson, Royal Logistics Corps
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