Type Heavy machine gun Designed 2008-09 Weight 25.0 kg | Place of origin Germany Manufacturer Rheinmetall Cartridge 12.7x99 mm NATO | |
The RMG.50 is a heavy machine gun of German origin under development by Rheinmetall. The RMG.50 machine gun is under development by the company under contract to the Bundeswehr as a replacement for the Browning M2HB recoil-operated heavy machine gun of the same calibre. According to a company representative, work on the RMG.50 started in 2008 and the first firings took place at the end of 2009. A second prototype has since been completed and is planned to have started trials in August 2010. A third prototype will be delivered in 2011 for internal qualification and pre-series weapons are due to be delivered to the German Ministry of Defence test authority in 2012.
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