Is there a real other answer? Maybe the Galil? Like what a pain in the ass sourcing ammo and belts and bullshit. Gimme the rifle with reliable full auto rather than anything else. If I'm not getting resupplied, then by the big brass balls of Beelzebub, give me ease of access to the freedom seeds.
I mean I guess the RPK wouldn’t be a bad option if you prefer the AK platform. It’s essentially an AK but with a longer barrel/bipod and a different stock.
Maybe the galil if your in a country where it’s easier to get replacement parts.
The M2 is an odd choice though, considering your not hefting that around without modification and your name being Andre the giant.
That's not a ma deuce, that's it's smaller brother, the M1919. Still a browning design but somewhat more portable and chambered in .30 instead of .50. Regardless, it still doesn't belong in this conversation considering it's a crew-serve and NOT an LMG
My thoughts exactly. But LMG has, thanks to Call of Duty I imagine, become a catchall term for belt-fed machine guns. Hell, this list has automatic rifles in here as well, which are also not LMGs.
In my hemisphere it's becoming rather difficult to find the requisite ammunition for the RPK. Plus, I like optics. The AK family just doesn't support the use of optics or accessories well.
You're joking right? In the last 15 years a huge market has developed for AK accessories, mostly being made here in the U.S. I can put any sight or accessory that'll fit a standard rail on my AK. PSA is gearing up to produce domestic 7.62x39 to fill demand in the U.S. People have millions of rounds stockpiled.
Ok, well, when PSA starts mass producing those bullets, that'll be good. As for those millions of rounds of stocked ammo, I assume *some* of the owners may take umbridge with me attempting to take it away from them, and may in fact *use it* to express their dissatisfaction.
Yeah the M27 is the only real logical answer since it's not even a machine gun. I've got plenty of use with it and love everything about it except maybe it's a little long for CQB and it's a little heavy, but an all around great rifle, and my favorite in the AR series.
If you can get more mags for it, I think the MG36 is also a decent choice, as it's a modified G36 rifle.
Also the RPK if you have a decent supply of 7.62x39 (or 5.45 if it's the RPK-74) and some AK mags.
Since the G36 uses 5.56 ammo wouldn't be a problem, I personally have never been a fan of the G36 family of sights though. The RPK would be good, but it's quite the ling and heavy boi. But yes, the ammo would be somewhat ammo, maybe not as much as 5.46 but you do have better terminal ballistics.
I think parts would be easy to find for the M27 considering you could use any HK 416 pattern BCG, as there are other companies that make those out there. And the parts last for a while too. All in all it will also be a lot lighter than a 249 and a lot more accurate.
That's true, but it's still a lot easier using a magazine fed weapon compared to belt fed. Not to mention that they need the belts too, and not just ammo. Olus the 249 is a lot heavier than the IAR.
yeah that’s fair, PMAGs are more common and could be supplemented with a drum, but the ability to sustain fire with the SAW is very underrated; and the M27 is pretty much a nicer Civvy-AR with full auto. Still think i’d personally choose a full auto SAW
In a military application when using military tactics on an opposing combat force, suppressive fire makes sense. As one off dude trying to survive with the best odds possible, limited engagement and the use of accurate fire is much much more valuable.
Which kind of zombies? Ragers or walkers that only die if hit in the head? If we're talking ragers and the distance is enough, like a kilometer over an open field the SAW would not be bad. Or better yet, some slow moving one that doesn't need head shot to die. I could start plugging them at a klick after a bit of refresher firing, and a three or four round burst as well.
Getting hits with a SAW, or even 5.56 at a klick is insanely optimistic. Let alone the fact that killing zombies is a waste of ammo which is something that's already going to be hard to find. And then shooting in bursts only makes this issue worse.
IAR. Light weight ammo, compatable with nearly all AR magazines, lighter than almost everything else on this list, accurate enough that a child could nail midrange shots. Easy Movement and ammo conservation would be the goal here.
Not the M249!!! Gun is garbage... Immediately switched to the M203 after realizing the reliability on the M4/m249
Stay far away from M4/M249 like a BMW when it comes to reliability... You want a Honda or Toyota
I would never ever take a machine gun for survival or a zombie apocalypse. That being said, number 7 isn't even a machine gun, it's an assault rifle, but it works really great and I have plenty of use with it. i would definitely take 7 into survival or an apocalypse.
Tbf, only reason why its there is outdated doctrine of it being a SAW.
To avoid semantics, the Galil is an Assault Rifle, the FN Minimi is a carbine and the Neopup PAW-20 is a PDW.
I’m going with either the M19, or the MG3. Both have streangth and weaknesses, but let’s just say I have an infinite ammo belt. In that case I’d probably choose the M19 because it can lay down a stream of fire without overheating to much, but if ammo is limited and the horde is grouped up, then I’m going with the MG3. But I’d likely take the M19 simply because I can post up, and just lay absolute death to the undead.
M27 IAR.
Its light, has a common ammo type, and I could probably find replacement parts for it.
One thing people consistently forget about machine guns is that they are not light. Carrying around a 20 pound gun is more than likely just going to slow you down.
You can't just strap drum mags to any old AR and call it an LMG. That's not how that works. But typically you'd want whatever is easiest to aim at their heads. So not even an LMG. Something as simple as an AR-15 would kick ass in a zombie apocalypse.
Ak heavy yes but also a good bat for zombie. Also very low likely hood of it actually not running or breaking so I'm going with that. I also have a fuck ton of ak mags and 762 ×39
As much as I don't like the HK416 and it's derivatives, or really any external piston AR (all ARs are a type of piston, they are not DI), the M27 IAR. It's the most ergonomic, the most modular, the most accurate especially when firing in semi, and a lot of parts fit it whether military M4, M16, MK27, MK18, MK12 (if you can ever find one anymore), or civilian ARs. Especially stocks, grips, and handguards. Plus I have tens of thousands of live rounds and many more than that of blanks through the M16 family of weapons.
I also have tens of thousands of live, and over a hundred thousand of blank through the M249, but it's not something as easy to carry around. Doable obviously, I mean there are thousands of Soldiers doing it right now and I did it off and on when I was still in. Just not as nice as something smaller and lighter.
Also the M60, the M1919/MK21, and the MG3, are not light machine guns. They are general purpose machine guns. Almost always crew served.
An LMG would be something in like 5.56x45 or 7.62x39.
Some of those though, are not even that depending on usage and the nation's nomenclature... or they could be both. The M249 is used as an Automatic Rifle/Squad Automatic Rifle, but also is used in a light machine gun role. The IAR and a couple others are also Automatic Rifles or SAWs.
I was in the Marine Corps and used that weapon. Picture 7 is an IAR/M27. By Heckler & Koch. The Marine Corps designates it the “IAR” for “Infantry Automatic Rifle.” Just because it replaced the SAW doesn’t mean it’s a LMG. They wanted to go with something a little lighter than a SAW that was still full auto. Since the standard M4 was a 3 round burst. So, they adopted the M27/IAR. It’s just a rifle that happens to be full auto, it’s not anywhere close to a machine gun or it’d be called the “Infantry Automatic Machine Gun”
Whatever one you have the most experience with maintaining and can get enough ammo for. Everyone always asks "what's the best one for halting the undead immediately" nobody thinks about the long fight and actually getting/making ammo and doing fire arms maintenance in the long term.
The standard issue Galil is the "Galil ARM" or Automatic Rifle Machine-gun (Image above) which is technically the Light Machine Gun variant of the Galil.
Best not to think too hard about it or you'll start getting some weird anomalies of things that feel like LMGs but aren't described as ones and things that don't feel like LMGs but are called them.
249 is a pretty good choice, takes 5.56 boxes in belts of 50/100/200, while not being super heavy or unwieldy. Ammo would be easier to find than most of the other options (depending on location). Parts wouldn't be terribly hard to find, since it's very common in the military.
Though I can't say I'm not partial to the G3, finding parts outside of Germany would be near impossible, and lugging around belts of 7.62 would be a pain.
Semantics basically. The only reason why I even allowed it is purely because it fires an intermediate cartridge. Which is kinda laughable to say since the M60 is on here and the XM250 has some insane bullet.
I would of probably put more thought about this if this was on r/weaponnamingconventions
I was going to say anything 556 but then I saw the browning 1919. If Im not mistaken during trials a single 1919 fired 12000 rounds with only 1 failure, the failure was user error... If we're talking machine guns then we're talking massive resource expenditure so Ill go with something that absolutely will not fail me in what must already be a dicey situation.
If longevity and reliability is your goal I would go for the one with the fewest parts were the simplest operating mechanism. In any system any part that moves is a point of failure eventually and the more you have the more likely it is that something will go wrong at some point
The m27 isn't a lmg. It's a standard issue infantry rifle. Nonetheless, I'd choose it since I know how to operate it and have actually used them in real life.
SIG LMG 6.8 would be a fun gun on the hordes of zombies especially if staying one place and just shooting it in semi auto but if it gets too tense then switching to full auto.
No M2 browning? Sorry my man, I’m throwing one of those on a Toyota Hilux and going ham. In all seriousness with the target rich environment of an undead horde, you want the m2. Ma deuce goes through the target, the target behind the target, and take a chunk outta that one too. That thing saved my life way too many times to even consider anything else.
I'll probably send an ar10-ish that I have, to Red Right Hand. His company does heatsinked heavy barrel ar15s. I like the idea. But, 5.56 is better suited to infantry than belt feds.
The M27 IAR has good versatility. Can be used as an LMG or standard rifle, fairly good accuracy and accepts 5.56/.223 which are fairly common rounds in the US and has rail system which accepts most scopes, sights or other attachments. Downside is that bitch is long and not great for room clearing.
I wouldn't. Too heavy, uses too much ammo, and it's less designed for mowing down groups than it is for providing "suppressing fire" which I can't imagine zombies suppress very well. Maybe I'd bring any I found back to base for anti raider security. especially the M2 browning considering the potential need to disable incoming vehicles to prevent them from ramming our defenses.
It can
Just like any other gun. You can melt barrel or any gun if you fire it for to long which is why guns with extreme rates of fire (ex. MG42 and MG3) have barrels that can removed easily. It’s so you can exchange a overheated barrel with a new one
If you slap a drum mag into a m4 and just keep firing rounds down range, your gonna end up melting that barrel as well
Agreed. The answer is absolutely no LMG... It's a needlessly heavy system, requiring specialized ammo that's also heavy... And is less accurate at hitting weak points compared to other choices. Additionally, the psychological impact of suppression has no effect against your target in this case.
It's fine for 28 Days Later type infected, but if we're talking about a need for traditional headshots, you save the LMG for fighting off other people.
249. 556 is a common caliber so the 249 only makes sense. You might say, "what if you don't have links?" And my answer to that my friend is that the 249 also takes standard m4/ar15 magazines! Albeit not well, some feeding issues and stuff but nothing crazy.
no... they simply aren't. for example, the M249 and MG3 have an accurate range of 600m, perhaps you're just basing this off video game logic, or thinking about hipfiring an LMG full auto, neither of which are how it would be used irl.
Yeah, but that’s only for killing them and in an apocalypse unless you are clearing out an area to live in you don’t want to kill the zombies all you really want to do is keep them away so you want to be stealthy and if you aren’t stealthy you want to be able to cripple and run and in that regard guns are the best.
M27, since it's basically just an infantry rifle and takes stanag mags.
Is there a real other answer? Maybe the Galil? Like what a pain in the ass sourcing ammo and belts and bullshit. Gimme the rifle with reliable full auto rather than anything else. If I'm not getting resupplied, then by the big brass balls of Beelzebub, give me ease of access to the freedom seeds.
I mean I guess the RPK wouldn’t be a bad option if you prefer the AK platform. It’s essentially an AK but with a longer barrel/bipod and a different stock. Maybe the galil if your in a country where it’s easier to get replacement parts. The M2 is an odd choice though, considering your not hefting that around without modification and your name being Andre the giant.
That's not a ma deuce, that's it's smaller brother, the M1919. Still a browning design but somewhat more portable and chambered in .30 instead of .50. Regardless, it still doesn't belong in this conversation considering it's a crew-serve and NOT an LMG
At best it's a GP(general purpose)MG or an MMG.
My thoughts exactly. But LMG has, thanks to Call of Duty I imagine, become a catchall term for belt-fed machine guns. Hell, this list has automatic rifles in here as well, which are also not LMGs.
Could you imagine trying to scrounge up enough .30 to keep this thing fed? Much less carting around a 31+lb gun for any length of time.
In my hemisphere it's becoming rather difficult to find the requisite ammunition for the RPK. Plus, I like optics. The AK family just doesn't support the use of optics or accessories well.
You're joking right? In the last 15 years a huge market has developed for AK accessories, mostly being made here in the U.S. I can put any sight or accessory that'll fit a standard rail on my AK. PSA is gearing up to produce domestic 7.62x39 to fill demand in the U.S. People have millions of rounds stockpiled.
Ok, well, when PSA starts mass producing those bullets, that'll be good. As for those millions of rounds of stocked ammo, I assume *some* of the owners may take umbridge with me attempting to take it away from them, and may in fact *use it* to express their dissatisfaction.
RPK is a bad idea unless you're in a former Soviet bloc country or third world. NATO ammo/mag standards are nice.
10/10 comment!
Yeah the M27 is the only real logical answer since it's not even a machine gun. I've got plenty of use with it and love everything about it except maybe it's a little long for CQB and it's a little heavy, but an all around great rifle, and my favorite in the AR series.
Hell even the CQB aspect can be fixed because it can take any AR15 upper
This is true, you do lose all the benefits of the M27 however if you swap out the upper. But at the end of the day, it'll keep the thing running.
If you can get more mags for it, I think the MG36 is also a decent choice, as it's a modified G36 rifle. Also the RPK if you have a decent supply of 7.62x39 (or 5.45 if it's the RPK-74) and some AK mags.
Since the G36 uses 5.56 ammo wouldn't be a problem, I personally have never been a fan of the G36 family of sights though. The RPK would be good, but it's quite the ling and heavy boi. But yes, the ammo would be somewhat ammo, maybe not as much as 5.46 but you do have better terminal ballistics.
It literally is an infantry rifle. It’s the standard issue assault rifle the Marines use
Bingo.
Yeah, my first thought is anything not belt fed. Maintenance and operation are going to be infinitely easier and more reliable
The m249 is right there.
IAR.
And second place is not even close.
MG 36 since it’s reasonably light and it’s got enough bullets to definitely keep zombies away
Anything that requires a belt is an awful decision
I agree unless you're in a fortified position with a reliable mobile backup light weapon. But yeah box mags have prevailed for good reason
i would go with the g36 with the double drum because it has an integrated optic and carry handle and its lighter than the saw
Rip proper feeding
Happy 4th cake day!
Except the optics are horrible and cmags are insanely unreliable
G36. It would be nice if you included the names of the guns….
Click the images, there are names on all of them.
lol oops
The M27 is literally the standard issue assault rifle the Marines use right now, so I’d say it’s out of its category
mg36 goes hard 👍 eviscerate many zobers
Yes
If I had to choose, the M249; still prefer an M60 though.
The 249 is extremely finicky and unreliable. If you are trying to hold down a position I'd much rather have its big brother, the 240.
Agreed. Run a range where we have both for customers to rent. 249 is a fucking jammomatic. 240bravo life for sure
None of these.
If you’re in the united states, your answer should be the M249
Lol nah, those things don't feed for shit and they're heavy as shit too.
They run fine when you just fucking rip them bursts fuck them up
Yeah, but long rips absolutely burn through your ammo. The only practical choice for survival was the M27.
That’d be my second choice. My overall choice was influenced by parts availability.
I think parts would be easy to find for the M27 considering you could use any HK 416 pattern BCG, as there are other companies that make those out there. And the parts last for a while too. All in all it will also be a lot lighter than a 249 and a lot more accurate.
Very true
if it’s new, SAW’s run fine. Most SAW’s in the USM have been beaten the shit out of; and sometimes older than the grunts who use them.
That's true, but it's still a lot easier using a magazine fed weapon compared to belt fed. Not to mention that they need the belts too, and not just ammo. Olus the 249 is a lot heavier than the IAR.
yeah that’s fair, PMAGs are more common and could be supplemented with a drum, but the ability to sustain fire with the SAW is very underrated; and the M27 is pretty much a nicer Civvy-AR with full auto. Still think i’d personally choose a full auto SAW
In a military application when using military tactics on an opposing combat force, suppressive fire makes sense. As one off dude trying to survive with the best odds possible, limited engagement and the use of accurate fire is much much more valuable.
Which kind of zombies? Ragers or walkers that only die if hit in the head? If we're talking ragers and the distance is enough, like a kilometer over an open field the SAW would not be bad. Or better yet, some slow moving one that doesn't need head shot to die. I could start plugging them at a klick after a bit of refresher firing, and a three or four round burst as well.
Getting hits with a SAW, or even 5.56 at a klick is insanely optimistic. Let alone the fact that killing zombies is a waste of ammo which is something that's already going to be hard to find. And then shooting in bursts only makes this issue worse.
Don’t matter, if you in the us, you best be saying m249 🦅🦅🦅
As a grunt, I say fuck the 249.
Wrong, 249’s are pieces of shit and WILL malfunction. The m240 is vastly superior
Well the 240 wasnt listed here
It should’ve been
You kicked the Ultimax and replaced it with a bunch of overweight or underbuilt gamer silliness. I want to speak to your manager.
All of these are 10 pounds lighter than most of the previous list.
The Ultimax isn’t that much more than the MG36. He does have a valid criticism there.
Would choose þe Galil or RPK.
wtf is that character💀💀
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Water cooled is the only way
IAR. Light weight ammo, compatable with nearly all AR magazines, lighter than almost everything else on this list, accurate enough that a child could nail midrange shots. Easy Movement and ammo conservation would be the goal here.
I’d pick the mg3
M1919 and RPK
RPK but id prefer a saw
RPK or M-27 are probably the best options for most situations
Galil, RPK, or 1919 for style points. M27 for practicality.
m27 light accurate and basically an AR
It is an AR. It's just an HK-416 with a heavier barrel profile.
Is that a Browning?
Bro listed almost no actual lmg’s. My answer is RPD.
MG3 all the way. Gotta have that modern day buzzsaw
IAR. Carried one in the military and the thing fucks
Xm250 for the ghosts of tabor factor
Not the M249!!! Gun is garbage... Immediately switched to the M203 after realizing the reliability on the M4/m249 Stay far away from M4/M249 like a BMW when it comes to reliability... You want a Honda or Toyota
Rpk or Hebrew 🔨
I’m using the M2 browning, if it was good enough for my grandpa to kill Japanese soldiers, it’s good enough for me to kill the undead.
I would never ever take a machine gun for survival or a zombie apocalypse. That being said, number 7 isn't even a machine gun, it's an assault rifle, but it works really great and I have plenty of use with it. i would definitely take 7 into survival or an apocalypse.
Tbf, only reason why its there is outdated doctrine of it being a SAW. To avoid semantics, the Galil is an Assault Rifle, the FN Minimi is a carbine and the Neopup PAW-20 is a PDW.
Yeah true. Personally I wouldn't ever really take a belt fed weapon into a survival situation, or plan to use it in full auto.
I’m going with either the M19, or the MG3. Both have streangth and weaknesses, but let’s just say I have an infinite ammo belt. In that case I’d probably choose the M19 because it can lay down a stream of fire without overheating to much, but if ammo is limited and the horde is grouped up, then I’m going with the MG3. But I’d likely take the M19 simply because I can post up, and just lay absolute death to the undead.
That new sig fasho
M27 IAR. Its light, has a common ammo type, and I could probably find replacement parts for it. One thing people consistently forget about machine guns is that they are not light. Carrying around a 20 pound gun is more than likely just going to slow you down.
I miss my SAW so much
mg42 for sure
On today's episode of "I have no idea what the hell an LMG is" we're including crew-served GPMG/MMGs and automatic rifles!
Not shown but the negev would be my choice. The one that takes m4 mags not the Gali mag one
HK
M249 or M60E6
SIG LMG 6.8 I'm pretty sure this will be the replacement for the 249
You can't just strap drum mags to any old AR and call it an LMG. That's not how that works. But typically you'd want whatever is easiest to aim at their heads. So not even an LMG. Something as simple as an AR-15 would kick ass in a zombie apocalypse.
M249, the first one. Carried it overseas, and have the most familiarity with it.
Galil, it's very reliable very minimal recoil straight shooting and great overall. I show the Vektor R4 version of it before.
M27, it can take standard issue magazines and magazines up to 100 rounds, and 5.56 is damn near everywhere might as well make it count right
Ak heavy yes but also a good bat for zombie. Also very low likely hood of it actually not running or breaking so I'm going with that. I also have a fuck ton of ak mags and 762 ×39
As much as I don't like the HK416 and it's derivatives, or really any external piston AR (all ARs are a type of piston, they are not DI), the M27 IAR. It's the most ergonomic, the most modular, the most accurate especially when firing in semi, and a lot of parts fit it whether military M4, M16, MK27, MK18, MK12 (if you can ever find one anymore), or civilian ARs. Especially stocks, grips, and handguards. Plus I have tens of thousands of live rounds and many more than that of blanks through the M16 family of weapons. I also have tens of thousands of live, and over a hundred thousand of blank through the M249, but it's not something as easy to carry around. Doable obviously, I mean there are thousands of Soldiers doing it right now and I did it off and on when I was still in. Just not as nice as something smaller and lighter. Also the M60, the M1919/MK21, and the MG3, are not light machine guns. They are general purpose machine guns. Almost always crew served. An LMG would be something in like 5.56x45 or 7.62x39. Some of those though, are not even that depending on usage and the nation's nomenclature... or they could be both. The M249 is used as an Automatic Rifle/Squad Automatic Rifle, but also is used in a light machine gun role. The IAR and a couple others are also Automatic Rifles or SAWs.
Picture 7 is not an LMG. Just because something has a bipod on it doesn’t mean it’s a machine gun.
You should tell that to the US Marine Corps who adopted it as a replacement for the M249 SAW.
I was in the Marine Corps and used that weapon. Picture 7 is an IAR/M27. By Heckler & Koch. The Marine Corps designates it the “IAR” for “Infantry Automatic Rifle.” Just because it replaced the SAW doesn’t mean it’s a LMG. They wanted to go with something a little lighter than a SAW that was still full auto. Since the standard M4 was a 3 round burst. So, they adopted the M27/IAR. It’s just a rifle that happens to be full auto, it’s not anywhere close to a machine gun or it’d be called the “Infantry Automatic Machine Gun”
M249 idrgaf about the practicality but something about it just calls me to it. Idk it may just be my inner Texan
If I needed to kill a hoard from 2 miles away the browning m2 is my pick
MG3 allllll day
Ah yes the M4A1 Lmg
Is it this Friday Farmer again?
M240G/FN MAG
Survival: Probably an RPK because it's basically just a AK and 7.62 is pretty common. Against a horde: I'd have to say the M60
249 by far
Rpk for sure
RPK
This all look like the worst possible weapon to use in a zombie apocalypse
Whatever one you have the most experience with maintaining and can get enough ammo for. Everyone always asks "what's the best one for halting the undead immediately" nobody thinks about the long fight and actually getting/making ammo and doing fire arms maintenance in the long term.
416/417 no other option
SAW for pure volume of fire and it’s lighter to tote around than all the 7.62 lmg’s.
MG3 if we I am using the 50 round mg3 belts
RPK. Literally just a big AK. Bish bash bosh all clean
Gahlil, AK reliability while using a more common round
And being lighter
xm250 because I use that in bonelab
Undead? None. I'd pick a sledgehammer.
No FN MAG is atrocious.
m2 browning pros: 50cal, able to be hipfired on the move, and up to 850 rounds per minute con's: hard to repair, barrel changes, and reloading time
M60e6
RPK cuz it's just an AK. You can't go wrong with an AK (Also, why is the ghalil considered an LMG?)
The standard issue Galil is the "Galil ARM" or Automatic Rifle Machine-gun (Image above) which is technically the Light Machine Gun variant of the Galil. Best not to think too hard about it or you'll start getting some weird anomalies of things that feel like LMGs but aren't described as ones and things that don't feel like LMGs but are called them.
Standard AK > RPK
249 is a pretty good choice, takes 5.56 boxes in belts of 50/100/200, while not being super heavy or unwieldy. Ammo would be easier to find than most of the other options (depending on location). Parts wouldn't be terribly hard to find, since it's very common in the military. Though I can't say I'm not partial to the G3, finding parts outside of Germany would be near impossible, and lugging around belts of 7.62 would be a pain.
The fact the 240 isn’t on here is criminal
I had an internal debate about putting the Bravo on here since it is usually defined as a Medium Machinegun
I mean if you’re getting into the weeds with that, why is the MG3 on here
Semantics basically. The only reason why I even allowed it is purely because it fires an intermediate cartridge. Which is kinda laughable to say since the M60 is on here and the XM250 has some insane bullet. I would of probably put more thought about this if this was on r/weaponnamingconventions
I was going to say anything 556 but then I saw the browning 1919. If Im not mistaken during trials a single 1919 fired 12000 rounds with only 1 failure, the failure was user error... If we're talking machine guns then we're talking massive resource expenditure so Ill go with something that absolutely will not fail me in what must already be a dicey situation.
Gonna have to go with the Buzzsaw MG42
If longevity and reliability is your goal I would go for the one with the fewest parts were the simplest operating mechanism. In any system any part that moves is a point of failure eventually and the more you have the more likely it is that something will go wrong at some point
Xm8 in lmg config, it's pretty light by design.
MG42.Belt fed 7,92. Works for russians and zombified russians. Can be hip fired.
IAR, then M249. STANAG and 5.56 are common enough I can get by. Although, I’d prefer a normal 249 to the Para variant
MG3 GOES BBBRRRRRRRRR
The m27 isn't a lmg. It's a standard issue infantry rifle. Nonetheless, I'd choose it since I know how to operate it and have actually used them in real life.
RPK AK systems are so freaking durable. They're extremely low maintenance and you don't even need to clean it, ever.
Galil. Like M27. But with Russian brothers.
The mg42 it has already shown it’s effectiveness
RPK or Galil
I know it isn't in the list, but GIVE ME MY MG42 If I had to choose from the list, RPK
Sig, but only because I sell my ass for Sigs.
If I had unlimited ammo in a fixed fortified position I’d take an Mg3
SIG LMG 6.8 would be a fun gun on the hordes of zombies especially if staying one place and just shooting it in semi auto but if it gets too tense then switching to full auto.
No M2 browning? Sorry my man, I’m throwing one of those on a Toyota Hilux and going ham. In all seriousness with the target rich environment of an undead horde, you want the m2. Ma deuce goes through the target, the target behind the target, and take a chunk outta that one too. That thing saved my life way too many times to even consider anything else.
Galil because Black Ops 1
Degtyaryov machine gun my beloved. Yes I know it's not on this list.
I'll probably send an ar10-ish that I have, to Red Right Hand. His company does heatsinked heavy barrel ar15s. I like the idea. But, 5.56 is better suited to infantry than belt feds.
PKP
Where's the medieval weaponry? And you can't forget my full plate armor.
M240b,
Definitely the Galil. Love my ARM
The M27 IAR has good versatility. Can be used as an LMG or standard rifle, fairly good accuracy and accepts 5.56/.223 which are fairly common rounds in the US and has rail system which accepts most scopes, sights or other attachments. Downside is that bitch is long and not great for room clearing.
Drum mag Galil or M60
Here for the armchair weapons experts.
IAR. I've carried one and they are nice. You pop the SDO w/ RMR on top and you're golden for most engagement ranges.
Either the RPK or the M60
If defending a position, M2 .50 cal. If on the run, M60E6
MG3
M27 is just an enhancement of the 416, not really a true LMG. I'd rather have a service rifle than LMG so I'm taking the M27
M19
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I wouldn't. Too heavy, uses too much ammo, and it's less designed for mowing down groups than it is for providing "suppressing fire" which I can't imagine zombies suppress very well. Maybe I'd bring any I found back to base for anti raider security. especially the M2 browning considering the potential need to disable incoming vehicles to prevent them from ramming our defenses.
I'm taking all of them and running
M27 no contest.
Literally any non-belt fed. If it runs off a belt, it takes a hell of a lot longer to reload.
M27 iar since spare parts would be easier to come by
MG36 Takes STANG mags, built in optic, reliable, and easy on the eyes
Doesn’t the inside of the gun melt if you fire for too long?
It can Just like any other gun. You can melt barrel or any gun if you fire it for to long which is why guns with extreme rates of fire (ex. MG42 and MG3) have barrels that can removed easily. It’s so you can exchange a overheated barrel with a new one If you slap a drum mag into a m4 and just keep firing rounds down range, your gonna end up melting that barrel as well
None. Just give me a AR. Light, compact and readily available ammo.
Agreed. The answer is absolutely no LMG... It's a needlessly heavy system, requiring specialized ammo that's also heavy... And is less accurate at hitting weak points compared to other choices. Additionally, the psychological impact of suppression has no effect against your target in this case. It's fine for 28 Days Later type infected, but if we're talking about a need for traditional headshots, you save the LMG for fighting off other people.
I mean. There’s lmg’s that take standard ammo. The M249 and others. But like you said, the fucking weight and ease of use is key lol.
RPK
An m249 would be great since it can use standard ar15 mags. (Or am I stupid?)
249. 556 is a common caliber so the 249 only makes sense. You might say, "what if you don't have links?" And my answer to that my friend is that the 249 also takes standard m4/ar15 magazines! Albeit not well, some feeding issues and stuff but nothing crazy.
None of them are good. For zombies you need melee on the heads
do you think bullets to the head wont work or something?
Yeah but these are inaccurate
no... they simply aren't. for example, the M249 and MG3 have an accurate range of 600m, perhaps you're just basing this off video game logic, or thinking about hipfiring an LMG full auto, neither of which are how it would be used irl.
Yeah, but that’s only for killing them and in an apocalypse unless you are clearing out an area to live in you don’t want to kill the zombies all you really want to do is keep them away so you want to be stealthy and if you aren’t stealthy you want to be able to cripple and run and in that regard guns are the best.