Kulsprutegevär m/40

Kulsprutegevär m/1940
Kulsprutegevär m/1940
Type	Automatic rifle
Place of origin	Sweden
Service history
Used by	See § Users
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designer	Hans Lauf; Ivar Staeck; Torsten Lindfors;
Designed	1933
Manufacturer	Knorr-Bremse AG
Produced	1935 – 1936
No. built	5,406
Variants	MG 35/36A (German)
Specifications
Mass	8.5 kg (18.7 lb) (Kg m/40); 10 kg (22.0 lb) (MG-35/36);
Length	1,257 mm (49.5 in) (Kg m/40); 1,280 mm (50 in) (MG-35/36);
Barrel length	685 mm (27.0 in) (Kg m/40); 500 mm (20 in) (MG-35/36);
Cartridge	6.5×55mm Swedish (Kg m/40); 7.92×57mm Mauser (MG-35/36);
Action	Long-stroke piston, open bolt
Rate of fire	480 rounds/min (Kg m/40); 500 rounds/min (MG-35/36);
Muzzle velocity	745 m/s (2,440 ft/s)
Feed system	20-round BAR magazine; 25-round MG 13 magazine (MG35/36A);
Sights	Iron
References

The Kulsprutegevär m/40, Kg m/40 (Machine rifle model 40) is an automatic rifle used by the Swedish Army during the 1940s.

The rifle was negatively referred to as "galopperande järnsängen" (the "galloping iron bed") by soldiers owing to its recoil. It primarily saw use with the Swedish Home Guard during World War II but was withdrawn from service and replaced with the older Swedish version of the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle known as the Kg m/21 afterward.