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light machine gun

machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier
Product weapon_type Q720711
light machine gun
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light machine gun

Summary

light machine gun is a weapon type[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,248 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • light machine gun's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • light machine gun is a type of machine gun[4].
  • light machine gun is a type of self-loading firearm[5].
  • light machine gun's Commons category is recorded as Light machine guns[6].
  • light machine gun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Light machine guns[7].

Why It Matters

light machine gun ranks in the top 10% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,248 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → machine gun, self-loading firearm
    Instance of → weapon type
    Topic's main category → Category:Light machine guns
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 959, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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