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The VMG 1927 is a light machine gun designed by Heinrich Vollmer. In 1916 Heinrich Vollmer began working on a design of a light machine gun. At the end the weapon was known as a MG Vollmer, later also as VMG 1927.〔(Heinrich Vollmer (1885-1961) ) translation to English from ''Samopal M.P.38 a MP40'' by Martin Helebrant, published in Czech by Nakladatelstvi Elka Press, ISBN 978-80-87057-02-5〕 It consisted of only 78 parts while the standard MG of those days, the MG 08/15 consisted of 383 parts.〔http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/maschinengewehre-R.htm〕 It operated on the principle of short recoil with a rotary locking mechanism for the bolt, carried by helical grooves.〔 It was fed from a small drum magazine underneath the receiver. In 1927 Vollmer also obtained a patent covering the breech mechanism of the weapon.〔 Later on, Vollmer co-developed the gun with Mauser Werke as the MV 31 (Mauser-Vollmer 1931). It was offered to the German ordnance board (Inspektion für Waffen und Gerät - IWG) but, after testing, it was not adopted for service. This guns had a quick-change barrel and used a drum magazine.〔 Two exemplars are known to exist, one is at the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz and the other at the Vojenský historický ústav Praha. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「VMG 1927」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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