POTD: Maschinengewehr MG4 – HK123

By Eric B

I admit, I am a big fan of photos like this – Maschinengewehr MG4 with night-capable optics on top just to make matters even greater.Here’s the presentation from the German Army (machine translated):Firepower for the infantryThe MG4 is a light machine gun. The fully automatic weapon fires in short and long bursts and can attack targets at a distance of up to 600 meters.The weapon can be used by right- and left-handed shooters and has an integrated bipod. The MG4 machine gun is a one-man weapon capable of night combat, which can be used to attack individual and group targets. It is used as an integrated weapon in the Puma infantry fighting vehicle.The Heckler & Koch MG4 is a belt-fed 5.56 mm machine gun, designed and produced by Heckler & Koch. Below is the MG4 with a more limited optic.

Source: German Army – Bunderwehr

Source: The Firearm Blog