Dual-feed has been used to describe firearms which either can switch between two different feeding mechanisms or employ a feeding mechanism two times simultaneously.
Firearms feeding from ammunition belt or box magazine
Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year Ares Shrike 5.56 Ares Defense 5.56×45mm United States 2002Daewoo Precision Industries K3Daewoo Precision Industries5.56×45mmSouth Korea1991FN MinimiFN Herstal5.56×45mmBelgium1980 Standschütze Hellriegel M1915 Austro-Hungarian Empire 1915IP-2TsNIIMash5.45×39mmSoviet Union1977IWI NegevIsrael Weapon Industries5.56×45mmIsrael1997 M249 light machine gun FN Herstal 5.56×45mm United States 1984 MCR-5.56-DF FIGHTLITE INDUSTRIES 5.56×45mm United States QJS-161 Norinco 5.8×42mm ChinaHeckler & Koch HK21Heckler & Koch7.62×51mmGermany1961TKB-516M7.62×39mmSoviet Union1955KORD-5.455.45×39mmRussiaType 73 light machine gun First Machine Industry Bureau 7.62×54mmRNorth Korea1970svz. 52 machine gunZbrojovka Brno7.62×39mm7.62×45mmCzechoslovak Socialist Republic1950s
Simultaneous dual-feed Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge FeedCountry Year Burton Machine Rifle .345 Winchester Self-LoadingDetachable box magazine United States 1917 AAI GPHMG "Dover Devil"Army Research, Development & Acquisition Magazine September-October 1979 P.10 Army Armament Research and Development Command (ARRADCOM)Army Research, Development & Acquisition Magazine July-August 1982 P.7https://patents.google.com/patent/US4311082A/enhttps://patents.google.com/patent/US4587879A/en?oq=US4311082A 12.7×99mm20mm caliberARMY, October 1983 P.317Joint Service Small Arms Program (JSSAP) Comparison of Heavy Machine Gun Characteristics P.595-596ammunition belt United States 1979FN BRG-15FN Herstal15x115 mmammunition beltBelgium1983 IWI Tavor TS12 Israel Weapon Industries 12 gaugeTubular magazine Israel 2018 Kel-Tec KSG Kel-Tec 12 gaugeTubular magazine United States 2011NeoStead 2000Truvelo Armoury12 gaugeTubular magazineSouth Africa2001SRM Arms Model 1216SRM Arms 12 gaugeTubular magazineUnited States2011 STK 50MG Chartered Industries of Singapore 12.7×99mmammunition belt Singapore 1991 UTAS UTS-15 UTAS 12 gaugeTubular magazine Turkey 2012
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