Lahti-Saloranta M/26 [SEP] designer
Lahti-Saloranta M/26
The Lahti-Saloranta M/26 (alternatively LS/26) is a light machine gun which was designed by Aimo Lahti and Arvo Saloranta in 1926. The weapon was able to fire in both full automatic and semi-automatic modes. Both 20-round box and 75-round drum magazines were produced, but the Finnish army seems to have only used the smaller 20-round magazine.
In the Winter War, there were two squads in each platoon that provided covering fire for two ten-man rifle squads. In each squad,
5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×39mm, 7.62×51mm NATO)
- Valmet M82 (Republic of Finland – 1978 – Assault Rifle – 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×39mm)
- Valtion Kivääritehdas
- Machine Guns
- Lahti-Saloranta M/26 (Republic of Finland – 1925 – Light Machine Gun – 7.62×53mmR)
- Lahti-Saloranta M/26-31 (Republic of Finland – 1931 – Light Machine Gun – 7.62×53mmR)
- Rifles
- Lahti L-39 (Republic of Finland – Semi-Automatic Anti-Tank Rifle –