Full auto weapons, and Rates of Fire.

[infojunky]

In the USMC most M-14's were simi-auto with the happy stick given to the squad auto weapons man to make his M-14 full auto, The BAR was a 30-06 round where the M-14 was 7.62.

Way back when I was in the Navy the M-14 was the standard issue rifle.... If you were issued a rifle. Note, I did qual with an Automatic one, I didn't find it to be that bad on auto.... But I was 6'4" and around 300lbs. of muscle at the time, not sure I would want to try now...

 

[Jame]

I'll probably call a TL 7 version a Squad Automatic Weapon.

 

[spank]

Way back when I was in the Navy the M-14 was the standard issue rifle.... If you were issued a rifle. Note, I did qual with an Automatic one, I didn't find it to be that bad on auto.... But I was 6'4" and around 300lbs. of muscle at the time, not sure I would want to try now...

Related:
A demonstration of "walking fire" with a Lewis gun, 2 Chauchats, A Madsen, a BAR, and a MG 08/15
None of which are all that light.