MG-10

Development
Origionaly the MG-7, the MG-10 is a creation of Micheil, first designed in early 2010, 2 months after development started. The name/designation was changed on the 17th of August, 2011 becuse "The odd number was annoying me, the 38 and 42 models both had even numers, but they were for years. My OCD triumphed on this one". There are no known production notes or blueprints.

There was also some debate over the gun's classification, as it has the design of a light machine-gun but the fire rate of an assault rifle.

Operating mechanism
The MG-10 is an automatic, air-cooled, belt-fed hydrolicly-operated firearm.

Features
The machine gun has an automatic-only trigger mechanism and a cross-bolt safety in the form of a button that is operated by the shooting hand (in its "safe" position the bolt release is disabled). The weapon fires from a closed bolt. The cyclic rate can be altered by installing different bolts and recoil springs.

The MG 10 feeds from the left side through a feed block using canvas, metal or desintegrating belts with anywhere between 50 to 5000 rounds contained, or a 50 to 200 round underhang box or drum magazine.

The MG 10 has a quick-change, chrome-lined barrel with 4 right-hand grooves and a rifling twist rate of 1 in 305 mm (1:12 in). The barrel should always be changed frequently during sustained firing. The barrel is removed using a simple ratchet mechanism between the gun body and the detachable barrel. When the ratchet is rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise, the previosly mounted barrel falls away and a new one can be put in it's place. Both the receiver housing and ventilated barrel casing are made from pressed sheet steel. A muzzle device is mounted at the end of the barrel and it acts as a flash suppressor, muzzle brake and recoil booster for the hydrolic systems.

The machine gun is equipped with a synthetic polymer stock, a folding bipod and open-type iron sights (sliding rear U-notch on a ramp with range settings from 200 to 1,200 m). A flip-up anti-aircraft sight is also provided.

Due to the weapons reciprocating barrel, which is required for the hydrolic recoil system to operate, the MG 10 has virtualy no recoil, and can be fired with one hand, assuming the flat weight of the weapon (12 KG) can be held upright.