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. Darne Model 1933: An Economic & Modular Interwar MG - Forgotten Weapons.
THE DARNE MACHINE GUN - Small Arms Review. * Automatic rifle with 20-, 25- or 30-round magazine. At the choice of the customer, the weapon could be provided with a selector allowing delivery of two or three rates of fire: from 100 shots per minute with a regulator, up to 800 shots per minute for anti-aircraft defence. Equipped with a stock and a monopod, it weighed only 15.2 lbs (6.900 kg).
- Light machine gun, with large volume of fire, fed by 150 or 250 cartridge belt. Variable cyclic rate with two or three rates, from 150 up to 1,000 rounds per minute. Weight is 20 lbs (9 kg), or 21.4 lbs (9,700 kg) with stock and 28.7 lbs (13 kg) with a light tripod.
- General Purpose Machine gun, same as above, but whose weight is from 33 to 55 lbs (15 to 25 kg) according to the models.
- Tank machine gun.
- Aircraft machine gun synchronized for shooting through the propeller, with a rate of fire from 1,000 to 1,350 rpm. Weight 18.2 lbs (8,250 kg).
- Wing or turret aircraft machine gun. Weight is 17.2 lbs (7.8 kg).