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The Kjellman LMG was a machine gun produced in Sweden. It is notable in being one of the first fully automatic weapons ever conceived (if not produced) and one of the first light machine guns as well.Although the patent dated back to 1870 and prototypes may have existed at least a half a decade before the Maxim was invented black powder ammunition made the weapon virtually unusable due to rapid residue build up. The weapon was the brainchild of a Lieutenant D.H.

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