How on earth is this even a conversation?...we have the bloody internet for crying out loud if you need to look something up. [b]They are LMG's.[/b] People fail to understand what a "Machine Gun" is and confuse HMG and LMG. Here's the short version.. A "machine gun" was originally designed/created as a HUGE f*¢%¡*g weapon, designed to mow down large groups of attacking soldiers.... originating sometime between the civil American war and the first world war..it was like 6 feet long attached to two giant wagon wheels. And it had to be carried by vehicle and it was manned by at least 4 men to even use it. .. this was refered to as a "Machine Gun". many years later when they had fine tuned the mechanics and had made the gun much smaller..able to be manned and operated by a single operative... they gave these weapons the moniker of "Light Machine Gun"...or LMG..because of his much smaller they were to there counterparts.. however these weapons, while able to do well against infantry, don't hold up as well against vehicles or other heavy infantry...so there are separately made machine guns for different purposes... In short... If a single soldier can operate it and fire the weapon, standing...a la Rambo (which is bull considering the amount of recoil, an LMG is meant to be fired in a seated or tri pod position, F.Y.I.)... then it is considered a small machine or LMG ...if it is mounted to a vehicle or large tri pod and requires several operator's to use it, then this is considered a normal sized machine gun....it is usually just called a Machine Gun.....it is only given the moniker of Heavy Machine Gun or HMG ... when they are being used in conjunction with it's smaller cousin the LMG so as not to be confused when issuing to soldiers, etc.. Sweet mother of pearl... please stop calling them heavy machine guns!