User:RelentlessRecusant/MG132 Machine Gun

The MG132 Machine Gun was a general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) employed by the UNSC Army and the UNSC Marine Corps during the Galactic Era, at the dawn of the 27th century.

The original MG132 was a fully-automatic machine gun with a high rate of fire, utilizing the heavy 7.62x51mm cartridge, designed to provide a high volume of devastating fire. However, it was extremely heavy and cumbersome, and standard operating procedure (SOP) called for a crew of three to operate the GPMG, a dedicated gunner, a dedicated loader, and a dedicated fire-team commander that was responsible for directing the machine gun's fire. The MG132, in standard Army or Marine doctrine, was a platoon-level asset, with most infantry platoons having at least one MG132 machine-gun attached. The MG132 team was responsible for providing support fires and to provide suppressive fire for fire maneuvering for the platoon. Both the MG132 gunner and loader were specialists specifically trained on the MG132.