Talk:BAR M1918/@comment-39661921-20190708160906/@comment-39164063-20190910025309

You're pretty much right. Machine guns mounted on tripods or defensive positions or vehicles etc. can actually be multiple different types of machine guns. I could mount an M60, a GPMG, or a Browning M2. Not the same thing. The weapons mounted in trenches werer HMG's. I'm pretty sure MMG's came later. I think that assault rifles with heavier barrels still count as assault rifles. They are the same gun with interchangable barrels. This can change the way it is used heavily though.