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| Country |
Singapore |
| Type |
Light machine gun |
| Manufacturer |
CIS |
| Introduction |
1978 |
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| Weight |
4.75 kg (10.47 lb) (Mark 2)
4.90 kg (10.8 lb) (Mark 3) |
| Length |
1,030 mm (40.6 in) with buttstock / 800 mm (31.5 in) buttstock detached (Mark 2)
1,024 mm (40.3 in) with buttstock / 810 mm (31.9 in) buttstock detached (Mark 3) |
| Barrel length |
508 mm (20.0 in) (standard)
330 mm (13.0 in) (Ultimax 100 Para) |
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| Cartridge |
5.56x45mm NATO |
| Action |
Gas-operated, rotating bolt |
| Rate of fire |
400-600 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity |
970 m/s (3,182 ft/s) (M193 cartridge)
945 m/s (3,100.4 ft/s) (SS109/M855 cartridge) |
| Effective range |
100 to 1,200 m sight adjustments |
| Maximum range |
460 m (M193 cartridge)
1,300 m (SS109/M855 cartridge) |
| Feed system |
100-round drum or 30-round STANAG M16 box magazine |
| Sights |
Rear aperture sight and front post, 472 mm (18.6 in) sight radius |
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The Ultimax 100 is a Singaporean 5.56 mm light machine gun, developed at the Chartered Industries of Singapore - CIS (currently incorporated into the Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd or ST Engineering company) by a team of engineers under the tutelage of American firearms designer L. James Sullivan. Work on a new light support weapon for the Singapore Army began in 1978. The weapon is produced by CIS (presently STK - Singapore Technologies Kinetics), initially in the Mark 1 version, later - the Mark 2, and currently, only the Mark 3 (a Mark 4 variant is being evaluated). The Ultimax 100 (also called the U 100) is used in significant numbers by the armed forces of Singapore, Croatia and the Philippines. About 80,000 copies of the light machine gun have been produced.
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