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They really need their own classification, because they are support weapons, but in no means are they machine guns.
If you suppress with a gun that fires from a closed bolt, as you would with a gun that fires from an open bolt, it's going to get significantly hotter between bursts. Which is fine if you have a quick swapping barrel, but you don't.
RPK's and MG36's were just meant to fire more often and be a lighter alternative to an LMG, yes they had longer mags, but they weren't belt fed from a box. They just use the C-mag on the G36 because reloading takes precious time you could spend shooting your target.
I mean, just because you have lots of ammo and can suppress a target, doesn't make your gun an LMG.
My HK11E was an LMG since it's real steel counterpart has quick swapping barrels, yeah okay it's a rare example of an MG that fires from a closed bolt, but it was a purpose built machinegun. Well I was still using mags, I had a drum but never put it on because the HK11E uses mags, not drums or C-mags.
Like the Colt IAR. It's an M16 that fires from an open bolt in full auto. It still uses 30 round mags, it just goes through more of them, faster.
Maybe I'm just too into the milsim thing, but I just hate seeing an L86 with a high rate of fire and a C-mag on it. Even the brits don't use it like that lol
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