History of MK48 7.72 Lightweight Submachine Gun.
The MK48 is improved from the MK46 and scaled up to fire 7.62x51 mm. NATO ammunition.
The aim was to produce a lightweight machine gun with the firepower of the M240 or M60.
At the same time the NAVY SEALs were also looking for a weapon that could replace M60-MK43.