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The 7.62×54mmR machine gun feed pawl mechanism is radically different than that of 7.62×51mm NATO chambered machine guns based on the MG 42 machine gun feeding method, using a small, simple pivoting arm pushed out to the right side by the bolt carrier, rather than a much larger (and therefore much heavier) articulated feed cam, lever, and pawl assembly.
...is totally ambiguous. Because I know how neither of these weapons work, I don't know what the article is trying to say. Someone who knows (from a source other than the article, I guess) should rewrite this to be clearer. All I can tell from this is that someone thinks one of these two designs is heavier and more complicated than the other. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.106.38.243 (talk) 02:01, 6 April 2020 (UTC)Reply