The LAD machine gun (Russian: пулемет ЛАД) is a Soviet prototype light machine gun.

Although belt-fed and having a built-in bipod, it is chambered for the Tokarev pistol cartridge.

The LAD machine gun was developed between 1942 and 1943 by V. F. Lyuty, N. M. Afanasyev and V. S. Deykin.

[1] The two prototypes are on display at the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps in Saint Petersburg.

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