List of machine guns

This page is a list of Machine guns from around the world.

Contents

Light machine guns

Gun Manufacturer Cartridge Country Year
Besal Royal Small Arms Factory .303 British  United Kingdom 1940
Breda 30 Breda Meccanica Bresciana 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano  Italy 1930
Bren Royal Small Arms Factory .303 British
7.92x57mm Mauser
7.62x51mm NATO		  United Kingdom 1935
CETME Ameli General Dynamics 5.56x45mm NATO  Spain 1982
Charlton Automatic Rifle Charlton Motor Workshops (NZ) / Electrolux (Australia) .303 British  New Zealand 1942
Chauchat SIDARME 8mm Lebel  France 1915
ČZW-762 Czech Weapons 7.62x39mm M43  Czechoslovakia 2000s
DP Degtyarev plant 7.62x54mmR  Soviet Union 1928
EMERK Myanmar Heavy Industries 5.56x45mm NATO  Burma 2010
EPK Pyrkal 7.92x36mm EPK  Greece 1939
FM 24/29 Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault 7.5x54mm French  France 1924
FN Minimi Fabrique Nationale de Herstal 5.56x45mm NATO
7.62x51mm NATO		  Belgium 1982
Gordon CSWS BSP Planning and Design Pty. Ltd. 7.62x51mm NATO  Australia 1970-72
HK21 Heckler & Koch 7.62x51mm NATO
5.56x45mm NATO		  West Germany 1961
Hotchkiss M1909 Hotchkiss et Cie .30-06 Springfield
8mm Lebel
.303 British		  France 1909
Howell Automatic Rifle Base Workshops .303 British  United Kingdom 1916-1918?
Huot Automatic Rifle Dominion Rifle Factory .303 British  Canada 1916
K3 Daewoo 5.56x45mm NATO  South Korea 1991
KG/1940 Svenska Automatvapen AB 6.5x55mm  Sweden 1940
Kk 62 Valmet 7.62x39mm  Finland 1960
Lahti-Saloranta M/26 Valtion kiväärehtedas 7.62x53mmR  Finland 1927
Lewis Gun Birmingham Small Arms Company .303 British
.30-06 Springfield		  United States 1913
LSAT Lightweight Small Arms Technologies 5.56mm  United States
 West Germany		 2003-
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle Colt's Manufacturing Company .30-06 Springfield
7.92x57mm Mauser
7.65x53mm Argentine
7x57mm Mauser
6.5x55mm
.303 British
7.62x51mm NATO		  United States 1917
M249 Squad Automatic Weapon Fabrique Nationale de Herstal 5.56x45mm NATO  United States 1984
Madsen Compagnie Madsen A/S 7x57mm Mauser
6.5x55mm
7.92x57mm Mauser
7.62x54mmR		  Denmark 1896
Mendoza RM2 Fábrica Nacional de Armas .30-06 Springfield  Mexico 1965
MG4 Heckler & Koch 5.56x45mm NATO  Germany 2003
Negev Israel Weapon Industries 5.56x45mm NATO  Israel 1995
Nikonov Izhmash 5.45x39mm  Soviet Union 1978
QBB-95 Norinco 5.8x42mm DBP87
5.56x45mm NATO		  People's Republic of China 1995
Reider Automatic Rifle The Castle, Capetown .303 British  South Africa 1941
RPD Degtyarev plant 7.62x39mm  Soviet Union 1944
RPK Vyatskie Polyany Machine-Building Plant «Molot». 7.62x39mm
5.45x39mm		  Soviet Union 1961
Sterling 7.62 Sterling Armaments Company 7.62x51mm NATO  United Kingdom 1944-1994
Stoner 63 Cadillac Gage 5.56x45mm NATO  United States 1963
Stoner LMG Knight's Armament Company 5.56x45mm NATO  United States mid-1980s
Type 11 Light Machine Gun Tokyo Arsenal 6.5x50mm Arisaka  Japan 1922
Type 81 squad machine gun Norinco 7.62x39mm  People's Republic of China 1983
Type 96 Light Machine Gun Tokyo Arsenal 6.5x50mm Arisaka  Japan 1936
Type 97 Light Machine Gun Army Technical Bureau 7.7x58mm Arisaka  Japan 1937
Type 99 Light Machine Gun Tokyo Arsenal 7.7x58mm Arisaka  Japan 1939
Ultimax 100 ST Kinetics 5.56x45mm NATO  Singapore 1982
Vickers-Berthier (VB) Ishapore Rifle Factory .303 British  India 1932
VMG-27 7.92x57mm Mauser  Germany 1930s
Weibel M/1932 Dansk Industri Syndikat 7x44mm  Denmark 1932
Zastava M72 Zastava Arms 7.62x39mm  Serbia 1973

Medium/general-purpose machine guns

Gun Manufacturer Cartridge Country Year
Besa machine gun Birmingham Small Arms Company 7.92x57mm Mauser  United Kingdom 1936
Darne Hotchkiss et Cie 7.5x54mm French  France 1922
DS-39 Degtyarev plant 7.62x54mmR  Soviet Union 1939
FN MAG Fabrique Nationale de Herstal 7.62x51mm NATO  Belgium 1958
Heckler & Koch HK121 Heckler & Koch 7.62x51mm NATO  Germany 2010
Hotchkiss M1914 Hotchkiss et Cie 8mm Lebel
7x57mm Mauser
6.5x50mm Arisaka		  France 1914
K12 S&T Daewoo 7.62x51mm NATO  South Korea 2009
Ksp m/42 machine gun n/a 6.5x55mm  Sweden 1942
Kucher Model K1 Kucher 7.62x54mmR  Hungary 1952
MAC 1931 Hotchkiss et Cie 7.5x54mm French  France 1931
MAC 1934 Hotchkiss et Cie 7.5x54mm French  France 1934
M1919 Browning Rock Island Arsenal
General Motors		 .30-06 Springfield
7.62x51mm NATO
.303 British
7.92x57mm Mauser		  United States 1919
M60 U.S. Ordnance 7.62x51mm NATO  United States 1957
MG3 Rheinmetall 7.62x51mm NATO  West Germany 1969
MG14 Parabellum 7.92x57mm Mauser  Germany 1914
MG17 Parabellum 7.92x57mm Mauser  Germany 1917
MG34 Mauser 7.92x57mm Mauser  Germany 1934
MG42 Metall-und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß AG 7.92x57mm Mauser  Germany 1942
MG51 Waffenfabrik Bern 7.5x55mm Swiss  Switzerland 1951
Perino Model 1908 N/A 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano  Italy 1908
NTK-62 Sumitomo Heavy Industries 7.62x51mm NATO  Japan 1962
SG-43 Goryunov Degtyarev plant 7.62x54mmR  Soviet Union 1943
SIG MG 710-3 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 7.62x51mm NATO  Switzerland mid-1960s
St. Étienne Mle 1907 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne 8mm Lebel  France 1907
7,62 ITKK 31 VKT Valtion kivääritehdas 7.62x53mmR  Finland 1931
PK, PKM Izhmash 7.62x54mmR  Soviet Union 1965
Type 67 Norinco 7.62x54mmR  People's Republic of China 1967
Type 80 Norinco 7.62x54mmR  People's Republic of China 1980
UKM-2000 Zakłady Mechaniczne 7.62x51mm NATO  Poland 2000
Uirapuru Mekanika Industria e Comercio Ltd 7.62x51mm NATO  Brazil 1975
Vektor SS-77 Vektor Arms 7.62x51mm NATO
5.56x45mm NATO		  South Africa 1977
Vickers machine gun Vickers .303 British  United Kingdom 1912
Vickers K Vickers .303 British  United Kingdom 1930s
Zastava M84 Zastava Arms 7.62x54mmR  Serbia 1984

Heavy machine guns

Gun Manufacturer Cartridge Country Year
MAC-58 MAS .50 BMG  France 1956
MG 131 Rheinmetall 13mm APT  Germany 1938
CIS 50MG ST Kinetics .50 BMG  Singapore 1988
Ckm wz.30 Fabryka Karabinow 7.92x57mm Mauser  Poland 1930
DShK Degtyarev plant 12.7x108mm  Soviet Union 1938
Berezin UB 12.7x108mm  Soviet Union 1939
HK25 Heckler & Koch 12.7x99mm NATO  Germany 1960's
Type 77 Norinco 12.7x108mm  People's Republic of China 1977
W85 Norinco 12.7x108mm  People's Republic of China 1985
M2 Browning General Dynamics .50 BMG  United States 1921
M1917 Browning machine gun Rock Island Arsenal .30-06 Springfield  United States 1917
Breda M37 Breda Meccanica Bresciana 8x59mm RB Breda  Italy 1937
RMG .50 Rheinmetall .50 BMG  Germany 2010
Salvator-Dormus M1893 Škoda Works 8x50mmR Mannlicher  Austria-Hungary 1893
Skoda M1909 Škoda Works 8x50mmR Mannlicher  Austria-Hungary 1909
Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 Škoda Works 8x50mmR Mannlicher  Austria-Hungary 1907
ZB-50 Škoda Works 7.92x57mm Mauser  Czechoslovakia 1932
Fiat-Revelli Modello 1935 Società Metallurgica Bresciana 8x59mm RB Breda  Italy 1935
Vickers .50 machine gun Alvis Vickers .50 BMG  United Kingdom 1940
NSV machine gun 12.7x108mm  Soviet Union 1971
Kord machine gun Degtyarev plant 12.7x108mm  Russia 1990
M02 Coyote Zastava Arms 12.7x108mm  Serbia 2005
KPV-14.5 Degtyarev plant 14.5x114mm M41  Russia 1944
QJG-02 heavy machine gun Norinco 14.5x114mm M41  People's Republic of China 2005
FN BRG-15 FN Herstal 15x115mm & 15.5x106mm  Belgium 1983

| DP-28 ||ussr COT || 7.62x54mmR || || 1928

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