List of machine guns

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This is a list of machine guns and their variants.

NameManufacturerImage Cartridge FeedCountryYear
7,62 ITKK 31 VKT Valtion Kivääritehdas 7,62mm AA-machinegun VKT.JPG 7.62×53mmR Ammunition belt Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1931
AA-52 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne PVP-2REG-IMG 4999.jpg 7.50×54mm French
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt Flag of France.svg  France 1950
UP 7.62 MSN 7.62×54mmR Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2011
HP 7.62 MSN 7.62×54mmR Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2011
AEK-999 Kovrov Machinebuilding Plant AEK-999 (<<Barsuk>>) general purpose machine gun.jpg 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2008
Agar gun Ager Coffee Mill Gun IMG 2685.JPG .58 rifle cartridgeFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1861
Ares Shrike 5.56 Ares Defence Shrike 5.56mm Belt Fed Upper Receiver.jpeg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2002
Bailey machine gun Bailey machine gun.jpg .32 rifle cartridgeFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1875
Barnitzke machine gun 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Beretta AS70/90 Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Berezin UB 12.7mm Berezin UB.jpg 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1937
Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun Theodor Bergmann
Louis Schmeisser
A group of German soldiers with a Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun in 1914.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 1910
Besa machine gun Birmingham Small Arms Company Besa machine gun.JPG 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1936
Besal Birmingham Small Arms Company 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Detachable box magazine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1940
Blüm machine gun Degtyarev plant Max+Blum-NSD39.jpg 5.60×15mmR (known as .22 Long Rifle) Drum magazine Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1929
Breda 30 Breda Meccanica Bresciana Breda 30.jpg 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Feed strip Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1930
Breda 38 Breda Meccanica Bresciana Breda Mod.38.jpg 8.00×59mm RB Breda Detachable box magazine Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1938
Breda M37 Breda Meccanica Bresciana BREDA 1937 machine gun at Athens War Museum on 22 November 2022.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser
8.00×59mm RB Breda
Feed strip Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1936
Breda Mod. 5C Breda Meccanica Bresciana Breda Mod5c.jpg 6.50×52mm Carcano Feed strip Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Breda-SAFAT machine gun Società Italiana Ernesto Breda per Costruzioni Meccaniche
Breda Meccanica Bresciana
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
Società Anonima Fabbrica Armi Torino
12.7mmBreda-SAFAT.jpg 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
12.7×81mmSR
Ammunition belt Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1935
Bren light machine gun Royal Small Arms Factory Bren1.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
1935
Brixia 1923 Brixia 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Detachable box magazine Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1923
Brixia M1930 Brixia 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Detachable box magazine Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1930
Browning wz.1928 Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów RKM Browning wz. 1928, Muzeum Orla Bialego.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1928
CETME Ameli General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas Ameli Ejercito espanol.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1975
Charlton Automatic Rifle Charlton Motor Workshops Charlton Automatic Rifle (AM) cropped.jpg 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Detachable box magazine Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1941
Chauchat SIDARME
Gladiator
Chauchat 1 (50643241222) (cropped).jpg 8.00×51mmR French Detachable box magazine Flag of France.svg  France 1907
Ckm wz. 30 Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów Polish machine gun (24258544215).jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1930
Colleoni machine gun 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Ammunition belt Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1908
Colt Machine Gun Colt's Manufacturing Company 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1965
Colt Automatic Rifle Danish LSV M04.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1982
Darne machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie Darne MG model 1929 7,5mm.jpg 7.50×54mm French
8.00×51mmR French
Ammunition belt Flag of France.svg  France 1916
Degtyaryov machine gun Degtyaryov Plant DEGTYAREV DP 28.jpg 7.62×54mmR Pan magazine Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1927
DShK Tula Arms Plant Afghan dshk.jpg 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1938
Dror light machine gun Haganah
Israel Military Industries
Dror-M1949-light-machine-gun-batey-haosef-2.jpg 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1946
DS-39 Tula Arms Plant DS-39 machine gun SA-Kuva 113228.jpg 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1930
EMER-K1 LMG Myanmar Fritz Werner Industries 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine Flag of Myanmar.svg  Burma 1998
EPK (Pyrkal) Machine gun Pyrkal EPK Machine Gun.jpg 7.92×36mm EPK Detachable box magazine Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 1939
FA Trapote m/33 [1] Fabrica de Armas de Oviedo 7x57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1933
Fallschirmjager 42 Rheinmetall Mitrailleuse-p1030118.jpg 7.92x57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 1941
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 FIAT [2] MTRFiat mod 14 35.JPG 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Feed Strip box magazineFlag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1913 [2]
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935 Società Metallurgica Bresciana Fiat-Revelli 1914 Transformada.jpg 8.00×59mm RB Breda Ammunition belt Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1934
Fittipaldi machine gun (Did not enter production) Armamento - Museo de Armas de la Nacion 49.JPG 7.65×53mm Argentine Ammunition belt Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1912
FM 24/29 light machine gun Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault LMG 24 29 2.JPG 7.50×54mm French Detachable box magazine Flag of France.svg  France 1923
FN BRG-15 Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 15.5×115mm Ammunition belt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1980s
FN EVOLYS FN Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2021
FN Minimi FN Herstal M249 FN MINIMI DA-SC-85-11586 c1.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1974
FN MAG Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal IDF-FN-MAG.png 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1950
Fokker-Leimberger A.H.G. Fokker and Leimberger Fokker-Leimberger.png 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 1916
Furrer M25 Waffenfabrik Bern Furrer M25 Right.jpg 7.5×55mm Swiss Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1925
Gatling gun Gatling gun.jpg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1862
GAU-19 General Dynamics GAU 19A GECAL 50 2.jpg 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1983
Gorgas machine gun Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg  Confederate States 1860s
Heckler & Koch HK21
HK25
Heckler & Koch HK 21 LMG RIGHT SIDE.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO
5.56×45mm NATO
Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1961
Heckler & Koch MG4 Heckler & Koch HK MG4 01.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1990s
Heckler & Koch MG5 Heckler & Koch Heckler & Koch MG5.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2010
Heckler & Koch 421 Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2023 [3]
HMG PK-16 POF 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2016
Ho-103 12.7mmHo-103.jpg 12.7×81mmSR Ammunition belt Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1941
Hotchkiss M1909
Benét–Mercié
Hotchkiss et Cie HotchkissPortableMarkI LMG.jpg 7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield)
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
8.00×51mmR French
Feed strip Flag of France.svg  France 1901
Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 7.9mm Machine Gun (9884967806).jpg 6.50×50mm Arisaka
6.50×55mm
7.00×57mm Mauser
8.00×51mmR
11 mm Gras
Ammunition belt/Feed Strip Flag of France.svg  France 1914
Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 8.00×51mmR French Feed Strip Flag of France.svg  France 1922
Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie Hotchkiss-13.2mm-x2-AA-machine-gun-batey-haosef-2-1.jpg 13.2×96mm Feed Strip/Detachable box magazine Flag of France.svg  France 1920s
Huot Automatic Rifle (Did not enter production) Huot-Ross Automatic Rifle.png 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Drum magazine Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1916
IWI Negev Israel Weapon Industries IWI-Negev-Zachi-Evenor-01-white.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1985
Negev NG7 Israel Weapon Industries IWI-Negev-Zachi-Evenor-01-white.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2012
IP-2 TsNIITochMash Russian IP-2 Machine Gun.jpg 5.45×39mm Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1971
In-Line AAI Corporation 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1969
INSAS LMG Ordnance Factories Board INSAS LMG.JPG 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine Flag of India.svg  India 1998
Daewoo K3 Daewoo Precision Industries Daewoo K3 machine gun 0.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1991
S&T K15 SNT Motiv K15gigwancong.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2022 [4]
S&T K16 SNT Motiv 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2021
XR-17Dasan Machineries Co., Ltd 5.56×45mm NATO and

7.62×51mm NATO

Ammunition belt Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2023 [5]
Kbkm wz. 2003 Kbkm2003-01 REMOV.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2003
Kulsprutegevär m/40 Svenska Automatvapen AB Kulsprutegevar m-1940 - Sverige - 6,5x55mm - Armemuseum.jpg 6.50×55mm Detachable box magazine Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1940
Kk 62 Valmet 7,62 KvKK 62.JPG 7.62×39mm Ammunition belt Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1950s
KMG556CLKalekalip 5.56×45mm NATO Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2020s
Knight's Armament Company LMG Knight's Armament Company 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1986
Kord machine gun Degtyaryov Plant 12,7-mm pulemet Kord - Tekhnologii v mashinostroenii-2010 01.jpg 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1990s
KPV heavy machine gun Degtyaryov Plant Iraqi Police gun-carriage (cropped).jpg 14.5×114mm Ammunition belt Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1944
Kulspruta m/39 Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori Kulspruta model 39.jpg 6.50×55mm
7.62×51mm NATO
8×63mm patron m/32
Ammunition belt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1939
Kulspruta m/42 Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori Kulspruta 42 002 (cropped).jpg 6.50×55mm
7.62×51mm NATO
8×63mm patron m/32
Ammunition belt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1942
L86 LSW Royal Small Arms Factory Modified LSW with new magazine SA80 Climate trial Kuwait 30-05-2001.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1970s
Lahti-Saloranta M/26 Valtion kivääritehdas Lahti-Saloranta m26 Mikkeli 1.JPG 7.62×53mmR Detachable box magazine Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1925
Lewis gun Birmingham Small Arms Company Lewis Gun (derivated).jpg 7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield)
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Pan magazine Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
1914
Leichtes Maschinengewehr Modell 1925 W+F Bern Furrer M25 Right.jpg 7.50×55mm Swiss Detachable box magazine Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1925
LSAT light machine gun LSAT LMG concept.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2003
LWMMG General Dynamics,

LoneStar Future Weapons

8.60×63mm (known as .338 Norma Magnum) Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2014
M2 Browning General Dynamics M2 Browning, Musee de l'Armee.jpg 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1933
M27 IAR Heckler & Koch Integrated Task Force Marines drive home M27 IAR 101 141203-M-DU612-015.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2008
M60 Saco Defense
U.S. Ordnance
M60 machine gun DA-ST-84-04992.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1957
M60E3 Saco Defense
U.S. Ordnance
030104-N-7676W-058 - M60E3 live fire exercise.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1986
M73 General Electric M73 2 (50623468506) (cropped).jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1959
M85 General Electric M85.gif 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1959
M134 Minigun General Electric HH-3-minigun-vietnam-19681710.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1960
M240 Medium Machine Gun Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal PEO M240B Profile.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1950s
M249 Machine Gun Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal PEO M249 Para ACOG.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1976
M1895 Colt–Browning Colt's Manufacturing Company
Marlin Firearms
Colt Potato Digger.JPG 6.00mm Lee Navy
6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano
7×57mm Mauser
7.62×54mmR
7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield)
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.82×58.8mm (known as.30-40 Krag)
Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1889
M1917 Browning Browning Heavy Machine Gun, water cooled, M1917, 1918, WWI (32916860696).jpg 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1917
M1918 Browning Winchester Repeating Arms Company Army Heritage Museum B.A.R..jpg 6.50×55mm
7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1917
M1919 Browning Browning M1919a.png 6.50×55mm
7.50×54mm French
7.62×51mm NATO
7.62×54mmR
7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield)
7.65×53mm Argentine
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.92×57mm Mauser
8×63mm patron m/32
Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1919
M1921 Browning 12,7 mm Colt anti-aircraft machine gun on Norwegian destroyer.JPG 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1929
M1926 SAFAT D50-2 Nr 097 (i) (1943-11-01) 6,5 mm leichtes Maschinengewehr 097 (i) - Mitragliatrice leggera Fiat 26 (Bild).png 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Ammunition belt Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1926
M1941 Johnson Melvin Johnson JOHNSONMG1.jpg 7.62×63mm

(known as .30-06 Springfield)

Detachable box magazine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1940
MAG-58 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne FN MAG.jpg 7.62x51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of France.svg  France 1958
MAC 1931 Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault Mitrailleuse mle 31.jpg 7.50×54mm French Pan magazine Flag of France.svg  France 1931
MAC 1934 Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault 7.50×54mm French Ammunition belt/Drum magazine Flag of France.svg  France 1934
Madsen machine gun Compagnie Madsen Madsen machine gun with magazine.jpg 6.50×55mm
7×57mm Mauser
7.62×51mm NATO
7.62×54mmR
7.65×53mm Argentine
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1896
Madsen-Saetter machine gun DISA [6] 12,7mm Madsen-Saetter on naval mount in Aalborg Forsvars- og Garnisonsmuseum, pic2.JPG 7.62×63mm

(known as .30-06 Springfield)

Ammunition belt Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1952
Mark 48 machine gun FN Herstal Mk 48 PEO Soldier.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2003
Maxim gun Maxim Gun Company, Vickers Maxim gun, Georgian national museum.JPG 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Ammunition belt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1883
Maxim-Tokarev Tula Arms Plant Tokarev-s-synom.jpg 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1923
McCrudden light machine rifle (Did not enter production) McCrudden Mk1 light machine rifle.png 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Detachable box magazine Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1919
Mendoza C-1934 Productos Mendoza Mendoza m1934.jpg 7×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1928
Mendoza RM2 Productos Mendoza Armamento - Museo de Armas de la Nacion 03.JPG 7.62×63mm

(known as .30-06 Springfield)

Detachable box magazine Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1928
MG 3 Rheinmetall BundeswehrMG3.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1959
MG 08 Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken MG 08 noBG.png 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 1908
MG 11 Waffenfabrik Bern MG Modell 1911 Schweiz.JPG 7.50×55mm Swiss Ammunition belt Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1911
MG 13 Simson Munster MG13 (dark1).jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 1928
MG 15 Bergmann
Rheinmetall
Munster MG15 (dark1).jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Drum magazine Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 1920s
MG 17 machine gun Rheinmetall MG 17.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 1934
MG 30 Steyr-Daimler-Puch 1671 - Salzburg - Festung Hohensalzburg - Osterreichisch leichtes Maschinengewehr.JPG 7×57mm Mauser
7.92×57mm Mauser
8×56mmR
Detachable box magazine Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
1930s
MG 34 Mauser
Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Waffenwerke Brünn
Digital Museum MG 34 Right.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 1934
MG 39 Rh Rheinmetall 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 1937
MG 42 Mauser
Wilhelm-Gustloff-Stiftung
Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Metall-und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß
MAGET
MG42 1 noBG.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 1942
MG 45 Mauser MG42 45-Display noBG.png 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 1944
MG 51 Waffenfabrik Bern 7.5mm MG 51.jpg 7.50×55mm Swiss
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1951
MG 60 Rheinmetall 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1960
MG 81 Mauser MG 81.JPG 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 1939
MG 131 Rheinmetall Letecke muzeum Kbely (127).jpg 13×64mmB Ammunition belt Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 1938
Mini-SS Denel Land Systems 24- Saudi Border Guards Machine Gun (My Trip To Al-Jenadriyah 32).jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1990s
Nikonov machine gun Izhmash 5.45×39mm Detachable box magazine Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1977
NSV machine gun Metallist
Uralsk
Kazakh SSR
12,7 NSV Turku 3.JPG 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1971
REAPR Ohio Ordnance Works 8.60×63mm (known as .338 Norma Magnum),

7.62×51mm NATO

Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2024
Parabellum MG 14 Karl Heinemann Parabellum-mg14.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 1913
Perino Model 1908 Perino-M.G. Kaliber 6.5mm.jpg 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Feed Strip Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1901
Pindad SM-2 PT Pindad SM2 V2 buatan Pindad.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2003
Pindad SM-3 Pindad Pindad SM3 LMG.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2003
Pindad SM-5 Pindad SM-5 Kal. 12.7 mm.jpg 12.7×108mm Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2003
PK
PKP Pecheneg
Degtyaryov Plant, TsNITTochMash Pecheneg machine gun.jpg 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union , Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1961-2001
PM M1910 Filial TsVMM <<Doroga zhizni>>, Maksim.jpg 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1909
PMT-76 Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2019
Puteaux APX Machine Gun Puteaux m1905.jpg 8.00mm Lebel Feed Strip Flag of France.svg  France 1905
PZD 556DSS 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
PZD 762DSS 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
PZD Mk24DSS 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2024
QBB-95 China North Industries Corporation Machine gun Type95.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO
5.80×42mm DBP87
Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1997
QJY-88 China North Industries Corporation QJY-88 general purpose machine gun 20220203.jpg 5.80×42mm Ammunition belt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1980s
Rheinmetall RMG.50 Rheinmetall 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2008
Rheinmetall RMG.7.62 Rheinmetall 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt

Triple barrel

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2013
Rolls-Royce Experimental Machine Gun Rolls-Royce 12.7×99mm NATO

.55 Boys

Ammunition belt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1940
Rossignol ENT ENT Rossignol ENT.jpg 6x60mmFlag of France.svg  France 1900
RPD LMG-RPD-44.jpg 7.62×39mm Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1943
RPK Molot plant 2003 GAF RPK (1).jpg 7.62×39mm M43 Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1961
RPK74 Molot plant Soviet RPK-74.JPEG 5.45×39mm M74 Detachable box magazine Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1961
RPK16 Kalashnikov Concern RPK-16 machine gun at Military-technical forum ARMY-2016 01.jpg 5.45x39mm M74 Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2016
RPL-20 Kalashnikov Concern Army-2020-297.JPG 5.45x39mm M74 Ammunition belt Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2020
Ruger machine gun Bill Ruger 7.62×63mm

(known as .30-06 Springfield)

Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1941
Salvator-Dormus M1893 Škoda Works MG-Salvator Dormus.jpg 8.00×50mmR Mannlicher Detachable box magazine Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austrian Empire
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Kingdom of Hungary
1893
Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 Škoda Works MG 07 12 for AA fire.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser
8.00×50mmR Mannlicher
Ammunition belt Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austrian Empire
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Kingdom of Hungary
1905
SG-43 Goryunov A right side view of a Soviet 7.62 mm SGM Goryunov medium machine gun with rear sight and carrying handle up.jpg 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1940
Schirokauer machine gunSchirgun corporation 7.62×63mm

(known as .30-06 Springfield)

Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1941
SIG KE7 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft Light Machine Gun (9885112416).jpg 7.00×57mm Mauser

7.65×53mm Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser

Detachable box magazine Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1929
SIG MG 50 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 7.00×57mm Mauser

7.65×53mm Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser

Ammunition belt Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1951
SIG MG 710-3 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft SIG MG 710-3.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1955
SIG Sauer MG 338 SIG Sauer LMG-M (early RM338).png 8.60×63mm (known as .338 Norma Magnum) Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2018
Sterling 7.62 Sterling Armaments Company 7.62×51mm NATO Detachable box magazine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
St. Étienne Mle 1907 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-125-0289-29, Frankreich, Soldat (frz.-) MG untersuchend.jpg 8.00×51mmR French Ammunition belt

Feed Strip (Later version)

Flag of France.svg  France 1908
STK 50MG ST Kinetics CIS 50 HMG.jpg 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1991
Stoner 63/63A Light Machine Gun Cadillac Gage Vietnam p05.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1962
Sumitomo Minimi Sumitomo Heavy Industries JGSDF Minimi 20100418.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1975
Sumitomo Type 62 Sumitomo Heavy Industries Japan Type 62 General Purpose Machine Gun.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1954
SureFire MGX SureFire LLC 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2002
T23 machine gun Springfield Armoury 7.62×63mm

(known as .30-06 Springfield)

Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1943
T24 machine gun Saginaw Steering Gear T24mg6.jpg 7.62×63mm

(known as .30-06 Springfield)

Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1944
Taden gun Royal Small Arms Factory 7.00mm Mk 1 Z Ammunition belt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1951
Type 1 heavy machine gun Type 1 hmg.jpg 7.70×58mm Arisaka Feed Strip Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1941
Type 2 machine gun Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-612-2281-09, Russland, Mechaniker mit Bordwaffe (MG 15-).jpg 13×64mmB Ammunition belt Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1942
Type 3 heavy machine gun Koishikawa Arsenal Type 3 Taisho 14 heavy machine gun.jpg 6.50×50mm Arisaka Feed Strip Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1914
Type 11 light machine gun Japanese Type 11 LMG from 1933 book.jpg 6.50×50mm Arisaka HopperMerchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1922
Type 67 machine gun China North Industries Corporation ChineseType672MG.jpg 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1959
Type 77 heavy machine gun China North Industries Corporation Chinese Type 1977 12.7mm Anti-Aircraft Gun (9884978786).jpg 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1977
Type 80 machine gun China North Industries Corporation VOA Arrott - A View of Syria, Under Government Crackdown 08.jpg 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1980
Type 81 squad machine gun Machine gun Type81.jpg 7.62×39mm Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1971
Type 85 heavy machine gun China North Industries Corporation M23 soldier Bunagana Hill.jpg 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1985
Type 89 fixed aircraft machine gun Twee TNI of Laskar soldaten op een kruispunt bij een zware mitrailleur dat is ..., Bestanddeelnr 882.jpg 7.70x58mmSR Type 89 Ammunition belt Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1929
Type 89 machine gun flexible type 7.7mmType89DualMG.jpg 7.70x58mmSR Type 89 Pan magazine Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1929
Type 90 machine gun 205th Armory M2 Machine Gun mounted on Top of CM-21A 20120324.jpg 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 2001
Type 92 machine gun Navy Type 92 flexible.JPG 7.70x56mmR Type 87 Pan magazine Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1932
Type 92 heavy machine gun Japanese Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.jpg 7.70×58mm Arisaka Feed Strip Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1932
Type 93 heavy machine gun Yokosuka Naval Yard Machine gun (AM 775497).jpg 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss box/ ffffMerchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1933
Type 96 light machine gun Kokura Arsenal
Nagoya Arsenal
Mukden
Machine gun Type 96 1.jpg 6.50×50mm Arisaka Detachable box magazine Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1936
Type 97 light machine gun Type97LMG.jpg 7.70×58mm Arisaka Detachable box magazine Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1937
Type 97 aircraft machine gun 7.7mmType97AircraftMG.jpg 7.70x56mmR Type 87 Ammunition belt Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1937
Type 99 light machine gun Kokura Arsenal
Nagoya Arsenal
Type99LMG.JPG 7.70×58mm Arisaka Detachable box magazine Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan 1939
Type 100 machine gun Type 100 machine gun at Satriamandala.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Drum magazine Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
UKM-2000 Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów UKM2000P REMOV.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2000
Ultimax 100 ST Kinetics Cis-ultimax-100.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1977
Ultimax 100 Mk 9 light ST Engineering 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2024 [7]
Uk vz. 59 Zbrojovka Vsetín Kulomet UK-L vzor 59.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO
7.62×54mmR
Ammunition belt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1956
Vektor SS-77 Denel Land Systems 24- Saudi Border Guards Machine Gun (My Trip To Al-Jenadriyah 32).jpg 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 1977
Vickers .50 machine gun Vickers-Armstrongs MWP Vickers HMG.JPG 12.7×81mm [8] Ammunition belt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1932
Vickers-Berthier Vickers-Armstrong
Rifle Factory Ishapore
Vickers-Berthier-M1924-light-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Detachable box magazine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1932
Vickers K machine gun (VGO) Vickers-Armstrong Vickers K cockpit.jpg 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Pan magazine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1935
Vickers machine gun Vickers Limited Vickers Machine Gun YORCM CA78ac.JPG 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Ammunition belt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1912
VMG 1927 MG-Vollmer in der WTS Koblenz.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Drum magazine Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 1927
W85 heavy machine gun Norinco TankBiathlon2016Final-11 (cropped).jpg 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1980
Weibel M/1932 Dansk Industri Syndikat 7.00×44mm Danrif Detachable box magazine Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1932
XM133 Minigun General Electric
Garwood Industries
Dillon Aero
DeGroat Tactical Armaments
McNally Industries LLC
7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States
XM250 Next Generation Machine Gun SIG Sauer SIG Sauer XM250.png 6.80×51mm Common Cartridge (known as .277 Fury) Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2022
XM312
(Cancelled project) [9]
Project Manager Soldier Weapons
General Dynamics
XM312-04.jpg 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2000
XM806
(Cancelled project)
General Dynamics PEO XM806 .50-caliber LMG.jpg 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2009
Zastava M02 Coyote Zastava Arms M02 Kojot.jpg 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Zastava M72 Zastava Oružja M72B1.jpg 7.62×39mm Detachable box magazine Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1972
Zastava M77 Zastava Oružja M77B1.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO Detachable box magazine Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1977
Zastava M84 Zastava Arms M84 mg.jpg 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1984
Zastava M87 Zastava Arms Bangladesh Army Zastava M87.jpg 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1987
ZB-50 Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1932
ZB-60 Zbrojovka Brno ZB vz. 60.jpg 15×104mm Brno Ammunition belt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1935
ZB-53 Zbrojovka Brno 7.9mm Machine Gun (9884972386).jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1930
ZB vz. 26 Zbrojovka Brno ZB-26 in Taipei.JPG 7.92×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1923
ZB vz. 30 Zbrojovka Brno Romanian Patriotic Guards Training 1.jpg 7.92×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1930

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Chapter 16: Revelli Machine Gun The Machine Gun
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  9. Common Close Support Weapon (CCSW)