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This is a list of machine guns and their variants.
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,62 ITKK 31 VKT | Valtion Kivääritehdas | 7.62×53mmR | 1931 | ||
| 7.62 KVKK 62 | Valmet |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1950s | |
| AA-52 | Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne |
|
7.50×54mm French 7.62×51mm NATO |
1950 | |
| UP 7.62 | MSN | — | 7.62×54mmR | 2011 | |
| HP 7.62 | MSN | — | 7.62×54mmR | 2011 | |
| AEK-999 | Kovrov Machinebuilding Plant |
|
7.62×54mmR | 2008 | |
| Agar gun | .58 rifle cartridge | 1861 | |||
| Ares Shrike 5.56 | Ares Defence | — | 5.56×45mm NATO | 2002 | |
| Bailey machine gun |
|
.32 rifle cartridge | 1875 | ||
| Barnitzke machine gun | — | 7.92×57mm Mauser | |||
| Beretta AS70/90 | Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta | — | 5.56×45mm NATO | ||
| Berezin UB | 12.7×108mm | 1937 | |||
| Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun | Theodor Bergmann Louis Schmeisser |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1910 | |
| Besa machine gun | Birmingham Small Arms Company | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1936 | ||
| Besal | Birmingham Small Arms Company | — | 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) | 1940 | |
| Blüm machine gun | Degtyarev plant | — | 5.60×15mmR (known as .22 Long Rifle) | 1929 | |
| Breda 30 | Breda Meccanica Bresciana |
|
6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano | 1930 | |
| Breda 38 | Breda Meccanica Bresciana |
|
8.00×59mm RB Breda | 1938 | |
| Breda M37 | Breda Meccanica Bresciana |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser 8.00×59mm RB Breda |
1936 | |
| Breda Mod. 5C | Breda Meccanica Bresciana |
|
6.50×52mm Carcano | ||
| Breda-SAFAT machine gun | Società Italiana Ernesto Breda per Costruzioni Meccaniche Breda Meccanica Bresciana Società Italiana Ernesto Breda Società Anonima Fabbrica Armi Torino |
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) 12.7×81mmSR |
1935 | ||
| Bren light machine gun | Royal Small Arms Factory |
|
7.62×51mm NATO 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) 7.92×57mm Mauser |
1935 | |
| Browning wz.1928 | Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1928 | |
| CETME Ameli | General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas | 5.56×45mm NATO | 1975 | ||
| Charlton Automatic Rifle | Charlton Motor Workshops |
|
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) | 1941 | |
| Chauchat | SIDARME Gladiator |
8.00×51mmR French | 1907 | ||
| Ckm wz. 30 | Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1930 | |
| Colt Machine Gun | Colt's Manufacturing Company | — | 5.56×45mm NATO | 1965 | |
| Colt Automatic Rifle |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 1982 | ||
| Darne machine gun | Hotchkiss et Cie |
|
7.50×54mm French 8.00×51mmR French |
1916 | |
| Degtyaryov machine gun | Degtyaryov Plant |
|
7.62×54mmR | 1927 | |
| DShK | Tula Arms Plant |
|
12.7×108mm | 1938 | |
| Dror light machine gun | Haganah Israel Military Industries |
|
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) 7.92×57mm Mauser |
1946 | |
| DS-39 | Tula Arms Plant |
|
7.62×54mmR | 1930 | |
| EMER-K1 LMG | Myanmar Fritz Werner Industries | — | 5.56×45mm NATO | ||
| EPK (Pyrkal) Machine gun | Pyrkal | 7.92×36mm EPK | 1939 | ||
| Fallschirmjager 42 | Rheinmetall |
|
7.92x57mm Mauser | 1941 | |
| Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 | FIAT[1] | 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano | 1913[1] | ||
| Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935 | Società Metallurgica Bresciana |
|
8.00×59mm RB Breda | 1934 | |
| Fittipaldi machine gun | (Did not enter production) | 7.65×53mm Argentine | 1912 | ||
| FM 24/29 light machine gun | Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault | 7.50×54mm French | 1923 | ||
| FN BRG-15 | Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal | — | 15.5×115mm | 1980s | |
| FN EVOLYS | FN Herstal | File:Evolys 5.56 et 7.62.jpg | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO |
2021 | |
| FN Minimi | FN Herstal |
|
5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO |
1974 | |
| FN MAG | Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1950 | |
| Fokker-Leimberger | A.H.G. Fokker and Leimberger | — | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1916 | |
| Furrer M25 | Waffenfabrik Bern | 7.5×55mm Swiss | 1925 | ||
| Gatling gun |
|
1862 | |||
| GAU-19 | General Dynamics |
|
12.7×99mm NATO | 1983 | |
| Gorgas machine gun | — | 1860s | |||
| Heckler & Koch HK21
HK25 |
Heckler & Koch |
|
7.62×51mm NATO 5.56×45mm NATO |
1961 | |
| Heckler & Koch MG4 | Heckler & Koch |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 1990s | |
| Heckler & Koch MG5 | Heckler & Koch |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 2010 | |
| Heckler & Koch 421 | Heckler & Koch | — | 7.62×51mm NATO | 2023 [2] | |
| HMG PK-16 | POF | 12.7×108mm | 2016 | ||
| Ho-103 | 12.7×81mmSR | 1941 | |||
| Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié |
Hotchkiss et Cie | 7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield) 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) 8.00×51mmR French |
1901 | ||
| Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun | Hotchkiss et Cie |
|
6.50×50mm Arisaka 6.50×55mm 7.00×57mm Mauser 8.00×51mmR 11 mm Gras |
1914 | |
| Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun | Hotchkiss et Cie |
|
8.00×51mmR French | 1922 | |
| Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun | Hotchkiss et Cie |
|
13.2×96mm | 1920s | |
| Huot Automatic Rifle | (Did not enter production) |
|
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) | 1916 | |
| IMI Negev | Israel Weapon Industries |
|
5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO |
1985 | |
| IP-2 | TsNIITochMash |
|
5.45×39mm | 1971 | |
| In-Line | AAI Corporation | — | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1969 | |
| INSAS LMG | Ordnance Factories Board | 5.56×45mm NATO | 1998 | ||
| K12 | SNT Motiv | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1981 | ||
| K3 | Daewoo Precision Industries |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 2021 | |
| Kbkm wz. 2003 |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 2003 | ||
| Kg m/40 light machine gun | Svenska Automatvapen AB |
|
6.50×55mm | 1940 | |
| Kk 62 | Valmet | 7.62×39mm | 1950s | ||
| KMG556CL | Kalekalip | — | 5.56×45mm NATO | 2020s | |
| Knight's Armament Company LMG | Knight's Armament Company | — | 5.56×45mm NATO | 1986 | |
| Kord machine gun | Degtyaryov Plant |
|
12.7×108mm | 1990s | |
| KPV heavy machine gun | Degtyaryov Plant |
|
14.5×114mm | 1944 | |
| Kulspruta m/39 | Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori | 6.50×55mm 7.62×51mm NATO 8×63mm patron m/32 |
1939 | ||
| Kulspruta m/42 | Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori |
|
6.50×55mm 7.62×51mm NATO 8×63mm patron m/32 |
1942 | |
| L86 LSW | Royal Small Arms Factory |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 1970s | |
| Lahti-Saloranta M/26 | Valtion kivääritehdas | 7.62×53mmR | 1925 | ||
| Lewis gun | Birmingham Small Arms Company |
|
7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield) 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) 7.92×57mm Mauser |
1914 | |
| Leichtes Maschinengewehr Modell 1925 | W+F Bern | 7.50×55mm Swiss | 1925 | ||
| LSAT light machine gun |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 2003 | ||
| M2 Browning | General Dynamics |
|
12.7×99mm NATO | 1933 | |
| M27 IAR | Heckler & Koch |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 2008 | |
| M60 | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1957 | |
| M60E3 | Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1986 | |
| M73 | General Electric | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1959 | ||
| M85 | General Electric |
|
12.7×99mm NATO | 1959 | |
| M134 Minigun | General Electric |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1960 | |
| M240 Medium Machine Gun | Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1950s | |
| M249 Machine Gun | Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 1976 | |
| M1895 Colt–Browning | Colt's Manufacturing Company Marlin Firearms |
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) |
1889 | ||
| M1917 Browning |
|
7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) | 1917 | ||
| M1918 Browning | Winchester Repeating Arms Company |
|
6.50×55mm 7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield) 7.92×57mm Mauser |
1917 | |
| M1919 Browning |
|
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 |
1919 | ||
| M1921 Browning | 12.7×99mm NATO | 1929 | |||
| M1926 | SAFAT | — | 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) | 1926 | |
| M1941 Johnson | Melvin Johnson |
|
7.62×63mm
(known as.30-06 Springfield) |
1940 | |
| MAC-58 | Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne | — | 12.7×99mm NATO | 1958 | |
| MAC 1931 | Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault |
|
7.50×54mm French | 1931 | |
| MAC 1934 | Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault | — | 7.50×54mm French | 1934 | |
| Madsen machine gun | Compagnie Madsen |
|
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 |
1896 | |
| Madsen-Saetter machine gun | DISA[3] | 7.62×63mm
(known as.30-06 Springfield) |
1952 | ||
| Mark 48 machine gun | FN Herstal |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 2003 | |
| Maxim gun | Maxim Gun Company, Vickers | 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) | 1883 | ||
| Maxim-Tokarev | Tula Arms Plant |
|
7.62×54mmR | 1923 | |
| McCrudden light machine rifle | (Did not enter production) | — | 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) | 1919 | |
| Mendoza C-1934 | Productos Mendoza |
|
7×57mm Mauser | 1928 | |
| Mendoza RM2 | Productos Mendoza | 7.62×63mm
(known as.30-06 Springfield) |
1928 | ||
| MG 3 | Rheinmetall |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1959 | |
| MG 08 | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1908 | |
| MG 11 | Waffenfabrik Bern | 7.50×55mm Swiss | 1911 | ||
| MG 13 | Simson |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1928 | |
| MG 15 | Bergmann Rheinmetall |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1920s | |
| MG 17 machine gun | Rheinmetall |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1934 | |
| MG 30 | Steyr-Daimler-Puch | 7×57mm Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser 8×56mmR |
1930s | ||
| MG 34 | Mauser Steyr-Daimler-Puch Waffenwerke Brünn |
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1934 | ||
| MG 39 Rh | Rheinmetall | — | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1937 | |
| MG 42 | Mauser Wilhelm-Gustloff-Stiftung Steyr-Daimler-Puch Metall-und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß MAGET |
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1942 | ||
| MG 45 | Mauser |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1944 | |
| MG 51 | Waffenfabrik Bern |
|
7.50×55mm Swiss 7.62×51mm NATO |
1951 | |
| MG 60 | Rheinmetall | — | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1960 | |
| MG 81 | Mauser | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1939 | ||
| MG 131 | Rheinmetall |
|
13×64mmB | 1938 | |
| Mini-SS | Denel Land Systems | — | 5.56×45mm NATO | 1990s | |
| Nikonov machine gun | Izhmash | — | 5.45×39mm | 1977 | |
| NSV machine gun | Metallist Uralsk Kazakh SSR |
12.7×108mm | 1971 | ||
| Parabellum MG 14 | Karl Heinemann |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1913 | |
| Perino Model 1908 |
|
6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano | 1901 | ||
| Pindad SM-2 | PT Pindad |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 2003 | |
| Pindad SM-3 | Pindad |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 2003 | |
| Pindad SM-5 | Pindad |
|
12.7×108mm | 2003 | |
| PK
PKP Pecheneg |
Degtyaryov Plant, TsNITTochMash |
|
7.62×54mmR | 1961-2001 | |
| PM M1910 |
|
7.62×54mmR | 1909 | ||
| PMT-76 | Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation | — | 7.62×51mm NATO | 2019 | |
| Puteaux APX Machine Gun |
|
8.00mm Lebel | 1905 | ||
| QBB-95 | China North Industries Corporation |
|
5.56×45mm NATO 5.80×42mm DBP87 |
1997 | |
| QJY-88 | China North Industries Corporation |
|
5.80×42mm | 1980s | |
| Rheinmetall RMG.50 | Rheinmetall | — | 12.7×99mm NATO | 2008 | |
| Rolls-Royce Experimental Machine Gun | — | 12.7×99mm NATO | 1940 | ||
| RPD |
|
7.62×39mm | 1943 | ||
| RPK | Molot plant |
|
7.62×39mm M43 | 1961 | |
| RPK74 | Molot plant | 5.45×39mm M74 | 1961 | ||
| RPK16 | Kalashnikov Concern |
|
5.45x39mm M74 | 2016 | |
| RPL-20 | Kalashnikov Concern | 5.45x39mm M74 | 2020 | ||
| Salvator-Dormus M1893 | Škoda Works |
|
8.00×50mmR Mannlicher | 1893 | |
| Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 | Škoda Works |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser 8.00×50mmR Mannlicher |
1905 | |
| SG-43 Goryunov |
|
7.62×54mmR | 1940 | ||
| SIG KE7 | Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft |
|
7.00×57mm Mauser
7.65×53mm Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser |
1929 | |
| SIG MG 50 | Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft | — | 7.00×57mm Mauser
7.65×53mm Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser |
1951 | |
| SIG MG 710-3 | Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1955 | |
| SIG Sauer MG 338 | SIG Sauer |
|
8.60×63mm (known as .338 Norma Magnum) | 2018 | |
| Sterling 7.62 | Sterling Armaments Company | — | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||
| St. Étienne Mle 1907 | Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne |
|
8.00×51mmR French | 1908 | |
| STK 50MG | ST Kinetics |
|
12.7×99mm NATO | 1991 | |
| Stoner 63/63A Light Machine Gun | Cadillac Gage |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 1962 | |
| Sumitomo Minimi | Sumitomo Heavy Industries |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 1975 | |
| Sumitomo Type 62 | Sumitomo Heavy Industries |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1954 | |
| SureFire MGX | SureFire LLC | — | 5.56×45mm NATO | 2002 | |
| T24 machine gun | Saginaw Steering Gear |
|
7.62×63mm
(known as.30-06 Springfield) |
1944 | |
| Taden gun | Royal Small Arms Factory | — | 7.00mm Mk 1 Z | 1951 | |
| Type 1 heavy machine gun | — | 7.70×58mm Arisaka | 1941 | ||
| Type 2 machine gun | — | 13×64mmB | 1942 | ||
| Type 3 heavy machine gun | Koishikawa Arsenal |
|
6.50×50mm Arisaka | 1914 | |
| Type 11 light machine gun |
|
6.50×50mm Arisaka | 1922 | ||
| Type 67 machine gun | China North Industries Corporation |
|
7.62×54mmR | 1959 | |
| Type 77 heavy machine gun | China North Industries Corporation |
|
12.7×108mm | 1977 | |
| Type 80 machine gun | China North Industries Corporation |
|
7.62×54mmR | 1980 | |
| Type 81 squad machine gun |
|
7.62×39mm | 1971 | ||
| Type 85 heavy machine gun | China North Industries Corporation |
|
12.7×108mm | 1985 | |
| Type 89 fixed aircraft machine gun |
|
7.70x58mmSR Type 89 | 1929 | ||
| Type 89 machine gun flexible type |
|
7.70x58mmSR Type 89 | 1929 | ||
| Type 90 machine gun | 205th Armory |
|
12.7×99mm NATO | 2001 | |
| Type 92 machine gun | 7.70x56mmR Type 87 | 1932 | |||
| Type 92 heavy machine gun |
|
7.70×58mm Arisaka | 1932 | ||
| Type 93 heavy machine gun | Yokosuka Naval Yard |
|
13.2×99mm Hotchkiss | 1933 | |
| Type 96 light machine gun | Kokura Arsenal Nagoya Arsenal Mukden |
|
6.50×50mm Arisaka | 1936 | |
| Type 97 light machine gun |
|
7.70×58mm Arisaka | 1937 | ||
| Type 97 aircraft machine gun | 7.70x56mmR Type 87 | 1937 | |||
| Type 99 light machine gun | Kokura Arsenal Nagoya Arsenal |
7.70×58mm Arisaka | 1939 | ||
| UKM-2000 | Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 2000 | |
| Ultimax 100 | ST Kinetics |
|
5.56×45mm NATO | 1977 | |
| Uk vz. 59 | Zbrojovka Vsetín |
|
7.62×51mm NATO 7.62×54mmR |
1956 | |
| Vektor SS-77 | Denel Land Systems |
|
5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO |
1977 | |
| Vickers .50 machine gun | Vickers-Armstrongs | 12.7×81mm[4] | 1932 | ||
| Vickers-Berthier | Vickers-Armstrong Rifle Factory Ishapore |
|
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) | 1932 | |
| Vickers K machine gun (VGO) | Vickers-Armstrong |
|
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) | 1935 | |
| Vickers machine gun | Vickers Limited | 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) | 1912 | ||
| VMG 1927 | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1927 | |||
| W85 heavy machine gun | Norinco |
|
12.7×108mm | 1980 | |
| Weibel M/1932 | Dansk Industri Syndikat | — | 7.00×44mm Danrif | 1932 | |
| XM133 Minigun | General Electric Garwood Industries Dillon Aero DeGroat Tactical Armaments McNally Industries LLC |
— | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||
| XM250 Next Generation Machine Gun | SIG Sauer |
|
6.80×51mm Common Cartridge (known as .277 Fury) | 2022 | |
| XM312 (Cancelled project)[5] |
Project Manager Soldier Weapons General Dynamics |
|
12.7×99mm NATO | 2000 | |
| XM806 (Cancelled project) |
General Dynamics |
|
12.7×99mm NATO | 2009 | |
| Zastava M02 Coyote | Zastava Arms | 12.7×108mm | |||
| Zastava M72 | Zastava Oružja |
|
7.62×39mm | 1972 | |
| Zastava M77 | Zastava Oružja |
|
7.62×51mm NATO | 1977 | |
| Zastava M84 | Zastava Arms |
|
7.62×54mmR | 1984 | |
| Zastava M87 | Zastava Arms | — | 12.7×108mm | 1987 | |
| ZB-50 | Zbrojovka Brno | — | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1932 | |
| ZB-60 | Zbrojovka Brno |
|
15×104mm Brno | 1935 | |
| ZB-53 | Zbrojovka Brno |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1930 | |
| ZB vz. 26 | Zbrojovka Brno | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1923 | ||
| ZB vz. 30 | Zbrojovka Brno |
|
7.92×57mm Mauser | 1930 |
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