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List of machine guns

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This is a list of machine guns and their variants.

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Feed Country Year
6P62 12.7×108mm Detachable box magazine  Russia 2010
7,62 ITKK 31 VKT Valtion Kivääritehdas 7.62×53mmR Ammunition belt  Finland 1931
AA-52 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne 7.5×54mm French
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt  France 1950
AAI In-Line AAI Corporation 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 1969
AEK-999 Kovrov Machinebuilding Plant 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Russia 2008
Afanasev A-12.7 Tulamashzavod
Izhmash
Kovrov Machinebuilding Plant
12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1953
Agar gun .58 rifle cartridge Hopper  United States 1861
AGX-16 Dirección General de Industria Militar (DGIM) 5.56x45mm NATO Ammunition belt  Mexico 2023
ALFA M44 Fabrica de Armas de Oviedo 7.62×51mm NATO
7.92×57mm Mauser
Ammunition belt  Spain 1944
Ares Shrike 5.56 Ares Defence 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  United States 2002
ArmaLite AR-104 ArmaLite 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine  United States
AUG HBAR Steyr Arms 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  Austria 1992
Bailey machine gun .32 rifle cartridge  United States 1875
Barnitzke machine gun 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1945
Beretta AS70/90 Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  Italy 1990
Berezin UB 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1937
Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun Theodor Bergmann
Louis Schmeisser
7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1910
Besa machine gun Birmingham Small Arms Company 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  United Kingdom 1936
Besal Birmingham Small Arms Company 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Detachable box magazine  United Kingdom 1940
Billinghurst Requa Battery .58 caliber Magazine  United States 1862-1866
Blüm machine gun Degtyarev plant 5.60×15mmR (known as .22 Long Rifle) Drum magazine  Soviet Union 1929
Breda 30 Breda Meccanica Bresciana 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano
7.35×51mm Carcano
Feed strip  Italy 1930
Breda 38 Breda Meccanica Bresciana 8.00×59mm RB Breda
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine  Italy 1938
Breda M37 Breda Meccanica Bresciana 7.92×57mm Mauser
8.00×59mm RB Breda
Feed strip  Italy 1936
Breda Mod. 5C Breda Meccanica Bresciana 6.50×52mm Carcano Feed strip  Italy 1928
Breda Model 1931 machine gun Società Italiana Ernesto Breda 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss Long Detachable box magazine  Italy 1931
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
Ammunition belt  Italy 1935
Bren light machine gun Royal Small Arms Factory 7.62×51mm NATO
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine  Czechoslovakia
 United Kingdom
1935
Brixia 1923 Brixia 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Detachable box magazine  Italy 1923
Brixia M1930 Brixia 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Detachable box magazine  Italy 1930
Brunswick SAW Brunswick Corporation 6x45mm SAW Ammunition belt  United States 1974
Caldwell machine gun 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Pan magazine  Australia 1915
Caracal CLMG Caracal International 5.56x45mm NATO Ammunition belt  United Arab Emirates 2025
CETME Ameli General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt  Spain 1975
Charlton Automatic Rifle Charlton Motor Workshops 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Detachable box magazine  New Zealand 1941
Chauchat SIDARME
Gladiator
8.00×51mmR French
7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield)
7.92×57mm Mauser
7.65×53mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine  France 1907
Ciężki karabin maszynowy wz. 25 7.92×57mm Mauser Feed strip  Poland 1924
Ciężki karabin maszynowy wz. 30 Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Poland 1930
Colleoni machine gun 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Ammunition belt  Italy 1908
Colt Automatic Rifle Colt Defense 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  United States 1982
Colt IAR6940 Colt's Manufacturing Company 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  United States 2008
Colt Machine Gun Colt's Manufacturing Company 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 1965
Cugir machine gun Cugir Arms Factory 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Romania 1966
ČZ 2000 Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine
Drum magazine
 Czechoslovakia 1990
Daewoo Precision Industries K3 Daewoo Precision Industries 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  South Korea 1991
Darne machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 7.5×54mm French
8.00×51mmR French
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7×57mm Mauser
Ammunition belt  France 1916
Degtyaryov machine gun Degtyaryov Plant 7.62×54mmR Pan magazine  Soviet Union 1927
Denel DMG-5 Denel Land Systems 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  South Africa 2016
Dror light machine gun Haganah
Israel Military Industries
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine  Israel 1946
DS-39 Tula Arms Plant 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1930
DShK Tula Arms Plant 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1938
EMER-K1 LMG Myanmar Fritz Werner Industries 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  Myanmar 1998
EPK (Pyrkal) Machine gun Pyrkal 7.92×36mm EPK Detachable box magazine  Greece 1939
Eriksen M/25 (Did not enter production) 6.5×55mm Swedish Stripper clip box magazine  Norway 1925
EX-17 Heligun Hughes Aircraft Company 7.62×51mm NATO  United States
EYP Hotchkiss (Modified Hotchkiss machine gun) EYP
Hotchkiss et Cie
7.92x57mm Mauser Feed strip  Greece
 France
1939
FA Trapote m/33[1] Fabrica de Armas de Oviedo 7x57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine  Spain 1933
Fallschirmjager 42 Rheinmetall 7.92x57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine  Germany 1941
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 FIAT[2] 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Feed Strip box magazine  Italy 1913[2]
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935 Società Metallurgica Bresciana 8.00×59mm RB Breda Ammunition belt  Italy 1934
Fittipaldi machine gun (Did not enter production) 7.65×53mm Argentine Ammunition belt  Argentina 1912
FM 24/29 light machine gun Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault 7.5×54mm French Detachable box magazine  France 1923
FN BRG-15 Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 15.5×115mm Ammunition belt  Belgium 1980s
FN EVOLYS FN Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt  Belgium 2021
FN Minimi FN Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  Belgium 1974
FN MAG Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Belgium 1950
Fokker-Leimberger A.H.G. Fokker and Leimberger 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1916
Frommer automatic rifle Fegyver- és Gépgyár (FÉG) 7.92x57mm Mauser  Austria-Hungary 1908
Fusil ametrallador Oviedo Fabrica de Armas de Oviedo 7.92x57mm Mauser
7.62×51mm NATO
Detachable box magazine  Spain 1951
Fyodorov–Shpagin Model 1922 6.5×51mm Fyodorov Detachable box magazine  Soviet Union 1922
Garanin general-purpose machine guns 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1957
Gardner gun Pratt & Whitney Measurement Systems .45″ Cartridge Machine Gun Ball Mk III Magazine
Hopper
 United States 1874
Gatling gun Eagle Iron Works
Cooper Firearms Manufacturing Company
Colt's Manufacturing Company
American Ordnance Company
.45-70
.30-40 Krag
.30-03 Springfield
7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield)
Hopper  United States 1862
GAU-19 General Dynamics .50 BMG Ammunition belt  United States 1983
G224
G762
Gestamen Arms 5.56x45mm NATO
7.62x51mm NATO
Ammunition belt  Hungary 2025
Gorgas machine gun  Confederate States 1860s
GShG-7.62 machine gun KBP Instrument Design Bureau 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union 1970
HAMR IAR FN Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO
6.8mm Remington SPC
Detachable box magazine  Belgium 2008
Heckler & Koch 421 Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Germany 2023[3]
Heckler & Koch HK21 Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO
5.56×45mm NATO
Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  West Germany 1961
Heckler & Koch MG36 Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO Drum magazine  Germany 1996
Heckler & Koch MG4 Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt  Germany 1990s
Heckler & Koch MG5 Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Germany 2010
Heckler & Koch XM8 light machine gun Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO Drum magazine  Germany
 United States
2003
HMG PK-16 POF 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Pakistan 2016
Ho-103 12.7×81mmSR Ammunition belt  Japan 1941
Ho-204 cannon 37x144mm  Japan
Ho-301 cannon 40mm caseless  Japan
Ho-401 cannon 57x121R  Japan
Hotchkiss 13.2 mm machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss Long
13.2×96mm Hotchkiss Short
Feed Strip/Detachable box magazine  France 1920s
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
Feed strip  France 1901
Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 8.00×51mmR French
7.5×54mm French
6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer
7×57mm Mauser
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Feed Strip/Detachable box magazine  France 1922
Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 6.50×50mm Arisaka
6.5×55mm Swedish
7.00×57mm Mauser
8.00×51mmR
11 mm Gras
Ammunition belt/Feed Strip  France 1914
HP 7.62 MSN 7.62×54mmR  Azerbaijan 2011
HR-13 Howa 5.56x45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  Japan 1989
Huot Automatic Rifle (Did not enter production) 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Drum magazine  Canada 1916
IWI Negev Israel Weapon Industries 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  Israel 1985
INSAS LMG Ordnance Factories Board 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  India 1998
Johnston light machine gun 7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield) Drum magazine  United States
Karabin lotniczy wz. 36 7.92×57mm_Mauser Ammunition belt  Poland 1930s
Karabin lotniczy wz. 37 Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów 7.92×57mm Mauser Pan magazine  Poland 1937
Kbkm wz. 2003 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  Poland 2003
KB-P-790 KBP Instrument Design Bureau 7.62×39mm Ammunition belt  Soviet Union
Kjellman machine gun Swedish Army 6.5×55mm Swedish Hopper/Belt/Magazine  Sweden 1870
Kk 62 Valmet 7.62×39mm Ammunition belt  Finland 1950s
KMG556CL Kalekalip 5.56×45mm NATO  Turkey 2020s
Knight's Armament Company LAMG Knight's Armament Company 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
6.5mm Creedmoor
Ammunition belt  United States 1986
Knötgen automatic rifle 7.92×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine  Germany 1910
Komodo Armament Eli gun Komodo Armament 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Indonesia
 Italy
2014
Kord machine gun Degtyaryov Plant 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Russia 1990s
KPV heavy machine gun Degtyaryov Plant 14.5×114mm Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1944
Ksp 58 FN Herstal
Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori
6.5×55mm Swedish
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt  Belgium
 Sweden
1958
Kulspruta m/39 Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori 6.5×55mm Swedish
7.62×51mm NATO
8×63mm patron m/32
Ammunition belt  Sweden 1939
Kulspruta m/42 Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori 6.5×55mm Swedish
7.62×51mm NATO
8×63mm patron m/32
Ammunition belt  Sweden 1942
Kulsprutegevär m/40 Svenska Automatvapen AB 6.5×55mm Swedish
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine  Sweden 1940
L86 LSW Royal Small Arms Factory 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  United Kingdom 1970s
L94A1 chain gun Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  United Kingdom 1980
LAD machine gun Central Research Complex for Small Arms and Mortars 7.62×25mm Tokarev Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1942
Lahti-Saloranta M/26 Valtion kivääritehdas 7.62×53mmR Detachable box magazine  Finland 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
Pan magazine  United States
 United Kingdom
1914
Lmg 25 W+F Bern 7.5×55mm Swiss Detachable box magazine   Switzerland 1925
LSAT light machine gun AAI Corporation 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 2003
M2 Browning General Dynamics 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 1933
M2 Stinger G Company, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Ammunition belt  United States 1943
M27 IAR Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  Germany 2008
M45 quad mount W. L. Maxson Corporation .50 BMG Ammunition belt  United States 1944
M60 Saco Defense
U.S. Ordnance
7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 1957
M73 General Electric 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 1959
M85 General Electric 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 1959
M134 Minigun General Electric 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 1960
M240 Medium Machine Gun Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Belgium
 United States
1950s
M242 Bushmaster Hughes Helicopters 25×137mm Ammunition belt  United States 1981
M249 Machine Gun Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  Belgium
 United States
1976
M250 SIG Sauer 6.80×51mm Common Cartridge (known as .277 Fury) Ammunition belt  United States 2022
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)
Ammunition belt  United States 1889
M1917 Browning 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Ammunition belt  United States 1917
M1918 Browning Winchester Repeating Arms Company 6.50×55mm
7.62×63mm (known as.30-06 Springfield)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine  United States 1917
M1919 Browning Buffalo Arms Corporation
Rock Island Arsenal
Saginaw Steering Company
6.50×55mm
7.5×54mm 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  United States 1919
M1921 Browning 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 1929
M1941 Johnson Melvin Johnson 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Detachable box magazine  United States 1940
MA-2 Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries
Myanmar Fritz Werner Industries
5.56×45mm NATO Drum magazine  Myanmar 2002
MA-2 Mk. III Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine  Myanmar 2012
MAC-58 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne .50 BMG Ammunition belt  France 1958
MAC 1934 Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault 7.5×54mm French Ammunition belt/Drum magazine  France 1934
Madsen machine gun Compagnie Madsen 6.5×55mm Swedish
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  Denmark 1896
Madsen-Saetter machine gun DISA[4] 7.62×51mm NATO
7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield)
.50 BMG
Ammunition belt  Denmark 1952
MAG-58 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne FN MAG 7.62x51mm NATO Ammunition belt  France 1958
Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
BAE Systems
25×137mm  United States 1986
Mark 48 machine gun FN Herstal 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 2003
Maxim gun Maxim Gun Company, Vickers 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Ammunition belt  United Kingdom 1883
Maxim M/09-21 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Finland 1921
Maxim M/32-33 7.62×53mmR Ammunition belt  Finland 1931
Maxim-Tokarev Tula Arms Plant 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1923
McCrudden light machine rifle (Did not enter production) 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Detachable box magazine  Australia 1919
Mendoza C-1934 Productos Mendoza 7×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine  Mexico 1928
Mendoza RM2 Productos Mendoza 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Detachable box magazine  Mexico 1928
MG 01 Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Patrone 88  Germany 1901
MG 3 Rheinmetall 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  West Germany 1959
MG 08 Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1908
MG 11 Waffenfabrik Bern 7.5×55mm Swiss Ammunition belt   Switzerland 1911
MG 13 Simson 7.92×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine  Germany 1928
MG 15 Bergmann
Rheinmetall
7.92×57mm Mauser Drum magazine  Germany 1920s
MG 17 machine gun Rheinmetall 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1934
MG 29 Waffenfabrik Bern 7.5×55mm Swiss Ammunition belt   Switzerland 1920s
MG 30 Steyr-Daimler-Puch 7×57mm Mauser
7.92×57mm Mauser
8×56mmR
Detachable box magazine  Austria
  Switzerland
1930s
MG 34 Mauser
Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Waffenwerke Brünn
7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1934
MG 39 Rh Rheinmetall 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1937
MG 42 Mauser
Wilhelm-Gustloff-Stiftung
Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Metall-und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß
MAGET
7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1942
MG 45 Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1944
MG 51 Waffenfabrik Bern 7.5×55mm Swiss
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt   Switzerland 1951
MG 81 Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1939
MG 131 Rheinmetall 13×64mmB Ammunition belt  Germany 1938
M+G project[5] Artillerie-Inrichtingen 7.62x51mm NATO
5.56x45mm NATO
Detachable box magazine
Ammunition belt
 Netherlands 1962
Mitrailleuse Meudon and Nantes government facilities 13 mm (.51 calibre)
11 mm
Magazine  France 1866
Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm FN Herstal
Ericsson
13.2×99mm Hotchkiss Long
.50 BMG
Ammunition belt  Belgium 1939
Montigny mitrailleuse Belgian Armory 11 mm Magazine  Belgium 1863
Model 45A United States Army 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Detachable box magazine  United States
 Philippines
1945
Model 1924/1929D machine gun 7.5×54mm French Detachable box magazine  France
Moharram 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Iran 2014
Nambu-type training light machine gun Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company 6.5mm blanks Detachable box magazine  Japan 1920s
Nikonov machine gun Izhmash 5.45×39mm Detachable box magazine  Soviet Union 1977
Nkm wz. 38 FK Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów 20×138mmB Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine/Ammunition belt  Poland 1938
NSV machine gun Metallist
Uralsk
Kazakh SSR
12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1971
Odkolek M1899 Adolf Odkolek von Újezd Patrone 88 Ammunition belt  Austria-Hungary 1899
REAPR Ohio Ordnance Works 8.60×63mm (known as .338 Norma Magnum),

7.62×51mm NATO

Ammunition belt  United States 2024
Parabellum MG 14 Karl Heinemann 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Germany 1913
Perino Model 1908 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano Feed Strip  Italy 1901
Pindad SM-2 PT Pindad 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Indonesia 2003
Pindad SM-3 Pindad

5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  Indonesia 2003
Pindad SM-5 Pindad 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Indonesia 2003
PK Degtyaryov Plant 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1961
PKP Pecheneg TsNIITochMash
Degtyaryov Plant
7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Russia 2001
PM M1910 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Russia 1909
PMT-76 Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Turkey 2019
PU-21 TsNIITochMash 5.45×39mm Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  Soviet Union 1971
Puteaux APX Machine Gun 8.00mm Lebel Feed Strip  France 1905
PV-1 machine gun Tula Arms Factory 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1927
PZD 556 DSS 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt  Czech Republic 2024
PZD 762 DSS 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Czech Republic 2024
PZD Mk24 DSS 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt  Czech Republic 2024
QJB-95 Norinco 5.56×45mm NATO
5.80×42mm DBP87
Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine  China 1997
QJG-02 Norinco 14.5×114mm Ammunition belt  China 2002
QJS-161 Norinco 5.8×42mm DBP-191 Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine  China
QJY-88 Norinco 5.80×42mm Ammunition belt  China 1980s
QJY-201 Norinco 7.62×51mm DJP-201 Ammunition belt  China 2010s
QJZ-89 Norinco 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  China 1980s
QJZ-171 Norinco 12.7×108mm light-weight ammunition Ammunition belt  China
Reibel machine gun Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault 7.5×54mm French
7.5x55mm Swiss
Pan magazine  France 1931
Rheinmetall MG 60 Rheinmetall 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  West Germany 1960
Rheinmetall RMG.50 Rheinmetall .50 BMG Ammunition belt  Germany 2008
Rheinmetall RMG 7.62 Rheinmetall 7.62×51mm Ammunition belt  Germany 2013
Rieder automatic rifle 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Detachable box magazine  South Africa 1940
Ripley machine gun  United States 1861
Rkm wz. 28 Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów 7.92×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine  Poland 1928
Rodman Laboratories XM235 Rodman Laboratories 6x45mm SAW Ammunition belt  United States 1970s
Rolls-Royce Experimental Machine Gun Rolls-Royce .50 BMG
.55 Boys
Ammunition belt  United Kingdom 1940
Rossignol ENT ENT 6x60mm  France 1900
RPD 7.62×39mm Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1944
RPK Molot plant 7.62×39mm M43 Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine  Soviet Union 1961
RPK-74 Molot plant Soviet_RPK-74 5.45×39mm M74 Detachable box magazine  Soviet Union 1974
RPK-16 Kalashnikov Concern 5.45x39mm M74 Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine  Russia 2016
RPL-20 Kalashnikov Concern 5.45x39mm M74 Ammunition belt  Russia 2020
Ruger machine gun Bill Ruger 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Ammunition belt  United States 1941
S&T Motiv K16 SNT Motiv 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  South Korea 2021
SAFAT M1926 SAFAT 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Ammunition belt  Italy 1926
Salvator-Dormus M1893 Škoda Works 8.00×50mmR Mannlicher Detachable box magazine  Austria-Hungary 1893
Savin–Norov machine gun 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1935
Schwarzlose machine gun Škoda Works 7.92×57mm Mauser
8.00×50mmR Mannlicher
Ammunition belt  Austria-Hungary 1905
Schirokauer machine gun Schirgun corporation 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Ammunition belt  United States 1941
SG-43 Goryunov 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1940
ShKAS machine gun 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1933
SIG KE7 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 7×57mm Mauser
7.65×53mm Mauser
7.92×57mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine   Switzerland 1929
SIG MG 50 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 7×57mm Mauser
7.65×53mm Mauser
7.92×57mm Mauser
Ammunition belt   Switzerland 1951
SIG MG 710-3 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt   Switzerland 1955
SIG Sauer MG 338 SIG Sauer 8.60×63mm (known as .338 Norma Magnum) Ammunition belt  United States 2018
Sosinskiy 1906[6] B. E. Sosinskiy 7.62x54mmR Ammunition belt  Russia 1903
Sterling 7.62 Sterling Armaments Company 7.62×51mm NATO Detachable box magazine  United Kingdom 1950s
St. Étienne Mle 1907 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne 8.00×51mmR French Ammunition belt
Feed Strip (Later version)
 France 1908
STK 50MG ST Kinetics 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt  Singapore 1991
Stoner 63/63A Light Machine Gun Cadillac Gage 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  United States 1962
Sumitomo Minimi Sumitomo Heavy Industries 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  Japan 1975
Sumitomo Type 62 Sumitomo Heavy Industries 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Japan 1954
SureFire MGX SureFire LLC 5.56×45mm NATO
6.8mm Remington SPC
Detachable box magazine  United States 2002
T23E1 machine gun

T23E2 machine gun

Springfield Armory 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Ammunition belt  United States 1943-1944
T24 machine gun Saginaw Steering Gear 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Ammunition belt  United States 1944
T75 light machine gun 205th Armory 5.56×45mm NATO Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  Taiwan 1987
TADEN gun Royal Small Arms Factory 7.00mm Mk 1 Z Ammunition belt  United Kingdom 1951
Tank machine gun type 95/98 Prototypa, a.s. 7.62×51mm NATO
7.62x54mmR
 Czech Republic
TKB-264-42 7.62x54mmR Ammunition belt  Soviet Union 1942
True Velocity RM338 General Dynamics .338 Norma Magnum
.338 Lapua Magnum
Ammunition belt  United States 2014
Type 1 heavy machine gun 7.70×58mm Arisaka Feed Strip  Japan 1941
Type 2 machine gun 13×64mmB Ammunition belt  Japan 1942
Type 3 aircraft machine gun Nihon Seikōjō KK
Suzuka Naval Arsenal
Toyokawa Naval Arsenal
13.2×99mm Hotchkiss Long Ammunition belt  Japan 1943
Type 3 heavy machine gun Koishikawa Arsenal 6.50×50mm Arisaka Feed Strip  Japan 1914
Type 11 light machine gun 6.50×50mm Arisaka Hopper  Japan 1922
Type 67 machine gun Norinco 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  China 1959
Type 73 light machine gun First Machine Industry Bureau 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine  North Korea 1973
Type 77 heavy machine gun Norinco 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  China 1977
Type 80 machine gun Norinco 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  China 1980
Type 81 squad machine gun 7.62×39mm Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine  China 1971
Type 89 fixed aircraft machine gun 7.70x58mmSR Type 89 Ammunition belt  Japan 1929
Type 89 machine gun flexible type 7.70x58mmSR Type 89 Pan magazine  Japan 1929
Type 90 machine gun 205th Armory .50 BMG Ammunition belt  Taiwan 2001
Type 92 heavy machine gun Hino Motors
Hitachi
7.70×58mm Arisaka Feed Strip  Japan 1932
Type 92 machine gun Toyokawa Naval Arsenal
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
7.70x56mmR Type 87 Pan magazine  Japan 1932
Type 93 heavy machine gun Yokosuka Naval Yard 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss box/ ffff  Japan 1933
Type 96 light machine gun Kokura Arsenal
Nagoya Arsenal
Mukden
6.50×50mm Arisaka Detachable box magazine  Japan 1936
Type 97 aircraft machine gun KK Nihon Seikoujo
Suzuka Naval Arsenal
Toyokawa Naval Arsenal
7.70x56mmR Type 87 Ammunition belt  Japan 1937
Type 97 heavy tank machine gun 7.70×58mm Arisaka Detachable box magazine  Japan 1937
Type 98/Type 1 machine gun Nagoya Arsenal
Tagajo Naval Arsenal
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
7.92×57mm Mauser Drum magazine  Japan 1938/1941
Type 99 light machine gun Kokura Arsenal
Nagoya Arsenal
7.70×58mm Arisaka Detachable box magazine  Japan 1939
Type 100 machine gun 7.92×57mm Mauser Drum magazine  Japan 1940
UKM-2000 Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów 7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  Poland 2000
Ultimax 100 ST Kinetics 5.56×45mm NATO Detachable box magazine/Drum magazine  Singapore 1977
Uk vz. 59 Zbrojovka Vsetín 7.62×51mm NATO
7.62×54mmR
Ammunition belt  Czechoslovakia 1956
UP 7.62 MSN 7.62×54mmR  Azerbaijan 2011
Vektor SS-77
Mini-SS
Denel Land Systems 7.62×51mm NATO
5.56×45mm NATO
Ammunition belt  South Africa 1977
Vickers .50 machine gun Vickers-Armstrongs 12.7×81mm[7] Ammunition belt  United Kingdom 1932
Vickers-Berthier Vickers-Armstrong
Rifle Factory Ishapore
7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British)
7.65×53mm Mauser
Detachable box magazine  United Kingdom 1932
Vickers machine gun Vickers Limited 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Ammunition belt  United Kingdom 1912
Vickers K machine gun Vickers-Armstrong 7.70×56mmR (known as .303 British) Pan magazine  United Kingdom 1935
VMG 1927 7.92×57mm Mauser Drum magazine  Germany 1927
Vollmer M35 7.75×40.5 mm
7.75×39.5mm
7.9mm
Detachable box magazine  Germany 1930s
Vz. 52 machine gun Zbrojovka Brno 7.62×45mm
7.62×39mm
Ammunition belt
Detachable box magazine
 Czechoslovakia 1950s
W85 heavy machine gun Norinco 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  China 1980
Weibel M/1932 Dansk Industri Syndikat 7.00×44mm Danrif Detachable box magazine  Denmark 1932
XM133 Minigun General Electric
Garwood Industries
Dillon Aero
DeGroat Tactical Armaments
McNally Industries LLC
7.62×51mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 1969
XM214 Microgun General Electric
General Dynamics
5.56×45mm M193 Ammunition belt  United States 1970s
XM312
(Cancelled project)[8]
Project Manager Soldier Weapons
General Dynamics
12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 2000
XM806
(Cancelled project)
General Dynamics 12.7×99mm NATO Ammunition belt  United States 2009
XR-17 Dasan Machineries Co., Ltd 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
Ammunition belt  South Korea 2023[9]
YakB-12.7 machine gun KBP Instrument Design Bureau 12.7×108mm  Soviet Union 1973
Zastava M02 Coyote Zastava Arms 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Serbia and Montenegro 2002
Zastava M72 Zastava Oružja 7.62×39mm Detachable box magazine  Yugoslavia 1972
Zastava M77 Zastava Oružja 7.62×51mm NATO Detachable box magazine  Yugoslavia 1977
Zastava M84 Zastava Arms 7.62×54mmR Ammunition belt  Yugoslavia 1984
Zastava M87 Zastava Arms 12.7×108mm Ammunition belt  Yugoslavia 1987
ZB-50 Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Czechoslovakia 1932
ZB-53 Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser Ammunition belt  Czechoslovakia 1930
ZB-60 Zbrojovka Brno 15×104mm Brno Ammunition belt  Czechoslovakia 1935
ZB vz. 26 Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine  Czechoslovakia 1923
ZB vz. 30 Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser Detachable box magazine  Czechoslovakia 1930
Zf.Ger.38 7.92×57mm wooden bullet blanks  Germany 1938

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SPAin's ARTILLERY ACADEMY - Small Arms Review". 26 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b Chapter 16: Revelli Machine Gun The Machine Gun
  3. ^ "HK 421 – Heckler & Koch stell neues Maschinengewehr im Kaliber 7,62 mm x 51 vor". soldat-und-technik.de (in German). 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  4. ^ "Madsen-Saetter machine gun (Denmark)" Modern Firearms
  5. ^ https://weaponsandhistory.com/Dutch-Small-Arms-Source/Dutch-Rifle-prototype/
  6. ^ https://www.kalashnikov.ru/baron-2-ruzhyo-pulemyot-sosinskogo-obr-1906-g/
  7. ^ The .5" Vickers Guns and Ammunition
  8. ^ Common Close Support Weapon (CCSW)
  9. ^ "Dasan Shows Wares at Seoul ADEX 2023 – Small Arms Defense Journal". Retrieved 2024-10-02.