Barnitzke machine gun

Barnitzke machine gun
Type	Machine Gun
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Specifications
Cartridge	7.92x57mm
Caliber	7.92mm
Action	Delayed Blowback
Feed system	Belt
Sights	Iron

The Barnitzke machine gun is a machine gun of late World War II German origin. The weapon uses an unusual delayed blowback operation, where during firing the bolt opening is delayed by the rotational inertia of two flywheels, which are driven by a rack and pinion arrangement on the bolt carrier.^[1]^[2]

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List of World War II firearms of Germany
MG 42, successor
MG 81 machine gun
MGD PM-9, an SMG with a flywheel delay

v t e German firearms and light weapons of World War II

Side arms (Pistolen)	Mauser C96 Luger Walther P38 Walther PP and PPK Sauer 38H Mauser HSc Dreyse M1907 Pistol Volkspistole

Rifles and carbines (Gewehre und Karabiner)	Karabiner 98k G 24(t) G 33/40(t) G 98/40 Gewehr 41 Gewehr 43/Karabiner 43 MP 43/MP 44/StG 44 FG 42 M30 Luftwaffe drilling StG 45(M) VG 1-5

Submachine guns (Maschinenpistolen)	MP 18/MP 28 MP 34 MP35 MP 38/MP 40 MP 41 MP 3008 Erma EMP

Machine guns and other larger weapons	MG 08 Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 MG 13 MG 15 MG 26 MG 30 MG 34 MG 42 MG 45 IMG 28 MG 35/36A Faustpatrone Raketen-Panzerbüchse 43 Panzerfaust Panzerschreck Fliegerfaust/Luftfaust Flammenwerfer 35 Flammenwerfer 41 Einstossflammenwerfer 46 Panzerbüchse 39 Solothurn S-18/1000

Mortars (Granatwerfer)	5 cm leGrW 36 8 cm GrW 34 kz 8 cm GrW 42 12 cm GrW 42

Grenades (Granaten)	Model 24 Stielhandgranate Model 43 Stielhandgranate Model 39 Eihandgranate Splitterring Panzerwurfmine Hafthohlladung

Notable foreign-made infantry weapons	Browning Hi-Power as P640(b) Radom wz. 35 Vis as P645(p) ZB vz. 24 as G24(t) ZB vz. 33 as G33/40(t) ZB vz. 26 as MG26(t) Kb ppanc wz.35 as Panzerbüchse 35(p)

German-made cartridges used by the Wehrmacht	7.63×25mm Mauser 7.65×21mm Parabellum 7.92×33mm Kurz 7.92×57mm Mauser 7.92×94mm 9×19mm Parabellum 13.2×92mmSR 20×138mmB

v t e General-purpose machine guns (GPMG)

AA-52 AEK-999 Barnitzke FN MAG Garanin Heckler & Koch HK21 Heckler & Koch HK121 M60 M240 Madsen-Saetter Mekanika Uirapuru MG 34 MG 39 Rh MG 42 MG 51 PK PKP Pecheneg Rheinmetall MG 3 Rheinmetall MG 60 SIG MG 50 SIG MG 710-3 S&T Motiv K12 Sumitomo Type 62 T24 Type 67 Type 80 Uk vz. 59 UKM-2000 Vektor SS-77 Zastava M84

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Barnitzke machine gun

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