List of machine guns

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

Light machine guns

Gun	Manufacturer	Cartridge	Country	Year
Besal	Royal Small Arms Factory	.303 British	United Kingdom	1941
Ares Shrike	Ares Defence	5.56x45mm NATO	United States	2002
M27 IAR	Heckler & Koch	5.56×45mm NATO	Germany	2008
ZB vz. 26	Zbrojovka Brno	8x57mm IS	Czechoslovakia	1923
ZB vz. 30	Zbrojovka Brno	8x57mm IS	Czechoslovakia	1930
Vz. 52	Zbrojovka Brno	7.62mm	Czechoslovakia	1950's
Mondragón rifle	Secretariat of National Defense	7×57mm Mauser	Mexico	1910
Mendoza C-1934	Productos Mendoza	7×57mm Mauser	Mexico	1934
Breda 30	Breda Meccanica Bresciana	6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano	Italy	1930
Browning wz.1928	Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów	7.92x57mm Mauser	Poland	1928
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
Maxim-Tokarev	Tula Arms Factory	7.62x54mmR	Soviet Union	1927
McCrudden light machine rifle		.303 British	Australia	1921
EMERK	Myanmar Heavy Industries	5.56x45mm NATO	Myanmar	2010
EPK	Pyrkal	7.92x36mm EPK	Greece	1939
FG-42	Rheinmetall-Borsig	7.92x57mm Mauser	Nazi Germany	1942
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
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
Huot Automatic Rifle	Dominion Rifle Factory	.303 British	Canada	1916
K3	S&T Daewoo	5.56x45mm NATO	South Korea	1991
IP-2	TsNIITochMash	5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1972
KG/1940	Svenska Automatvapen AB	6.5x55mm	Sweden	1940
Kk 62	Valmet	7.62x39mm	Finland	1960
Lahti-Saloranta M/26	Valtion kivääritehdas	7.62x53mmR	Finland	1927
Lewis Gun	Birmingham Small Arms Company	.303 British .30-06 Springfield	United States United Kingdom	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
M1941 Johnson machine gun	Melvin Johnson	.30-06 Springfield	United States	1940
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	1990
Nikonov	Izhmash	5.45x39mm	Soviet Union	1978
QBB-95	Norinco	5.8x42mm DBP87 5.56x45mm NATO	People's Republic of China	1995
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	1986
Type 11 Light Machine Gun	Tokyo Arsenal	6.5x50mm Arisaka	Japan	1922
Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun	Hotchkiss et Cie	8mm Lebel	France	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	Vollmer	7.92x57mm Mauser	Nazi Germany	1927
Weibel M/1932	Dansk Industri Syndikat	7x44mm	Denmark	1932
Zastava M72	Zastava Oružja	7.62x39mm	Yugoslavia	1973

Medium/general-purpose machine guns

Gun	Manufacturer	Cartridge	Country	Year
Besa machine gun	Birmingham Small Arms Company	7.92x57mm Mauser	United Kingdom	1936
ALFA 44	Fabrica de Armas de Oviedo	7.92x57mm Mauser	Spain	1944
ALFA 55	Fabrica de Armas de Oviedo	7.62mm NATO	Spain	1955
Madsen-Saetter	Dansk Rekyl Riffel Syndikat A/S	7.62mm NATO	Switzerland	1952
Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914		6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano		1914
Uk vz. 59	Zbrojovka Vsetín	7.62mm	Czechoslovakia	1959
Skoda M1909	Škoda Works		Austria-Hungary	1909
Schwarzlose MG M.07/12	Škoda Works	8x50mmR Mannlicher	Austria-Hungary	1905
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
ZB-53	Zbrojovka Brno	7.92 x 57mm Mauser	Czechoslovakia	1936
Fittipaldi		7.92 x 57mm Mauser	Argentina	1912
Fokker	Fokker	6.5x53mm Dutch Mannlicher	Netherlands	1922
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	2012
Ksp m/42 machine gun	n/a	6.5x55mm	Sweden	1942
MAC 1931	Hotchkiss et Cie	7.5x54mm French	France	1931
MAC 1934	Hotchkiss et Cie	7.5x54mm French	France	1934
AA-52	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne	7.5x54mm French	France	1952
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
MG34	Mauser	7.92x57mm Mauser	Nazi Germany	1934
MG42	Metall-und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß AG	7.92x57mm Mauser	Nazi Germany	1942
MG3	Rheinmetall	7.62×51mm NATO	Germany	1959
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	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	1961
Type 67	Norinco	7.62x54mmR	People's Republic of China	1967
Type 80	Norinco	7.62x54mmR	People's Republic of China	1980
PKP Pecheneg	Izhmash	7.62x54mmR		1999
UKM-2000	Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów	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	1935
Zastava M84	Zastava Oružja	7.62x54mmR	Yugoslavia	1985

Heavy machine guns

Gun	Manufacturer	Cartridge	Country	Year
MAC-58	MAS	.50 BMG	France	1958
13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun	Hotchkiss	13.2mm	France	1930
MG 131	Rheinmetall	13mm APT	Nazi Germany	1938
MG 18 TuF	Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg	13x92mm	Germany	1918
MG 08	Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken	8x57 IS	Germany	1908
CIS 50MG	ST Kinetics	.50 BMG	Singapore	2011
Ckm wz.30	Fabryka Karabinow	7.92x57mm Mauser	Poland	1930
DShK	Degtyarev plant	12.7x108mm	Soviet Union	1935
PM M1910	Izhmash	7.62x54mmR		1910
Berezin UB		12.7x108mm	Soviet Union	1930
HK25	Heckler & Koch	12.7x99mm NATO	Germany	1961
Type 77	Norinco	12.7x108mm	People's Republic of China	1976
W85	Norinco	12.7x108mm	People's Republic of China	1985
M2 Browning	General Dynamics	.50 BMG	United States	1921
XM806	General Dynamics	.50 BMG	United States	2012
K6	Daewoo	.50 BMG	South Korea	1990
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
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
Maxim gun	Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim	.303 British	United Kingdom	1884
Type 3 heavy machine gun	Kijiro Nambu	6.5x50mm Arisaka	Japan	1914
Type 92 heavy machine gun	Kijiro Nambu	7.7×58 mm Type 2	Japan	1932
Type 1 heavy machine gun	Kijiro Nambu	7.7x58mm Arisaka	Japan	1941
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

See also

• List of firearms
• List of multiple barrel firearms