List of machine guns


This is a list of machine guns and their variants.
The tables are sortable.
NameManufacturerImageCartridgeCountryYear
7,62 ITKK 31 VKTValtion Kivääritehdas7.62×53mmRFinland1931
AA-52Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne7.5×54mm French
7.62×51mm NATO		France1950
UP 7.62MSN7.62×54mmAzerbaijan2011
HP 7.62MSN7.62×54mmAzerbaijan2011
AEK-999Kovrov Machinebuilding Plant7.62×54mmRRussia2008
Agar gunUnited States1861
Ares Shrike 5.56Ares Defence5.56×45mm NATOUnited States2002
Bailey machine gun.32 rifle cartridgeUnited States1875
Barnitzke machine gun7.92×57mm MauserNazi Germany
Beretta AS70/90Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta5.56×45mm NATOItaly
Berezin UB12.7×108mmSoviet Union1937
Bergmann MG 15nA machine gunTheodor Bergmann
Louis Schmeisser		7.92×57mm MauserGerman Empire1910
Besa machine gunBirmingham Small Arms Company7.92×57mm MauserUnited Kingdom1936
BesalBirmingham Small Arms Company.303 BritishUnited Kingdom1940
Breda 30Breda Meccanica Bresciana6.5×52mm Mannlicher–CarcanoKingdom of Italy1930
Breda 38Breda Meccanica Bresciana8×59mm RB BredaKingdom of Italy1938
Breda M37Breda Meccanica Bresciana8×59mm RB Breda
7.92×57mm Mauser		Kingdom of Italy1936
Breda Mod. 5CBreda Meccanica Bresciana6.5×52mm CarcanoKingdom of Italy
Breda-SAFAT machine gunSocietà Italiana Ernesto Breda per Costruzioni Meccaniche
Breda Meccanica Bresciana
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
Società Anonima Fabbrica Armi Torino		.303 British
12.7×81mmSR		Kingdom of Italy1935
Bren light machine gunRoyal Small Arms Factory.303 British
7.92×57mm Mauser
7.62×51mm NATO		Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom		1935
Browning wz.1928Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów7.92×57mm MauserSecond Polish Republic1928
CETME AmeliGeneral Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas5.56×45mm NATOSpanish State1975
Charlton Automatic RifleCharlton Motor Workshops.303 BritishNew Zealand1941
ChauchatSIDARME
Gladiator		8×51mmR FrenchFrance1907
STK 50MGST Kinetics12.7×99mm NATOSingapore1991
Ckm wz.30Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów7.92×57mm MauserSecond Polish Republic1930
Colt Machine GunColt's Manufacturing Company5.56×45mm NATOUnited States1965
Colt Automatic Rifle5.56×45mm NATOUnited States
Daewoo K3S&T Motiv5.56×45mm NATO
.223 Remington		Republic of Korea1978
Darne machine gunHotchkiss et Cie8×51mmR French
7.5×54mm French		France1916
Degtyaryov machine gunDegtyarev plant7.62×54mmRSoviet Union1927
DShKTula Arms Plant12.7×108mmSoviet Union1938
Dror light machine gun.303 British
7.92×57mm Mauser		Israel1946
DS-397.62×54mmRSoviet Union1930
EMER-K1 LMGMyanmar Fritz Werner Industries5.56×45mm NATOBurma
EPK Machine gunPyrkal7.92×36mm EPKKingdom of Greece1939
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914FIAT6.5×52mm Mannlicher–CarcanoKingdom of Italy1913
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935Società Metallurgica Bresciana8×59mm RB BredaKingdom of Italy1934
Fittipaldi machine gun7.65×53mm ArgentineArgentina1912
FM 24/29 light machine gunManufacture d'armes de Châtellerault7.5×54mm FrenchFrance1923
FN BRG-15Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal15.5×106mmBelgium1980s
FN MAGFabrique Nationale d'Herstal7.62×51mm NATOBelgium1950
FN MinimiFN Herstal5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO		Belgium1974
Fokker-LeimbergerA.H.G. Fokker and Leimberger7.92×57mm MauserGerman Empire1916
Furrer M25Waffenfabrik Bern7.5×55mm SwissSwitzerland1925
Gatling gunUnited States1862
GAU-19General Dynamics.50 BMGUnited States1983
Gorgas machine gunConfederate States of America
Heckler & Koch HK21Heckler & Koch7.62×51mm NATO
5.56×45mm NATO		West Germany1961
Heckler & Koch MG4Heckler & Koch5.56×45mm NATOGermany1990s
Heckler & Koch MG5Heckler & Koch7.62×51mm NATOGermany2010
HMG PK-16POF12.7×108mmPakistan2016
Hotchkiss M1909
Benét–Mercié		Hotchkiss et Cie8×51mmR French
.303 British
.30-06 Springfield		France1901
Hotchkiss M1914 machine gunHotchkiss et Cie8×51mmR French
7×57mm Mauser
6.5×50mm Arisaka
11 mm Gras
6.5×55mm		France1914
Hotchkiss M1922 machine gunHotchkiss et Cie8×51mmR FrenchFrance1922
Hotchkiss M1929 machine gunHotchkiss et Cie13.2×96mmFrance1920s
Huot Automatic Rifle.303 BritishCanada1916
IMI NegevIsrael Weapon Industries5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO		Israel1985
IP-2TsNIITochMash5.45×39mmSoviet Union1971
INSAS LMGOrdnance Factories Board5.56×45mm NATOIndia1998
Kg m/40 light machine gunSvenska Automatvapen AB6.5×55mmSweden1940
Kk 62Valmet7.62×39mmFinland1950s
Knight's Armament Company LMGKnight's Armament Company5.56×45mm NATOUnited States
Kord machine gunDegtyarev plant12.7×108mmRussia1990s
KPV heavy machine gun14.5×114mmSoviet Union1944
Ksp m/42 machine gunCarl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori6.5×55mm
8×63mm patron m/32
7.62×51mm NATO		Sweden1942
L86 LSWRoyal Small Arms Factory5.56×45mm NATOUnited Kingdom1970s
Lahti-Saloranta M/26Valtion kivääritehdas7.62×53mmRFinland1925
Lewis gunBirmingham Small Arms Company.303 British
.30-06 Springfield
7.92×57mm Mauser		United States
United Kingdom		1914
LSAT light machine gun5.56×45mm NATOUnited States2003
M2 Browning machine gunGeneral Dynamics.50 BMGUnited States1933
M27 IARHeckler & Koch5.56×45mm NATOGermany2008
M60 machine gunSaco Defense
U.S. Ordnance		7.62×51mm NATOUnited States1940s
M85 machine gun.50 BMGUnited States
M240 machine gunFabrique Nationale d'Herstal7.62×51mm NATOUnited States1950s
M249 light machine gunFN Herstal5.56×45mm NATOUnited States1976
M1895 Colt–Browning machine gunColt's Manufacturing Company
Marlin Firearms		6mm Lee Navy
7×57mm Mauser
.30-40 Krag
.30-06 Springfield
.303 British
7.62×54mmR
6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano		United States1889
M1917 Browning machine gun.30-06 SpringfieldUnited States1917
M1918 Browning Automatic RifleWinchester Repeating Arms Company.30-06 Springfield
7.92×57mm Mauser
6.5×55mm		United States1917
M1919 Browning machine gun.30-06 Springfield
7.62×51mm NATO
.303 British
7.92×57mm Mauser
6.5×55mm
7.62×54mmR
8×63mm patron m/32
7.65×53mm Argentine
7.5×54mm French		United States1919
M1921 Browning machine gun.50 BMGUnited States1929
M1926 machine gunSAFAT.303 BritishKingdom of Italy1926
M1941 Johnson machine gunMelvin Johnson.30-06 SpringfieldUnited States1940
MAC-58Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne.50 BMGFrance1958
MAC 1931Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault7.5×54mm FrenchFrance1931
MAC 1934Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault7.5×54mm FrenchFrance1934
Madsen machine gunCompagnie Madsen7×57mm Mauser
6.5×55mm
7.92×57mm Mauser
7.65×53mm Argentine
7.62×54mmR
7.62×51mm NATO
.303 British		Denmark1896
Madsen-Saetter machine gunDISA7.62×51mm NATO
.30-06 Springfield		Denmark1952
Mark 48 machine gunFN Herstal7.62×51mm NATOBelgium2003
Maxim gun.303 BritishUnited Kingdom1883
Maxim-TokarevTula Arms Plant7.62×54mmRSoviet Union1923
McCrudden light machine rifle.303 BritishAustralia1919
Mendoza C-1934Productos Mendoza7×57mm MauserMexico1928
Mendoza RM2Productos Mendoza.30-06 SpringfieldMexico1928
MG 08Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken7.92×57mm MauserGerman Empire1908
MG 11Waffenfabrik Bern7.5×55mm SwissSwitzerland1885
MG 137.92×57mm MauserWeimar Republic1928
MG 15Bergmann
Rheinmetall		7.92×57mm MauserWeimar Republic1920s
MG 17 machine gunRheinmetall7.92×57mm MauserNazi Germany1934
MG 30Steyr-Daimler-Puch7.92×57mm Mauser
8×56mmR
7×57mm Mauser		Austria
Switzerland		1930s
MG 34Mauser
Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Waffenwerke Brünn		7.92×57mm MauserNazi Germany1934
MG 39 Rh7.92×57mm MauserNazi Germany1937
MG 42Mauser
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Steyr-Daimler-Puch
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MAGET		7.92×57mm MauserNazi Germany1942
MG 45Mauser7.92×57mm MauserNazi Germany1944
MG 51Waffenfabrik Bern7.5×55mm Swiss
7.62×51mm NATO		Switzerland1951
MG 817.92×57mm MauserNazi Germany
MG 131Rheinmetall13×64BNazi Germany1938
MinigunGeneral Electric7.62×51mm NATOUnited States1960
Mini-SSDenel Land Systems5.56×45mm NATOSouth Africa1990s
Nikonov machine gunIzhmash5.45×39mmSoviet Union1977
NSV machine gunMetallist
Uralsk
Kazakh SSR		12.7×108mmSoviet Union1971
Parabellum MG 14Karl Heinemann7.92×57mm MauserGerman Empire
Pecheneg machine gunTsNIITochMash7.62×54mmRRussia2001
Perino Model 19086.5×52mm Mannlicher–CarcanoKingdom of Italy1901
Pindad SM-2PT Pindad7.62×51mm NATOIndonesia
PK machine gun7.62×54mmRSoviet Union1961
PM M19107.62×54mmRRussian Empire1909
PMT-76Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation7.62×51mm NATO2019
Puteaux APX Machine Gun8mm LebelFrance1905
QBB-95China North Industries Corporation5.8×42mm DBP87
5.56×45mm NATO		People's Republic of China1997
QJY-88China North Industries Corporation5.8×42mmPeople's Republic of China1980s
Rheinmetall MG 3Rheinmetall7.62×51mm NATOWest Germany1959
Rheinmetall MG 60Rheinmetall7.62×51mm NATOWest Germany1960
Rheinmetall RMG.50Rheinmetall.50 BMGGermany2008
Rolls-Royce Experimental Machine Gun.50 BMGUnited Kingdom1940
RPD7.62×39mmSoviet Union1943
RPKMolot plant7.62×39mm M43
5.45×39mm M74		Soviet Union1961
S&T Motiv K12S&T Motiv7.62×51mm NATORepublic of Korea2010
Salvator-Dormus M1893Škoda Works8×50mmR MannlicherAustria-Hungary1893
Schwarzlose MG M.07/12Škoda Works8×50mmR Mannlicher
7.92×57mm Mauser		Austria-Hungary1905
SG-43 Goryunov7.62×54mmRSoviet Union1940
SIG MG 710-3Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft7.62×51mm NATOSwitzerland1955
Sterling 7.62Sterling Armaments Company7.62×51mm NATOUnited Kingdom
St. Étienne Mle 1907Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne8×51mmR FrenchFrance1908
Stoner 63/63A Light Machine GunCadillac Gage5.56×45mm NATOUnited States1962
Sumitomo Type 62Sumitomo Heavy Industries7.62×51mm NATOJapan1954
T24 machine gunSaginaw Steering Gear.30-06 SpringfieldUnited States1944
Taden gunRoyal Small Arms Factory7mm Mk 1 ZUnited Kingdom1951
Type 1 heavy machine gun7.7×58mm ArisakaEmpire of Japan1941
Type 3 heavy machine gun6.5×50mm ArisakaEmpire of Japan1914
Type 11 light machine gun6.5×50mm ArisakaEmpire of Japan1922
Type 67 machine gunChina North Industries Corporation7.62×54mmRPeople's Republic of China1959
Type 77 heavy machine gun12.7×108mmPeople's Republic of China1977
Type 80 machine gunChina North Industries Corporation7.62×54mmRPeople's Republic of China1980
Type 81 squad machine gun7.62×39mmPeople's Republic of China1971
Type 90 machine gun205th Armory.50 BMGRepublic of China2001
Type 92 machine gun7.7×56R Type 87 IJNEmpire of Japan
Type 92 heavy machine gun7.7×58mm ArisakaJapan1932
Type 96 light machine gunKokura Arsenal
Nagoya Arsenal
Mukden		6.5×50mm ArisakaEmpire of Japan1936
Type 97 light machine gun7.7×58mm ArisakaEmpire of Japan1937
Type 99 light machine gunKokura Arsenal
Nagoya Arsenal		7.7×58mm ArisakaEmpire of Japan1939
UKM-2000Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów7.62×51mm NATOPoland2000
Ultimax 100ST Kinetics5.56×45mm NATOSingapore1977
Uk vz. 59Zbrojovka Vsetín7.62×54mmR
7.62×51mm NATO		Czechoslovakia1956
Vektor SS-77Denel Land Systems7.62×51mm NATO
5.56×45mm NATO		1977
Vickers.50 machine gunVickers-Armstrongs12.7×81mmUnited Kingdom1932
Vickers-BerthierVickers-Armstrong
Rifle Factory Ishapore		.303 BritishUnited Kingdom1932
Vickers K machine gun Vickers-Armstrong.303 BritishUnited Kingdom1935
Vickers machine gunVickers Limited.303 BritishUnited Kingdom1912
VMG 19277.92×57mm MauserWeimar Republic1927
W85 heavy machine gunNorinco12.7×108mmPeople's Republic of China
Weibel M/1932Dansk Industri Syndikat7×44mm DanrifDenmark1932
XM133 MinigunGeneral Electric
Garwood Industries
Dillon Aero
DeGroat Tactical Armaments
McNally Industries LLC		7.62×51mm NATOUnited States
XM312
Project Manager Soldier Weapons
General Dynamics		.50 BMGUnited States2000
XM806
General Dynamics.50 BMGUnited States2009
Zastava M02 CoyoteZastava Arms12.7×108mmSerbia and Montenegro
Zastava M72Zastava Oružja7.62×39mmYugoslavia1972
Zastava M77Zastava Oružja7.62×51mm NATOYugoslavia
Zastava M84Zastava Arms7.62×54mmRYugoslavia1984
Zastava M87Zastava Arms12.7×108mmYugoslavia1987
ZB-50Zbrojovka Brno7.92×57mm MauserCzechoslovakia1932
ZB-53Zbrojovka Brno7.92×57mm MauserCzechoslovakia1930
ZB vz. 26Zbrojovka Brno7.92×57mm MauserCzechoslovakia1923
ZB vz. 30Zbrojovka Brno7.92×57mm MauserCzechoslovakia1930