This is a list of machine guns and their variants.


The tables are sortable.

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
7,62 ITKK 31 VKT Valtion Kivääritehdas 7.62×53mmR  Finland 1931
AA-52 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne 7.5×54mm French
7.62×51mm NATO
 France 1950
UP 7.62 MSN 7.62×54mm  Azerbaijan 2011
HP 7.62 MSN 7.62×54mm  Azerbaijan 2011
AEK-999 Kovrov Machinebuilding Plant 7.62×54mmR  Russia 2008
Agar gun .58 rifle cartridge  United States 1861
Ares Shrike 5.56 Ares Defence 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 2002
Bailey machine gun .32 rifle cartridge  United States 1875
Barnitzke machine gun 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany
Beretta AS70/90 Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta 5.56×45mm NATO  Italy
Berezin UB 12.7×108mm  Soviet Union 1937
Bergmann MG 15nA machine gun Theodor Bergmann
Louis Schmeisser
7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1910
Besa machine gun Birmingham Small Arms Company 7.92×57mm Mauser  United Kingdom 1936
Besal Birmingham Small Arms Company .303 British  United Kingdom 1940
Blüm machine gun Degtyarev plant .22 Long Rifle  Soviet Union 1929
Breda 30 Breda Meccanica Bresciana 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano  Italy 1930
Breda 38 Breda Meccanica Bresciana 8×59mm RB Breda  Italy 1938
Breda M37 Breda Meccanica Bresciana 8×59mm RB Breda
7.92×57mm Mauser
 Italy 1936
Breda Mod. 5C Breda Meccanica Bresciana 6.5×52mm Carcano  Italy
Breda-SAFAT machine gun Società Italiana Ernesto Breda per Costruzioni Meccaniche
Breda Meccanica Bresciana
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
Società Anonima Fabbrica Armi Torino
.303 British
12.7×81mmSR
 Italy 1935
Bren light machine gun Royal Small Arms Factory .303 British
7.92×57mm Mauser
7.62×51mm NATO
 Czechoslovakia
 United Kingdom
1935
Browning wz.1928 Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów 7.92×57mm Mauser  Poland 1928
CETME Ameli General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas 5.56×45mm NATO  Spain 1975
Charlton Automatic Rifle Charlton Motor Workshops .303 British  New Zealand 1941
Chauchat SIDARME
Gladiator
8×51mmR French  France 1907
STK 50MG ST Kinetics 12.7×99mm NATO  Singapore 1991
Ckm wz. 30 Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów 7.92×57mm Mauser  Poland 1930
Colt Machine Gun Colt's Manufacturing Company 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 1965
Colt Automatic Rifle 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 1982
Daewoo K3 S&T Motiv

5.56×45mm NATO
.223 Remington
 South Korea 1978
Darne machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 8×51mmR French
7.5×54mm French
 France 1916
Degtyaryov machine gun Degtyaryov Plant 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union 1927
DShK Tula Arms Plant 12.7×108mm  Soviet Union 1938
Dror light machine gun Haganah
Israel Military Industries
.303 British
7.92×57mm Mauser
 Israel 1946
DS-39 Tula Arms Plant 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union 1930
EMER-K1 LMG Myanmar Fritz Werner Industries 5.56×45mm NATO  Burma
EPK (Pyrkal) Machine gun Pyrkal 7.92×36mm EPK  Greece 1939
Fallschirmjager 42 Rheinmetall 7.92x57mm Mauser  Germany 1941
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 FIAT[1] 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano  Italy 1913[1]
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935 Società Metallurgica Bresciana 8×59mm RB Breda  Italy 1934
Fittipaldi machine gun (Did not enter production) 7.65×53mm Argentine  Argentina 1912
FM 24/29 light machine gun Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault 7.5×54mm French  France 1923
FN Minimi FN Herstal

5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
 Belgium 1974
FN BRG-15 Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 15.5×106mm  Belgium 1980s
FN MAG Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 7.62×51mm NATO  Belgium 1950
Fokker-Leimberger A.H.G. Fokker and Leimberger 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1916
Furrer M25 Waffenfabrik Bern 7.5×55mm Swiss   Switzerland 1925
Gatling gun  United States 1862
GAU-19 General Dynamics .50 BMG  United States 1983
Gorgas machine gun  Confederate States 1860s
Heckler & Koch HK21
HK25
Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO
5.56×45mm NATO
 West Germany 1961
Heckler & Koch MG4 Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO  Germany 1990s
Heckler & Koch MG5 Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany 2010
HMG PK-16 POF 12.7×108mm  Pakistan 2016
Ho-103 12.7×81mmSR  Japan 1941
Hotchkiss M1909
Benét–Mercié
Hotchkiss et Cie 8×51mmR French
.303 British
.30-06 Springfield
 France 1901
Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 8×51mmR French
7×57mm Mauser
6.5×50mm Arisaka
11 mm Gras
6.5×55mm
 France 1914
Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 8×51mmR French  France 1922
Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun Hotchkiss et Cie 13.2×96mm  France 1920s
Huot Automatic Rifle (Did not enter production) .303 British  Canada 1916
IMI Negev Israel Weapon Industries 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
 Israel 1985
IP-2 TsNIITochMash 5.45×39mm  Soviet Union 1971
In-Line AAI Corporation 7.62×51mm NATO  United States 1969
INSAS LMG Ordnance Factories Board 5.56×45mm NATO  India 1998
Kbkm wz. 2003 5.56×45mm NATO  Poland 2003
Kg m/40 light machine gun Svenska Automatvapen AB 6.5×55mm  Sweden 1940
Kk 62 Valmet 7.62×39mm  Finland 1950s
Knight's Armament Company LMG Knight's Armament Company 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 1986
Kord machine gun Degtyaryov Plant 12.7×108mm  Russia 1990s
KPV heavy machine gun Degtyaryov Plant 14.5×114mm  Soviet Union 1944
Kulspruta m/39 Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori 6.5×55mm
8×63mm patron m/32
7.62×51mm NATO
 Sweden 1939
Kulspruta m/42 Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori 6.5×55mm
8×63mm patron m/32
7.62×51mm NATO
 Sweden 1942
L86 LSW Royal Small Arms Factory 5.56×45mm NATO  United Kingdom 1970s
Lahti-Saloranta M/26 Valtion kivääritehdas 7.62×53mmR  Finland 1925
Lewis gun Birmingham Small Arms Company .303 British
.30-06 Springfield
7.92×57mm Mauser
 United States
 United Kingdom
1914
LSAT light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 2003
M2 Browning General Dynamics .50 BMG  United States 1933
M27 IAR Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO  Germany 2008
M60 Saco Defense
U.S. Ordnance
7.62×51mm NATO  United States 1957
M60E3 Saco Defense
U.S. Ordnance
7.62×51mm NATO  United States 1986
M73 General Electric 7.62×51mm NATO  United States 1959
M85 .50 BMG  United States 1959
M134 Minigun General Electric 7.62×51mm NATO  United States 1960
M240 Medium Machine Gun Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 7.62×51mm NATO  United States 1950s
M249 Machine Gun Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 1976
M1895 Colt–Browning Colt'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 States 1889
M1917 Browning .30-06 Springfield  United States 1917
M1918 Browning Winchester Repeating Arms Company .30-06 Springfield
7.92×57mm Mauser
6.5×55mm
 United States 1917
M1919 Browning .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 States 1919
M1921 Browning .50 BMG  United States 1929
M1926 SAFAT .303 British  Italy 1926
M1941 Johnson Melvin Johnson .30-06 Springfield  United States 1940
MAC-58 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne .50 BMG  France 1958
MAC 1931 Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault 7.5×54mm French  France 1931
MAC 1934 Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault 7.5×54mm French  France 1934
Madsen machine gun Compagnie Madsen 7×57mm Mauser
6.5×55mm
7.92×57mm Mauser
7.65×53mm Argentine
7.62×54mmR
7.62×51mm NATO
.303 British
 Denmark 1896
Madsen-Saetter machine gun DISA[2] 7.62×51mm NATO
.30-06 Springfield
 Denmark 1952
Mark 48 machine gun FN Herstal 7.62×51mm NATO  Belgium 2003
Maxim gun .303 British  United Kingdom 1883
Maxim-Tokarev Tula Arms Plant 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union 1923
McCrudden light machine rifle (Did not enter production) .303 British  Australia 1919
Mendoza C-1934 Productos Mendoza 7×57mm Mauser  Mexico 1928
Mendoza RM2 Productos Mendoza .30-06 Springfield  Mexico 1928
MG 08 Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1908
MG 11 Waffenfabrik Bern 7.5×55mm Swiss   Switzerland 1885
MG 13 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1928
MG 15 Bergmann
Rheinmetall
7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1920s
MG 17 machine gun Rheinmetall 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1934
MG 30 Steyr-Daimler-Puch 7.92×57mm Mauser
8×56mmR
7×57mm Mauser
 Austria
  Switzerland
1930s
Maschinengewehr 34 Mauser
Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Waffenwerke Brünn
7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1934
MG 39 Rh Rheinmetall 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1937
Maschinengewehr 42 Mauser
Wilhelm-Gustloff-Stiftung
Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Metall-und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß
MAGET
7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1942
Maschinengewehr 1945 Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1944
Maschinengewehr 1951 Waffenfabrik Bern 7.5×55mm Swiss
7.62×51mm NATO
  Switzerland 1951
MG 81 Mauser 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1939
MG 131 Rheinmetall 13×64mmB  Germany 1938
Mini-SS Denel Land Systems 5.56×45mm NATO  South Africa 1990s
Nikonov machine gun Izhmash 5.45×39mm  Soviet Union 1977
NSV machine gun Metallist
Uralsk
Kazakh SSR
12.7×108mm  Soviet Union 1971
Parabellum MG 14 Karl Heinemann 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1913
Perino Model 1908 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano  Italy 1901
Pindad SM-2 PT Pindad 7.62×51mm NATO  Indonesia 2003
Pindad SM-3 Pindad

5.56×45mm NATO  Indonesia 2003
Pindad SM-5 Pindad 12.7×108mm  Indonesia 2003
PK
PKP Pecheneg
Degtyaryov Plant, TsNITTochMash 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union,  Russia 1961-2001
PM M1910 7.62×54mmR  Russia 1909
PMT-76 Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation 7.62×51mm NATO  Turkey 2019
Puteaux APX Machine Gun 8mm Lebel  France 1905
QBB-95 China North Industries Corporation 5.8×42mm DBP87
5.56×45mm NATO
 China 1997
QJY-88 China North Industries Corporation 5.8×42mm  China 1980s
Rheinmetall MG 3 Rheinmetall 7.62×51mm NATO  West Germany 1959
Rheinmetall MG 60 Rheinmetall 7.62×51mm NATO  West Germany 1960
Rheinmetall RMG.50 Rheinmetall .50 BMG  Germany 2008
Rolls-Royce Experimental Machine Gun .50 BMG  United Kingdom 1940
RPD 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union 1943
RPK
RPK74
Molot plant Soviet_RPK-74 7.62×39mm M43 (RPK)
5.45×39mm M74 (RPK74)
 Soviet Union 1961
RPK16 Kalashnikov Concern 5.45x39mm M74  Russia 2016
RPL-20 Kalashnikov Concern 5.45x39mm M74  Russia 2020
S&T Motiv K12 S&T Motiv 7.62×51mm NATO  South Korea 2010
S&T Motiv K15 S&T Motiv 5.56×45mm NATO  South Korea 2018
Salvator-Dormus M1893 Škoda Works 8×50mmR Mannlicher  Austrian Empire
 Kingdom of Hungary
1893
Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 Škoda Works 8×50mmR Mannlicher
7.92×57mm Mauser
 Austrian Empire
 Kingdom of Hungary
1905
SG-43 Goryunov 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union 1940
SIG MG 710-3 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 7.62×51mm NATO   Switzerland 1955
Sterling 7.62 Sterling Armaments Company 7.62×51mm NATO  United Kingdom
St. Étienne Mle 1907 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne 8×51mmR French  France 1908
Stoner 63/63A Light Machine Gun Cadillac Gage 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 1962
Sumitomo Type 62 Sumitomo Heavy Industries 7.62×51mm NATO  Japan 1954
Sumitomo Minimi Sumitomo Heavy Industries 5.56×45mm NATO  Japan 1975
SureFire MGX SureFire LLC 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 2002
T24 machine gun Saginaw Steering Gear .30-06 Springfield  United States 1944
Taden gun Royal Small Arms Factory 7mm Mk 1 Z  United Kingdom 1951
Type 1 heavy machine gun 7.7×58mm Arisaka  Japan 1941
Type 2 machine gun 13×64mmB  Japan 1942
Type 3 heavy machine gun Koishikawa arsenal 6.5×50mm Arisaka  Japan 1914
Type 11 light machine gun 6.5×50mm Arisaka  Japan 1922
Type 67 machine gun China North Industries Corporation 7.62×54mmR  China 1959
Type 77 heavy machine gun China North Industries Corporation 12.7×108mm  China 1977
Type 80 machine gun China North Industries Corporation 7.62×54mmR  China 1980
Type 81 squad machine gun 7.62×39mm  China 1971
Type 85 heavy machine gun China North Industries Corporation 12.7×108mm  China 1985
Type 89 fixed aircraft machine gun 7.7x58mmSR Type 89  Japan 1929
Type 89 machine gun flexible type 7.7x58mmSR Type 89  Japan 1929
Type 90 machine gun 205th Armory .50 BMG  Republic of China 2001
Type 92 machine gun 7.7x56mmR Type 87  Japan 1932
Type 92 heavy machine gun 7.7×58mm Arisaka  Japan 1932
Type 93 heavy machine gun Yokosuka Naval Yard 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss  Japan 1933
Type 96 light machine gun Kokura Arsenal
Nagoya Arsenal
Mukden
6.5×50mm Arisaka  Japan 1936
Type 97 light machine gun 7.7×58mm Arisaka  Japan 1937
Type 97 aircraft machine gun 7.7x56mmR Type 87  Japan 1937
Type 99 light machine gun Kokura Arsenal
Nagoya Arsenal
7.7×58mm Arisaka  Japan 1939
UKM-2000 Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów 7.62×51mm NATO  Poland 2000
Ultimax 100 ST Kinetics 5.56×45mm NATO  Singapore 1977
Uk vz. 59 Zbrojovka Vsetín 7.62×54mmR
7.62×51mm NATO
 Czechoslovakia 1956
Vektor SS-77 Denel Land Systems 7.62×51mm NATO
5.56×45mm NATO
 South Africa 1977
Vickers .50 machine gun Vickers-Armstrongs 12.7×81mm[3]  United Kingdom 1932
Vickers-Berthier Vickers-Armstrong
Rifle Factory Ishapore
.303 British  United Kingdom 1932
Vickers K machine gun (VGO) Vickers-Armstrong .303 British  United Kingdom 1935
Vickers machine gun Vickers Limited .303 British  United Kingdom 1912
VMG 1927 7.92×57mm Mauser  Germany 1927
W85 heavy machine gun Norinco 12.7×108mm  China 1980
Weibel M/1932 Dansk Industri Syndikat 7×44mm Danrif  Denmark 1932
XM133 Minigun General Electric
Garwood Industries
Dillon Aero
DeGroat Tactical Armaments
McNally Industries LLC
7.62×51mm NATO  United States
XM250 Next Generation Machine Gun SIG Sauer .277 Fury   Switzerland 2022
XM312
(Cancelled project)[4]
Project Manager Soldier Weapons
General Dynamics
.50 BMG  United States 2000
XM806
(Cancelled project)
General Dynamics .50 BMG  United States 2009
Zastava M02 Coyote Zastava Arms 12.7×108mm  Serbia and Montenegro
Zastava M72 Zastava Oružja 7.62×39mm  Yugoslavia 1972
Zastava M77 Zastava Oružja 7.62×51mm NATO  Yugoslavia 1977
Zastava M84 Zastava Arms 7.62×54mmR  Yugoslavia 1984
Zastava M87 Zastava Arms 12.7×108mm  Yugoslavia 1987
ZB-50 Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser  Czechoslovakia 1932
ZB-60 Zbrojovka Brno 15×104mm Brno  Czechoslovakia 1935
ZB-53 Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser  Czechoslovakia 1930
ZB vz. 26 Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser  Czechoslovakia 1923
ZB vz. 30 Zbrojovka Brno 7.92×57mm Mauser  Czechoslovakia 1930

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