List of machine guns

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Further information: Light machine gun, General-purpose machine gun, Medium machine gun, Heavy machine gun, and Squad automatic weapon

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				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
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	PaÅ„stwowa 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	PaÅ„stwowa 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	Degtyarev plant		7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union	1927
DShK	Tula Arms Plant		12.7×108mm	Soviet Union	1938
Dror light machine gun			.303 British 7.92×57mm Mauser	Israel	1946
DS-39			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
BRG-15	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		15.5×106mm	Belgium	1980s
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
HK21 General Purpose Gun + HK25 Heavy Machine Gun	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
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
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	Degtyarev plant		12.7×108mm	Russia	1990s
KPV heavy machine gun			14.5×114mm	Soviet Union	1944
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	(Has yet to enter production)		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	1940s
M85			.50 BMG	United States
M240	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	1950s
M249 Squad Automatic 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
The 1908	Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken		7.92×57mm Mauser	Germany	1908
The 1911	Waffenfabrik Bern		7.5×55mm Swiss	Switzerland	1885
The 1913			7.92×57mm Mauser	Germany	1928
The 1915	Bergmann Rheinmetall		7.92×57mm Mauser	Germany	1920s
The 1917	Rheinmetall		7.92×57mm Mauser	Germany	1934
The 1930	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			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
Mauser 1945	Mauser		7.92×57mm Mauser	Germany	1944
The 1951	Waffenfabrik Bern		7.5×55mm Swiss 7.62×51mm NATO	Switzerland	1951
MG 81			7.92×57mm Mauser	Germany
MG 131	Rheinmetall		13×64B	Germany	1938
Minigun	General Electric		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	1960
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
Kalashnikov's Pecheneg	TsNIITochMash		7.62×54mmR	Russia	2001
Perino Model 1908			6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano	Italy	1901
Pindad SM-2	PT Pindad		7.62×51mm NATO	Indonesia
PKP Pecheneg machine gun			7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union	1961
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	Molot plant		7.62×39mm M43 5.45×39mm M74	Soviet Union	1961
S&T Motiv K12	S&T Motiv		7.62×51mm NATO	South Korea	2010
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
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 3 heavy machine gun			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			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 90 machine gun	205th Armory		.50 BMG	Republic of China	2001
Type 92 machine gun			7.7×56R Type 87 IJN	Japan	1932
Type 92 heavy machine gun			7.7×58mm Arisaka	Japan	1932
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 99 light machine gun	Kokura Arsenal Nagoya Arsenal		7.7×58mm Arisaka	Japan	1939
UKM-2000	ZakÅ‚ady 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
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-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