List of machine guns

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
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
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	PT Pindad		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia	2005
Pindad SM-5	PT Pindad		12.7×108mm	Indonesia	2003
PK PKP Pecheneg	Degtyaryov Plant, TsNITTochMash	File:PKmachinegun-removebg-preview.png	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		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
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
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