List of machine guns

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

This is a list of machine guns and their variants.

The tables are sortable.

Symbol	MA	SA	FA
Meaning	Manual	Semi-automatic	Fully-automatic

Symbol	AA	MG	LMG	MMG	HMG	GPMG	SAW
Meaning	Anti-aircraft machine gun	Machine gun	Light machine gun	Medium machine gun	Heavy machine gun	General-purpose machine gun	Squad automatic weapon

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Cartridge	Type	Country	Year
7,62 ITKK 31 VKT	Valtion Kivääritehdas		7.62×53mmR	SA FA AA MMG	Finland	1931
Breda M38	Breda Meccanica Bresciana		8×59mm RB Breda	SA FA MG	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	SA FA MG	Italy	1935
CMG-1	Colt's Manufacturing Company		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA MG	United States	1965
Darne machine gun	Hotchkiss et Cie		8×51mmR French 7.5×54mm French	SA FA MG	France	1916
Fokker-Leimberger	A.H.G. Fokker and Leimberger		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA MG	Germany	1916
KPB-12.7			12.7×108mm	FA HMG	Russia	2007
Ksp m/42 machine gun	Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori		6.5×55mm 8×63mm patron m/32 7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA MG	Sweden	1942
M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun	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	SA FA MG	United States	1889
M1926 machine gun	SAFAT		.303 British	SA FA MG	Italy
MAC 1931	Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault		7.5×54mm French	SA FA MG	France	1931
MAC 1934	Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault		7.5×54mm French	SA FA MG	France	1934
MG 30	Steyr-Daimler-Puch		7.92×57mm Mauser 8×56mmR 7×57mm Mauser	SA FA MG	Austria Switzerland	1930s
Perino Model 1908			6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano	SA FA MG	Italy	1901
Prado machine gun			7.65×53mm Argentine	MA MG	Argentina	1900
Vickers .50 machine gun	Vickers-Armstrongs		12.7×81mm^[1]	SA FA MG	United Kingdom	1932
XM133 Minigun	General Electric Garwood Industries Dillon Aero DeGroat Tactical Armaments McNally Industries LLC		7.62×51mm NATO	FA MG	United States
Ares Shrike 5.56	Ares Defence		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	United States	2002
AUG HBAR	Steyr Mannlicher		5.56×45mm NATO 9×19mm Parabellum	SA FA LMG	Austria	1970s
Beretta AS70/90	Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Italy
Besal	Birmingham Small Arms Company		.303 British	SA FA LMG	United Kingdom	1940
Breda 30	Breda Meccanica Bresciana		6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano	SA FA LMG	Italy	1930
Bren light machine gun	Royal Small Arms Factory		.303 British 7.92×57mm Mauser 7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Czechoslovakia United Kingdom	1935
Browning wz.1928	Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA LMG	Poland	1928
CETME Ameli	General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Spain	1975
Charlton Automatic Rifle	Charlton Motor Workshops		.303 British	SA FA LMG	New Zealand	1941
Chauchat	SIDARME Gladiator		8×51mmR French	SA FA LMG	France	1907
ČZW-762	Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod		7.62×39mm	SA FA LMG	Czech Republic
Daewoo K3	S&T Motiv		5.56×45mm NATO .223 Remington	SA FA LMG	South Korea	1978
Degtyaryov machine gun	Degtyarev plant		7.62×54mmR	SA FA LMG	Soviet Union	1927
Dror light machine gun			.303 British 7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA LMG	Israel	1946
EMER-K1 LMG	Myanmar Fritz Werner Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Burma
EPK (Pyrkal) Machine gun	Pyrkal		7.92×36mm EPK	SA FA LMG	Greece	1939
Fittipaldi machine gun	(Did not enter production)		7.65×53mm Argentine	SA FA LMG	Argentina	1912
FM 24/29	Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault		7.5×54mm French	SA FA LMG	France	1923
FN Minimi	FN Herstal		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Belgium	1974
Furrer M25	Waffenfabrik Bern		7.5×55mm Swiss	SA FA LMG	Switzerland
Heckler & Koch MG4	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Germany	1990s
Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié	Hotchkiss et Cie		8×51mmR French .303 British .30-06 Springfield	SA FA LMG	France	1901
Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun	Hotchkiss et Cie	File:Hotchkiss M1922.PNG	8×51mmR French	SA FA LMG	France
Huot Automatic Rifle	(Did not enter production)		.303 British	FA LMG	Canada	1916
IMI Negev	Israel Weapon Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Israel	1985
IP-2	TsNIITochMash		5.45×39mm	SA FA LMG	Soviet Union
INSAS LMG	Ordnance Factories Board		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	India	1998
Kg m/40 light machine gun	Svenska Automatvapen AB		6.5×55mm	SA FA LMG	Sweden	1940
Kk 62	Valmet		7.62×39mm	SA FA LMG	Finland	1950s
L86 LSW	Royal Small Arms Factory		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	United Kingdom	1970s
Lahti-Saloranta M/26	Valtion kivääritehdas		7.62×53mmR	SA FA LMG	Finland	1925
Lewis gun	Birmingham Small Arms Company	File:Lewis Gun.jpg	.303 British .30-06 Springfield 7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA LMG	United States United Kingdom	1911
LSAT light machine gun	(Has yet to enter production)		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	United States	2003
M249 light machine gun	FN Herstal	File:PEO M249 Para ACOG.jpg	5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	United States	1976
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle	Winchester Repeating Arms Company		.30-06 Springfield 7.92×57mm Mauser 6.5×55mm	SA FA LMG	United States	1917
M1922	Colt's Manufacturing Company		.30-06 Springfield 7.92×57mm Mauser 6.5×55mm	SA FA LMG	United States	1917
M1941 Johnson machine gun	Melvin Johnson		.30-06 Springfield	SA FA LMG	United States	1940
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	SA FA LMG	Denmark	1896
Mark 48 machine gun	FN Herstal	File:Mk 48 PEO Soldier.jpg	7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Belgium	2003
Maxim-Tokarev	Tula Arms Plant		7.62×54mmR	SA FA LMG	Soviet Union	1923
McCrudden light machine rifle	(Did not enter production)		.303 British	SA FA LMG	Australia	1919
Mendoza C-1934	Productos Mendoza		7×57mm Mauser	SA FA LMG	Mexico	1928
Mendoza RM2	Productos Mendoza		.30-06 Springfield	SA FA LMG	Mexico	1928
Nikonov	Izhmash		5.45×39mm	SA FA LMG	Soviet Union	1977
QBB-95	China North Industries Corporation		5.8×42mm DBP87 5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	China	1997
QJY-88	China North Industries Corporation		5.8×42mm	SA FA LMG	China	1980s
RPK	Molot plant		7.62×39mm M43 5.45×39mm M74	SA FA LMG	Soviet Union	1961
Sterling 7.62	Sterling Armaments Company		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA LMG	United Kingdom
St. Étienne Mle 1907	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne		8×51mmR French	SA FA MMG	France	1908
Stoner 63/63A Light Machine Gun	Cadillac Gage		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	United States	1962
Stoner LMG	Knight's Armament Company		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	United States
Taden gun	Royal Small Arms Factory		7mm Mk 1 Z	SA FA LMG	United Kingdom	1951
Type 11 light machine gun			6.5×50mm Arisaka	SA FA LMG	Japan	1922
Type 81 squad machine gun			7.62×39mm	SA FA LMG	China	1971
Type 96 light machine gun	Kokura Arsenal Nagoya Arsenal Mukden		6.5×50mm Arisaka	SA FA LMG	Japan	1936
Type 97 light machine gun			7.7×58mm Arisaka	SA FA LMG	Japan	1937
Type 99 light machine gun	Kokura Arsenal Nagoya Arsenal		7.7×58mm Arisaka	SA FA LMG	Japan	1939
Ultimax 100	ST Kinetics		5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Singapore	1977
Vickers-Berthier	Vickers-Armstrong Ishapore Rifle Factory		.303 British	SA FA LMG	United Kingdom	1932
Vickers K (VGO)	Vickers-Armstrong		.303 British	SA FA LMG	United Kingdom	1935
VMG-27			7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA LMG	Germany	1927
Weibel M/1932	Dansk Industri Syndikat		7×44mm Danrif	SA FA LMG	Denmark	1932
Zastava M72	Zastava Oružja		7.62×39mm	SA FA LMG	Yugoslavia	1972
Zastava M77	Zastava Oružja		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA LMG	Yugoslavia
ZB vz. 26	Zbrojovka Brno		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA LMG	Czechoslovakia	1923
ZB vz. 30	Zbrojovka Brno		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA LMG	Czechoslovakia	1930
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	SA FA MMG	United States	1919
Besa machine gun	Birmingham Small Arms Company		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA MMG	United Kingdom	1936
DS-39			7.62×54mmR	SA FA MMG	Soviet Union	1930
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914	FIAT^[2]		6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano	SA FA MMG	Italy	1913^[2]
Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun	Hotchkiss et Cie		8×51mmR French 7×57mm Mauser 6.5×50mm Arisaka 11 mm Gras 6.5×55mm	SA FA MMG	France	1914
Skoda M1909	Škoda Works		8×50mmR Mannlicher	SA FA MMG	Austria-Hungary	1909
Schwarzlose MG M.07/12	Škoda Works		8×50mmR Mannlicher 7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA MMG	Austria-Hungary	1905
SG-43 Goryunov			7.62×54mmR	SA FA MMG	Soviet Union	1940
Vickers machine gun	Vickers Limited		.303 British	SA FA MMG	United Kingdom	1912
ZB-53	Zbrojovka Brno		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA MMG	Czechoslovakia	1930
Berezin UB			12.7×108mm	SA FA HMG	Soviet Union	1937
Breda M37	Breda Meccanica Bresciana		8×59mm RB Breda 7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA HMG	Italy	1936
CIS 50MG	ST Kinetics		12.7×99mm NATO	SA FA HMG	Singapore	1991
Ckm wz.30	Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA HMG	Poland	1930
DShK	Tula Arms Plant		12.7×108mm	SA FA HMG	Soviet Union	1938
Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935	Società Metallurgica Bresciana		8×59mm RB Breda	SA FA HMG	Italy	1934
FN BRG-15	FN Herstal		15.5×106mm	SA FA HMG	Belgium	1980s
GAU-19	General Dynamics		.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	United States	1983
Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun	Hotchkiss et Cie		13.2×96mm	SA FA HMG	France	1920s
Kord machine gun	Degtyarev plant		12.7×108mm	SA FA HMG	Russia	1990s
KPV heavy machine gun			14.5×114mm	SA FA HMG	Soviet Union	1944
M2 Browning machine gun	General Dynamics		.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	United States	1918
M85 machine gun			.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	United States
M1917 Browning machine gun			.30-06 Springfield	SA FA HMG	United States	1917
M1921 Browning machine gun			.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	United States	1929
MAC-58	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne		.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	France	1958
Maxim gun			.303 British	SA FA HMG	United Kingdom	1883
MG 08	Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA HMG	Germany	1908
MG 11	Waffenfabrik Bern		7.5×55mm Swiss	SA FA HMG	Switzerland	1885
MG 18 TuF	Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg		13.2×92mmSR	SA FA HMG	Germany
MG 131	Rheinmetall		13×64B	SA FA HMG	Germany	1938
NSV machine gun	Metallist Uralsk Kazakh SSR		12.7×108mm	SA FA HMG	Soviet Union	1971
PM M1910			7.62×54mmR	SA FA HMG	Russia	1909
Rheinmetall RMG.50	Rheinmetall		.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	Germany	2008
Rolls-Royce Experimental Machine Gun			.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	United Kingdom	1940
Type 1 heavy machine gun			7.7×58mm Arisaka	SA FA HMG	Japan	1941
Type 3 heavy machine gun			6.5×50mm Arisaka	SA FA HMG	Japan	1914
Type 77 Heavy Machine Gun			12.7×108mm	SA FA HMG	China
Type 90 machine gun	205th Armory		.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	Republic of China	2001
Type 92 heavy machine gun			7.7×58mm Arisaka	SA FA HMG	Japan	1932
Salvator-Dormus M1893	Škoda Works		8×50mmR Mannlicher	SA FA HMG	Austria-Hungary	1893
W85 Heavy Machine Gun			12.7×108mm	SA FA HMG	China
XM312 (Cancelled project)^[3]	Project Manager Soldier Weapons General Dynamics		.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	United States	2000
XM806 (Cancelled project)	General Dynamics		.50 BMG	SA FA HMG	United States	2009
Zastava M02 Coyote	Zastava Arms		12.7×108mm	SA FA HMG	Serbia and Montenegro
Zastava M87	Zastava Arms		12.7×108mm	SA FA HMG	Yugoslavia	1987
ZB-50	Zbrojovka Brno		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA HMG	Czechoslovakia	1932
AA-52	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne		7.5×54mm French 7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	France	1950
AEK-999			7.62×54mmR	SA FA GPMG	Russia	1990s
FN MAG	FN Herstal		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	Belgium	1950s
Heckler & Koch HK21	Heckler & Koch		7.62×51mm NATO 5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	West Germany	1961
Heckler & Koch HK121	Heckler & Koch		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	Germany	2010
M60 machine gun	Saco Defense U.S. Ordnance		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	United States	1940s
M240 machine gun	FN Herstal	File:PEO M240B Profile.jpg	7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	Belgium	1950s
Madsen-Saetter	DISA^[4]		7.62×51mm NATO .30-06 Springfield	SA FA GPMG	Denmark	1952
Mekanika Uirapuru	Mekanika Industria e Comercio		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	Brazil
MG 34	Mauser Steyr-Daimler-Puch Waffenwerke Brünn		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA GPMG	Germany	1934
MG 39 Rh			7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA GPMG	Germany	1937
MG 42	Mauser Wilhelm-Gustloff-Stiftung Steyr-Daimler-Puch Metall-und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß MAGET		7.92×57mm Mauser	SA FA GPMG	Germany	1942
MG 51	Waffenfabrik Bern		7.5×55mm Swiss 7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	Switzerland	1951
Pecheneg machine gun	TsNIITochMash		7.62×54mmR	SA FA GPMG	Russia	2001
PK machine gun			7.62×54mmR	SA FA GPMG	Soviet Union	1961
Rheinmetall MG 3	Rheinmetall		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	West Germany	1959
Rheinmetall MG 60	Rheinmetall		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	West Germany	1960
SIG MG 710-3	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	Switzerland	1955
S&T Daewoo K12	S&T Motiv		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	South Korea	2010
Sumitomo Type 62	Sumitomo Heavy Industries		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	Japan	1954
T24 machine gun	Saginaw Steering Gear		.30-06 Springfield	SA FA GPMG	United States	1944
Type 67 machine gun	China North Industries Corporation		7.62×54mmR	SA FA GPMG	China	1959
Type 80 machine gun	China North Industries Corporation		7.62×54mmR	SA FA GPMG	China	1980
UKM-2000	Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów		7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	Poland	2000
Uk vz. 59	Zbrojovka Vsetín		7.62×54mmR 7.62×51mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	Czechoslovakia	1956
Vektor SS-77	Denel Land Systems		7.62×51mm NATO 5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA GPMG	South Africa	1977
Zastava M84	Zastava Arms		7.62×54mmR	SA FA GPMG	Yugoslavia	1984
Colt Automatic Rifle			5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA SAW	United States
M27 IAR	Heckler & Koch	File:USMC-120427-M-SR181-035.jpg	5.56×45mm NATO	SA FA SAW	Germany	2008
RPD			7.62×39mm	SA FA SAW	Soviet Union	1943