Copyright Hans-Christian Vortisch 2001


MACHINE GUNS

Weapon

Calibre

Damage

RoF

Action

Shots

BR

Mlf

Year

Notes

Australia










LSAF BREN Mk I

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

15

auto

30

110

98

1940-194x

b, t

LSAF Vickers Mk I

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

15

auto

250B

110

98

1935-194x

t, w











Austria










Steyr-Schwarzlose M.07/12

8×50mmR

2D6+3

10

auto

250B

110

97

1912-192x

t, w

Steyr-Solothurn S2-200 (M.30)

8×50mmR

2D6+3

1 or 25

selective

25

110

98

1930-193x

b











Belgium










FN-Browning Mle 30 (BAR)

7.65×53mm

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

20

110

98

1930-1940

b

FN-Browning M1923 (BAR)

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 15

selective

20

110

98

1923-1940

b, x

FN-Browning M1930 (BAR)

7×57mm

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

20

110

98

1930-1940

b, x











Canada










Inglis BREN Mk I(M)

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

15

auto

30

110

98

1940-1941

b, t

Inglis BREN Mk II

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

15

auto

30

110

98

1941-194x

b, t

Inglis BREN Mk II

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

15

auto

30

110

98

1941-194x

b, t, x











China










Maxim 24 Shi

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

15

auto

250B

110

98

1935-194x

t, w











Czechoslovakia










ZB vz.26 (MG26[t])

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 15

selective

30

110

98

1926-1939

b

ZB vz.30 (MG30[t])

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

30

110

98

1930-1941

b

ZB vz.38 (MG38[t])

15×104mm

2D10+1D8+6

1 or 15

selective

50B

200

98

1938-193x

t

ZB30

7×57mm

2D6+3

1 or 20

selective

30

110

98

1930-1937

b, x

ZB30

7.65×53mm

2D6+3

1 or 20

selective

30

110

98

1930-1938

b, x











Denmark










DRRS-Madsen M/04

6.5×52mm

2D6+2

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1908-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

6.5×53mmR

2D6+2

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1919-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

6.5×55mm

2D6+2

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1906-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

7×57mm

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1907-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

7.62×54mmR

2D6+4

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1904-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

7.65×53mm

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1910-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1915-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1907-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

8×50mmR

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1915-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

8×51mmR

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1915-192x

b, x

DRRS-Madsen M/04

8×58mmR

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

25

110

96

1904-192x

b

DRRS-Madsen M/24

8×58mmR

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

25

110

96

1924-194x

b

DRRS-Madsen M/26

7×57mm

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1926

b, w, x

DRRS-Madsen M/27

11.35×62mm

1D10+1D8

1 or 30

selective

100B

110

96

1927-194x

b, x

DISA-Madsen M/39

8×58mmR

2D6+3

1 or 15

selective

25

110

96

1939-194x

b

DISA-Madsen M/48

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

1 or 15

selective

30

110

96

1948-1956

b











Finland










VKT-Lathi PK26

7.62×54mmR

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

20/75D

110

98

1926-19xx

b

VKT-Maxim KK32/33

7.62×54mmR

2D6+4

15

auto

250B

110

98

1933-19xx

t, w











France










Hotchkiss Mle 14

8×51mmR

2D6+3

20

auto

30S

110

98

1914-1930

t

MAC Mle 24/29

7.5×54mm

2D6+4

15

auto

25

110

98

1929-1940

b, t











Germany










DWM-Maxim MG08

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

15

auto

250B

110

98

1908-1918

t, w

DWM-Maxim MG08/15

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

15

auto

50/250B

110

98

1915-1918

b, w

Grossfuss MG42

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

40

auto

50B

110

98

1942-1945

b, t

Ikaria MG-FF

20×80mmRB

3D10+1D8

15

auto

60D

200

98

1936-1940

m, p

Mauser FlAK38

20×138mmB

6D10+6

1 or 15

selective

20

200

98

1938-1945

m

Mauser MG81

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

50

auto

belt

110

98

1938-1943

p, (b)

Mauser MG151

15×96mm

2D10+1D8+6

20

auto

belt

200

98

1938-1940

m, (t)

Mauser MG151/20

20×82mm

3D10+1D8+2

20

auto

belt

200

98

1940-1945

m

Rheinmetall FlAK30

20×138mmB

6D10+6

1 or 10

selective

20

200

98

1934-1938

m

Rheinmetall MG13

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 25

selective

25/75D

110

98

1932-1935

b

Rheinmetall MG15

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

30

auto

75D

110

98

1935-194x

p, (b)

Rheinmetall MG34

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 30

selective

50B/75D

110

98

1936-1943

b, t

Rheinmetall MG131

13×64mmB

1D10+1D8+4

30

auto

belt

200

98

1940-1945

m, p











India










Ishapore Vickers-Berthier Mk III

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

20

auto

30

110

98

1933-1945

b











Italy










Breda Mod 30

6.5×52mm

2D6+2

15

auto

20c

110

94

1930-1937

b

Breda Mod 37

8×59mm

2D6+4

15

auto

20S

110

97

1937-1943

t

Breda-SAFAT Mod 31

13.2×99mm

2D10+1D8+4

15

auto

30

200

98

1931-194x

t

Brixia Mod 20

6.5×52mm

2D6+2

20

auto

50

110

97

1920-193x

t, w

FIAT-Revelli Mod 14

6.5×52mm

2D6+2

10

auto

50c

110

94

1914-1918

t, w

FIAT-Revelli Mod 35

8×59mm

2D6+4

15

auto

50B

110

97

1935-1940

t











Japan










Koishikawa Taisho 3 Shiki

6.5×50mmSR

2D6+2

15

auto

30S

110

98

1914-1922

t

Koishikawa Taisho 11 Shiki

6.5×50mmSR

2D6+2

15

auto

30c

110

96

1922-1936

b

Koishikawa 93 Shiki

13.2×99mm

2D10+1D8+4

15

auto

30

200

98

1933-1945

t, m

Koishikawa 96 Shiki

6.5×50mmSR

2D6+2

20

auto

30

110

98

1936-1945

b

Koishikawa 99 Shiki

7.7×58mm

2D6+3

25

auto

30

110

98

1939-1945

b











Mexico










FAN-Mendoza M1934

7×57mm

2D6+3

15

auto

20

110

98

1934-19xx

b











Poland










Radom-Browning wz.28 (BAR)

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

20

110

98

1928-1939

b











Romania










Cugir M1933 (ZB30)

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

30

110

98

1933-194x

b











Russia










Tulamash DP

7.62×54mmR

2D6+4

20

auto

47P

110

98

1928-1941

b

Tulamash DPM

7.62×54mmR

2D6+4

20

auto

47P

110

98

1941-1950

b

Tulamash DShK-38

12.7×108mm

2D10+1D8+6

20

auto

50B

200

99

1938-1946

t

Tulamash DShK-38/46

12.7×108mm

2D10+1D8+6

20

auto

50B

200

99

1946-1980

t

Tulamash RP-46

7.62×54mmR

2D6+4

20

auto

250B

110

98

1946-1954

b

Tulamash RPD

7.62×39mm

2D6+1

20

auto

100B

110

98

1946-196x

b

Tulamash SG-43

7.62×54mmR

2D6+4

20

auto

250B

110

98

1943-1955

t

Tulamash-Maxim M-1910

7.62×54mmR

2D6+4

20

auto

250B

110

98

1910-1950

t, w











Spain










FAO Mod 26 (ZB26)

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 15

selective

30

110

98

193x-194x

b

FAO ALFA Mod 44

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 25

selective

100B

110

98

1944-1955

t











Sweden










Carl Gustaf-Browning Kg37 (BAR)

6.5×55mm

2D6+3

1 or 20

selective

20

110

98

1937-194x

b

Carl Gustaf-Browning Ksp36

6.5×55mm

2D6+3

20

auto

250B

110

98

1936-194x

t, w

Carl Gustaf-Browning Ksp39

8×63mm

2D6+4

20

auto

250B

110

98

1939-194x

t

Carl Gustaf-Browning Ksp42B

6.5×55mm

2D6+3

20

auto

250B

110

98

1942-194x

b











Switzerland










Oerlikon S

20×110mmRB

4D10+6

1 or 10

selective

15/60D

400

98

1927-1938

t, m

Oerlikon SS

20×110mmRB

4D10+6

1 or 15

selective

15/60D

400

98

1938-195x

t, m

SIG KE7

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

25

110

98

1929-1935

b, x

W+F Bern-Furrer MG 25

7.5×55mm

2D6+4

1 or 15

selective

30

110

98

1926-19xx

b











UK










BMARC Hispano-Suiza Mk II

20×110mm

4D10+6

20

auto

60D

400

98

1938-1941

m

BSA-Browning AP Mk IV

12.7×99mm

2D10+1D8+6

25

auto

105B

200

99

1941-1945

p

BSA-Lewis Mk I

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

20

auto

47P

110

98

1914-1925

b

Enfield BREN Mk I

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

15

auto

30/100P

110

98

1938-1941

b, t

Enfield BREN Mk II

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

15

auto

30

110

98

1941-1944

b, t

Enfield BREN Mk III

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

15

auto

30

110

98

1944-194x

b, t

Vickers Mk I

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

15

auto

250B

110

98

1912-1945

t, w

Vickers Mk III

12.7×81mm

2D10+1D8

20

auto

50B

200

99

1934-1939

m, (p), w

Vickers GO Mk I

7.7×56mmR

2D6+3

30

auto

96P

110

98

1937-1942

p











USA










Bendix AN-M2

20×110mm

4D10+6

20

auto

belt

400

98

1941-194x

m

Colt-Browning M2

12.7×99mm

2D10+1D8+6

1 or 15

selective

105B

200

99

1933-1938

t

Colt-Browning M2HB

12.7×99mm

2D10+1D8+6

1 or 15

selective

105B

200

99

1938-1971

t

Colt-Browning M1917

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

15

auto

250B

110

98

1917-1918

t, w

Colt-Browning M1918 BAR

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

20

110

98

1918-192x


Colt-Browning M1918A1 BAR

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

20

auto

20

110

98

1927-193x

b

Colt-Browning M1918A2 BAR

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

15/20

auto

20

110

98

1939-1953

b

Colt-Browning M1919A4

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

15

auto

250B

110

98

1934-194x

t

Colt-Browning M1919A6

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

15

auto

250B

110

98

1943-1954

b

Colt-Browning M1921

12.7×99mm

2D10+1D8+6

1 or 15

selective

105B

200

99

1923-1930

t, w

Colt-Browning M1921A1

12.7×99mm

2D10+1D8+6

1 or 15

selective

105B

200

99

1930-1933

t, w

Colt-Browning M1922 BAR

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

20

110

98

1922-192x

b

Colt-Browning MG38

7×57mm

2D6+3

15

auto

250B

110

98

1919-1939

t, w, x

Colt-Browning MG38

7.65×53mm

2D6+3

15

auto

250B

110

98

1919-1939

t, w, x

Colt-Browning MG38

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

15

auto

250B

110

98

1919-1939

t, w, x

Colt-Browning MG52

12.7×99mm

2D10+1D8+6

1 or 15

selective

105B

200

99

1921-1939

t, w, x

Colt-Browning R75

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

20

110

98

1925-1933

b

Colt-Browning R80 Monitor

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

20

110

98

1933-1939

b

Cranston-Johnson M1941

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

20

110

98

1941-1944

b

RIA-Browning M1917A1

7.62×63mm

2D6+4

15

auto

250B

110

98

1936-193x

t, w











Yugoslavia










Kragujevac M36 (ZB30J)

7.92×57mm

2D6+4

1 or 20

selective

30

110

98

1936-194x

b




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