machine gun

A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire. Automatic firearms of 20 mm (0.79 in) caliber or more are classified as autocannons rather than machine guns.

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.303 Lewis, .303 Vickers, .50 Vickers, 7.62 mm, 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT, AA-52, Afanasev A-12.7, Agar gun, Aichi D1A, aircraft, ALFA M44, Alverca-class naval trawler, anti-aircraft, AS, automatic firearm, Barnitzke, Beretta MG 42/59, Bergmann MG 15, Bergmann MG 15aA, Bergmann MG 15nA, Besa, Besal, blunderbuss, bow, Breda 38, Breda M37, Breda Mod. 5C, Breda Model 1931, Breda-SAFAT, Browning BLR, Bulldog Mk.IIA, Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss, coaxial, CR.32, CS, Cugir, Darne, Espignolle, EW141, F4B-4, Fairey Flycatcher, Fittipaldi, Fokker D.VIII, Fokker E.III, Fokker-Leimberger, Franchi SPAS-15, Furrer sub, Gast gun, GAU-15 / A, general-purpose, Halberstadt D.II, heavy, Heinkel He 100, Henschel Hs 123A-1, HK LMG36, HK13, HK23, HMS Vascama, Ho-103, Hotchkiss mitraljøse M1898, Hurricane I, Hwacha, I-15 Chaika, infantry revolvingturret M/OR, INSAS rifle, Junkers D.I, Karabin maszynowy wz. 36, Kjellman, Komodo Armament Eli gun, KRR Minigun, Ksp 58, Ksp m/39, Ksp m/42, L-33 Roem, light, Lightweight Medium Machine Gun, M1895 Colt-Browning, M1921 Browning, M1926, M45 Quadmount, MAC 1931, MAC 1934, wz.33, Marlin Model 336, Maxim M/32-33, medium, MG 08, MG 13, MG 14, MG 17, MG 338, MG 74, Mindelo-classe corvette, mitrailleuse, Montigny mitrailleuse, Morane-Saulnier AI, Morane-Saulnier L, Morane-Saulnier N, musket, Neves Ferreira, Nordenfelt gun, NRP Altair, NRP Flecha, NRP Vasco da Gama, NRP Zagaia, NRP Zaire, NRP Águia, NSVT, Parabellum MG 17, Perino Model 1908, Pero de Anaia, Polikarpov I-16, Puteaux Machine Gun, PV-1, Unknown, Unknown, Quaqua, Rainha de Portugal, rifle gun, rotary cannon, Russo-Balt type C, Sabre, Salvador, Savin–Norov, Scarff ring, Scotti/Isotta Fraschini, Serpa Pinto, Sicherungsboot 27m, Smålänning, Solothurn S2-200, SPAD S.A.2, Spandau lMG 08, Springfield Model 1892-99, Standschütze Hellriegel M1915, Sturmpistole M18, Szafir, São Gabriel, turreted, Twin Reibel Machine Guns, Type 1, Type 1 7.9 mm swivel, Type 2, Type 53 heavy, Type 89, Type 89 swivel, Type 92, Type 93 heavy, Vickers K, Vytis, weapon functional class, Yak-B, Zaire (1884)-class gunboat, 

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  .303 Lewis ⓘ
  light machine gun, .303 chambered Lewis Gun

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  7.62 mm machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun chambered for 7.62 mm / 0.30 in. ammunition

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  7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT ⓘ
  light machine gun aircraft armament

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  Afanasev A-12.7 ⓘ
  type of Single-barrel aircraft machine gun

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  aircraft machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun designed to be mounted to aircraft

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  ALFA M44 ⓘ
  type of medium machine gun

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  anti-aircraft machine gun ⓘ
  automatic firearm designed to destroy aircraft

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  Barnitzke machine gun ⓘ
  type of machine gun

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  Beretta MG 42/59 ⓘ
  machine gun based on MG 42

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  Bergmann MG 15 ⓘ
  machine gun

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  Bergmann MG 15aA ⓘ
  machine gun, initial production version of the MG 15

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  Bergmann MG 15nA ⓘ
  machine gun, developed version of the MG 15

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  bow machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun mounted in the front hull of an armoured vehicle

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  Breda Mod. 5C ⓘ
  type of medium machine gun

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  Breda Model 1931 machine gun ⓘ
  type of Italian heavy machine gun

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  Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss ⓘ
  Polish derivative of the Hotchkiss

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  coaxial machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun mounted along with a larger caliber gun

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  Cugir machine gun ⓘ
  type of machine gun

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  Darne machine gun ⓘ
  type of machine gun

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  Espignolle ⓘ
  

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  EW141 ⓘ
  1940 machine gun model

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  Fittipaldi machine gun ⓘ
  type of machine gun

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  Fokker-Leimberger ⓘ
  externally powered, 12-barrel rifle-caliber rotary cannon

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  Gast gun ⓘ
  German twin barrelled machine gun

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  GAU-15 / A ⓘ
  machine gun based off M2

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  general-purpose machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun adaptable for several light and medium roles

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  heavy machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun capable of relatively heavy sustained fire but lacking mobility

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  HK LMG36 ⓘ
  light machine gun

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  HK13 ⓘ
  German general-purpose machine gun

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  HK23 ⓘ
  machine gun

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  infantry revolving machine gun turret M/OR ⓘ
  

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  Karabin maszynowy wz. 36 ⓘ
  aerial machine gun

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  Kjellman machine gun ⓘ
  type of machine gun

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  Komodo Armament Eli gun ⓘ
  Indonesian six-barrel rotary machine gun

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  KRR Minigun ⓘ
  

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  Ksp 58 ⓘ
  Swedish made derivate of the FN MAG machine gun

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  light machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier

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  Lightweight Medium Machine Gun ⓘ
  prototype machine gun

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  M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun

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  M1926 machine gun ⓘ
  type of machine gun

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  M45 Quadmount ⓘ
  machine gun

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  MAC 1931 ⓘ
  machine gun

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  machine gun wz.33 ⓘ
  

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  medium machine gun ⓘ
  usually refers to a belt-fed automatic firearm firing a full-power rifle cartridge

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  MG 17 ⓘ
  7.92 mm machine gun aircraft armament by Rheinmetall-Borsig

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  MG 338 ⓘ
  light machinegun produced by SIG Sauer, entered into USSOCOM's LMG-M (Lightweight machine Gun-Medium) program

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  MG 74 ⓘ
  machine gun

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  Nordenfelt gun ⓘ
  type of organ gun

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  NSVT ⓘ
  Soviet heavy machine gun

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  Parabellum MG 17 ⓘ
  7.9 mm machine gun aircraft armament

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  Perino Model 1908 ⓘ
  type of machine gun

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  Puteaux Machine Gun ⓘ
  

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  rifle gun ⓘ
  kind of machine gun

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  rotary cannon ⓘ
  rapid-fire gun that uses multiple barrels in a rotating mechanism

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  Scarff ring ⓘ
  

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  Scotti/Isotta Fraschini ⓘ
  machine gun

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  Solothurn S2-200 ⓘ
  

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  Spandau lMG 08 ⓘ
  machine gun aircraft armament version of the MG 08

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  Szafir ⓘ
  

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  turreted machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun mounted in a traversing turret

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  Twin Reibel Machine Guns ⓘ
  weapon

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  Type 1 ⓘ
  7.92 mm machine gun aircraft armament

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  Type 1 7.9 mm swivel machine gun ⓘ
  

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  Type 2 ⓘ
  13 mm machine gun aircraft armament

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  Type 53 heavy machine gun ⓘ
  Chinese version of the SG-43 Goryunov

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  Type 89 ⓘ
  7.7 mm machine gun aircraft armament

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  Type 89 swivel machine gun ⓘ
  

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  Type 93 heavy machine gun ⓘ
  Heavy machine gun and anti-aircraft cannon. Type 93 is the IJN's designation for both single and dual-mount versions. Type Ho (as in "Hotchkiss") is the IJA's designation for the dual-mount version.

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Vytis ⓘ
  machine gun

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  Yak-B ⓘ
  12.7 mm machine gun aircraft armament

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  Agar gun ⓘ
  early rapid firing gun, type of hand-cranked machine gun

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  Montigny mitrailleuse ⓘ
  type of Regimental artillery field gun

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  mitrailleuse ⓘ
  type of volley gun

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  Hotchkiss mitraljøse M1898 ⓘ
  

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  MG 08 ⓘ
  7.9 mm heavy machine gun

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  MG 14 ⓘ
  7.9 mm machine gun aircraft armament

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  Russo-Balt type C ⓘ
  

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  Standschütze Hellriegel M1915 ⓘ
  Austro-Hungarian water-cooled submachine gun produced during World War I in very limited prototype numbers

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Sturmpistole M18 ⓘ
  

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  M1921 Browning machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun

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  MG 13 ⓘ
  machine gun

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  PV-1 machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun

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  .50 Vickers ⓘ
  12.7 mm heavy machine gun

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  Type 92 ⓘ
  machine gun aircraft armament, 7.7 mm version of the Lewis Gun

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  Maxim M/32-33 ⓘ
  maxim m

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  MAC 1934 ⓘ
  7.5 mm machine gun aircraft armament

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  Vickers K ⓘ
  .303 light machine gun for pintle mounts

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  Breda-SAFAT machine gun ⓘ
  machine gun aircraft armament family

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  Breda 38 ⓘ
  WWII Italian tank gun

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  Ksp m/39 machine gun ⓘ
  Swedish derivate of Browning M1919

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  Savin–Norov machine gun ⓘ
  type of Aircraft machine gun

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  Ho-103 ⓘ
  12.7 mm machine gun aircraft armament

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  Ksp m/42 machine gun ⓘ
  type of machine gun

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  AA-52 machine gun ⓘ
  French general-purpose machine gun

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  INSAS rifle ⓘ
  Indian-made assault rifle system

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Maschinengewehrkompanie in Frankreich (Erster Weltkrieg)

Toy soldier (AM 1996.165.13-6)

Karabin maszynowy na stanowisku na froncie wschodnim

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Mark Alvarez, left, explains a M240B machine gun mounted on a Humvee to a girl while taking part in an exhibit at Oak Harbor's National Night Out at Windjammer Park in Oak 120807-N-BH078-198

Nicholas II Romanov, Tatiana and Alexis trying a machine gun, summer 1914

111-SC-8404 - NARA - 55177326

IDF M2HB Browning 0.5 machine gun

IMI Negev 5.56 mm Light Machine Gun in IDF service

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		.303 Lewis	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		7.62 mm machine gun	self-loading firearm, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Afanasev A-12.7	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		aircraft machine gun	aerial gun, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		ALFA M44	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		anti-aircraft machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Barnitzke machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Beretta MG 42/59	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Bergmann MG 15	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Bergmann MG 15aA	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Bergmann MG 15nA	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		bow machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Breda Mod. 5C	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Breda Model 1931 machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		coaxial machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Cugir machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Darne machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Espignolle	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		EW141	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Fittipaldi machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Fokker-Leimberger	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Gast gun	multiple-barrel firearm, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		GAU-15 / A	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		general-purpose machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		heavy machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		HK LMG36	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		HK13	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		HK23	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		infantry revolving machine gun turret M/OR	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Karabin maszynowy wz. 36	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Kjellman machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Komodo Armament Eli gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		KRR Minigun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Ksp 58	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		light machine gun	self-loading firearm, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Lightweight Medium Machine Gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		M1926 machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		M45 Quadmount	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		MAC 1931	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		machine gun wz.33	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		medium machine gun	self-loading firearm, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		MG 17	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		MG 338	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		MG 74	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Nordenfelt gun	multiple-barrel firearm, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		NSVT	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Parabellum MG 17	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Perino Model 1908	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Puteaux Machine Gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		rifle gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		rotary cannon	autocannon, multiple-barrel firearm, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Scarff ring	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Scotti/Isotta Fraschini	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Solothurn S2-200	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Spandau lMG 08	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Szafir	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		turreted machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Twin Reibel Machine Guns	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Type 1	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Type 1 7.9 mm swivel machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Type 2	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Type 53 heavy machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Type 89	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Type 89 swivel machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Type 93 heavy machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Unknown	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Vytis	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		Yak-B	rotary cannon, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1861	Agar gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1863	Montigny mitrailleuse	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1866	mitrailleuse	machine gun, field gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1898	Hotchkiss mitraljøse M1898	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1908	MG 08	heavy machine gun, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1913	MG 14	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1914	Russo-Balt type C	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1915	Standschütze Hellriegel M1915	machine gun, submachine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1916	Unknown	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1918	Sturmpistole M18	submachine gun, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1921	M1921 Browning machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1926	MG 13	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1926	PV-1 machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1932	.50 Vickers	12.7 mm machine gun, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1932	Type 92	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1933	Maxim M/32-33	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1934	MAC 1934	Reibel machine gun, machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1934	Vickers K	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1935	Breda-SAFAT machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1938	Breda 38	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1939	Ksp m/39 machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1939	Savin–Norov machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1941	Ho-103	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1942	Ksp m/42 machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1952	AA-52 machine gun	machine gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1998	INSAS rifle	assault rifle, machine gun	Wikidata
link	page		Tesauro Museus page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Maschinengewehrkompanie in Frankreich (Erster Weltkrieg)		Commons
commons	image		Toy soldier (AM 1996.165.13-6)		Commons
commons	image		Karabin maszynowy na stanowisku na froncie wschodnim		Commons
commons	image		U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Mark Alvarez, left, explains a M240B machine gun mounted on a Humvee to a girl while taking part in an exhibit at Oak Harbor's National Night Out at Windjammer Park in Oak 120807-N-BH078-198		Commons
commons	image		Nicholas II Romanov, Tatiana and Alexis trying a machine gun, summer 1914		Commons
commons	image		111-SC-8404 - NARA - 55177326		Commons
commons	image		IDF M2HB Browning 0.5 machine gun		Commons
commons	image		IMI Negev 5.56 mm Light Machine Gun in IDF service		Commons
commons	image		Powstanie Warszawskie film Joachmiczyk		Commons
commons	image		Immediate Response 24		Commons