There are 38 Machine Guns in the Military Factory.
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AAT52 (Arme Automatique Transformable, Modele 52)
The AAT52 was the standard general purpose machine gun system fielded by French and colony forces since the early 1950's. Though not well though of in it's 7.5mm form, the system underwent a transformation with the inclusion ...
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Besa Mk 3
The Besa Mk 3 was a tank and armored vehicle-mounted machine gun originally based on a Czechoslovakian vz. 37 (ZB53) tank machine gun design. Often considered quite accurate thanks to a modified recoil system, the Besa Mk 3 w...
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Bren Gun Mk I
NOTE: Statistics shown on this page represent the Bren Mark 1 model in the Bren Light Machine Gun series.
The Bren Light Machine Gun was the standard light machine gun of the Second World War. Developed in the early 1930's...
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Browning M1919A4
Like many of the infantry weapons made available to US servicemen in the Second World War, the M1919 shared the common history of having been developed - or having stemmed from a development - originally conceived of or produ...
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Browning M2HB (Heavy Barrel)
With the limitations inherent in the air-cooled version of the base M2 heavy machine gun - itself an evolution of the water-cooled derivative before it - the M2 was developed into the M2HB with the "HB" in the designation use...
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Enfield L4A1
The L4A1 is nothing more than a modified World War Two-era Bren Gun, .303 Series chambered to fire the NATO-standard 7.62x51mm cartridge. The success of the original Bren series in the worldwide conflict solidified the Bren a...
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Enfield L7 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun)
NOTE: Specifications on this page reflect the L7A2 in the L7 GPMG series.
The British L7 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun - though sometimes called 'Gimpy' or 'Jimpy') series is based on the hugely successful Belgium-desi...
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Enfield L86A1 LSW (Light Support Weapon)
The British Army's choice for squad automatic fire became the L86A1 'Light Support Weapon' in its 5.56x45mm NATO form, thus bringing to an end to the era of the popular World War Two-era Bren Light Machine Gun series (detaile...
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Fabrique Nationale FN Browning M2 HB-QCB
The FN Browning M2 HB-QCB is basically a Fabrique Nationale copy of the American design with slight alterations made to suit European production practices. In all actuality, the system - especially the early production models...
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Fabrique Nationale FN MAG, Light Support Version
The FN MAG is the most successful of post-war (1945) machine gun designs. Over 150,000 units have been sold to various nations around the globe. Britain, Sweden and the United States maintain their licenses for production of ...
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Fabrique Nationale FN Minimi
The Fabrique National FN Minimi has quickly evolved into the light-support gun of choice by several key nations including Britain and the United States of America. The system, designed to be fielded in conjunction with the ot...
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Fabrique Nationale M240 GPMG
The M240 series of general purpose machine guns has proven to be of a high reliable nature since being fitted to several classes of US tanks. From there, the system was trialed and accepted for frontline service with the Unit...
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General Electric GE M134
The M134 minigun six-barrel heavy machine gun was a derivative of the 20mm gatling system technology and was first utilized on vehicle mounts in the Vietnam War. The M134 was designed as a 7.62mm system and featured a powerpa...
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Heckler & Koch HK 11
By all accounts, the HK 11 system can be viewed as a modified HK G3 rifle. With origins of the HK delayed-blowback system dating back to the closing years of the Second World War (in the form of experimental MG 45 and StG 45 ...
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Johnson M1941 Light Machine Gun
The Johnson Model 1941 Light Machine Gun was a product of the Cranston Arms Company from Providence, Rhode Island, and classified as a support light machine gun. In functionality, the system could be thought about in the same...
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Lithgow F89, Standard Light Pattern
The Australian F89 light support machine gun is a derivative of the successful Belgium FN Minimi system, which has since been adopted into service by the United States of America, Italy, Belgium and Australia. This particular...
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M60
The M60 series of general purpose machine guns actually had their development based on research received from trials of the World War Two-era German MG42 and FG42 machine guns (both weapons detailed elsewhere on this website)...
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M60E3
The M60E3 was a further improved version of the M60 and M60E1 general purpose machine gun. Developed by the Saco Defense company of Maine, the M60E3 incorporated a forward pistol grip for improved stability. Barrel changing w...
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Madsen-Saetter SFMG Mark 4
The SFMG Mark 4 was a general purpose machine in every sense of the word, generating only modest interest and light sale overall. Becoming the company's last attempt at a small arms design, the SFMG was an unspectacular up ad...
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Maxim MG08
The Maxim 08 series of machine guns was the standard machine gun of the German Army during World War One and would still appear in the early and middle years of the Second World War. The development of such systems at the tur...
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MG34 (Maschinengewehr Modell 34)
Before the MG42 became the principle machine gun of the German Army in World War Two, the MG34 was enjoying all the attention as the squad support weapon of choice. Based on an earlier Swiss-German design in the form of the S...
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MG42 (Maschinengewehr Modell 42)
The MG 42 (full designation of Maschinengewehr Modell 42) was a direct result of the small arms shortages that plagued Germany through the middle and later years of the war. The system was designed from the outset to be easy ...
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MIC Uirapuru
Originally rejected by the Brazilian Army, the Uirapuru received a second life in 1976 after refinements were imposed. The weapon was an initial design as put together by members of the Brazilian Army's engineering institute ...
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Norinco Type 77
The NORINCO-produced Chinese Type 77 is a heavy anti-aircraft machine gun system produced in large numbers for Chinese military forces. Based on a Soviet model, the Type 77 is designed for heavy duty combat in the anti-aircra...
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PK General Purpose Machine Gun
The PK General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) is a highly respected weapon that was added to the Soviet Army arsenal to replace the aging RP46 system. The PK was chambered to fire the same 7.62mm round that was and continues to b...
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PKM General Purpose Machine Gun
The PKM represents the current incarnation of the hugely successful 1960's era general purpose machine guns that have seen action in hotspots throughout Africa and the Middle East. Like its base PK predecessor, the PKM can fu...
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Rheinmetall MG3 (Maschinengewehr Modell 3)
The German Army MG series was developed when the Federal Republic of Germany was allowed to reinvest in small arms following restrictions set in place after World War 2. By all accounts, the MG1 in the family was based highly...
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Steyr AUG-LMG (AUG-HBAR)
The Steyr AUG-HBAR (also known as the AUG-HBAR) is a heavy-barrel version of the standard Steyr AUG assault rifle. The objective with the AUG-LMG is to supply the fireteam with a portable automatic weapon in the support role,...
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Stoner M63A1
The M63A1 Stoner machine gun was the last production small arms Stoner weapon made. The system was designed as a light machine gun to be used in the squad support role, operating from either a magazine feed or belt ammunition...
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Type 67 General Purpose Machine Gun
The Chinese Type 67 is a direct production copy of the Soviet PK series of successful squad automatic weapons developed in the early 1960s. utilizing successful components from other production machine guns such as the Britis...
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Vickers Mk I
The Vickers Mk I series of medium machine guns would see action through two World Wars as the recoil-operated, water-cooled machine gun of choice for British forces. Introduced in 1912, the Vickers system could be found anywh...
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Zbrojovka ZB vz. 30
The ZB vz. 30 was developed as early as the 1920's and standardized for use in the Czechoslovakian Army (replacing the non-standardized vz. 27 series). It bears a near-exact resemblance to the British-based Bren series for a ...
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Zbrojovka ZB vz. 52/57
Introduced some ten years after World War 2, the Vz. 52/57 saw use in some numbers. As the vz. 52, the system was designed to initial fire the Czech 7.62x45mm rimless cartridge but Soviet pressure forced a change to the more ...
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Zbrojovka ZB vz. 59
The ZB vz. 59 was a derivative of the vz. 52/57 machine gun (detailed elsewhere on this site). A Czech design through and through, the vz. 59 was fitted with differing iron sights throughout its early production run. The vz. ...
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The machine gun evolved into a formidable battlefield element by the arrival of the First World War. Mounted on with aircraft in the skies or stationary systems on the ground, the machine gun had officially arrived. With it would come the very real threat of increased fatalities from a system that could chew through ranks upon ranks of advancing infantry with presses of the trigger. The machine gun would go on to grow into more of portable weapon system by the Second World War. Weapons such as the Browning Automatic Rifle were embodiments of the true machine gun system, which were represented in great numbers by the Browning .30 and .50 caliber varieties and the British Bren and German MG34 and MG42 machine guns. The MG42 would be introduced by Germany to replace the equally effective MG34 systems, but offer up a production-friendly alternative that would come in a portable bipod or fixed tripod form.
Either way, the machine gun in this form would become a highly feared and respected system from the Allies point of view. In the post-war world, the MG42 would go on to influence the new generation M60 General Purpose Machine Gun for America (used in great numbers throughout the Vietnam War) and the newer German MG3, which in essence was the World War Two-era MG42 firing the 7.62mm NATO standard round.
By the turn of the century, the squad support weapon was in full vogue. Systems such as the Minimi Para and SAW would find their way into combat frontlines in Afghanistan and Iraq. Soviet-era systems like the PKM would still be found in battlefronts across Africa and the Middle East while the "heavy barrel" .50 caliber M2HB Brownings would still be fielded on vehicle mounts and other incarnations. All this stemming from early successes as those found with the German Maxim 08 a century earlier. |
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