Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Heavy Machine GunsGroupHeavy Machine GunsHeavy machine guns are large, crew-served or vehicle-mounted automatic weapons firing rifle-class or larger cartridges, built for sustained fire at long range from a tripod, vehicle or aircraft mount. A weapon belongs here when the infobox of its cited article names it a heavy machine gun. It excludes light and general-purpose machine guns, which sit in their own groups. Weapons in this group are placed by what their own cited article states, so a visitor browsing heavy machine guns sees only systems whose sources name that role, and can compare them across eras, makers and the forces that used them.Browse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Heavy Machine GunsHeavy Machine Guns26 entriesHeavy Machine GunsFilter Results26 entriesWeapon FamilyAllHeavy Machine Guns (26)Weapon Type or ClassAllaircraft heavy machine gun (1)Heavy machine gun (10)Machine gun (12)Recoil-operated machine gun (1)towed quad anti-aircraft machine gun mount (1)water-cooled machine gun (1)CaliberAll.30-06 Springfield (2).30-40 Krag (1).303 British (3).50 BMG (4).50 British (1).50 caliber (4)11x59mmR Gras (2)12.7x108mm (7)13.2x99mm Hotchkiss (2)14.5x114mm (1)15x115mm (1)6.5x52mm Carcano (3)6.5x55mm (1)6.5×50mmSR Arisaka (1)6.5×52mm Mannlicher-Carcano (1)6.5×53mmR (1)6.5×54mm Mannlicher-Schönauer (1)6mm Lee Navy (1)7.5x54mm (1)7.5x55mm (1)7.5×54mm French (1)7.5×55mm Swiss (1)7.62x54mmR (3)7.65x53mm Argentine (1)7.7x56mmR (1)7.7x58mm (1)7.92x57mm Mauser (2)7x57mm Mauser (4)8x50mmR Lebel (2)8x56mmR Steyr (1)8×50mmR Mannlicher (2)8×56mmR (1)Introduced EraAll1884 (1)1889 (1)1895 (1)1905 (1)1907 (1)1908 (1)1912 (1)1914 (3)1921 (1)1931 (2)1932 (2)1933 (1)1938 (1)1939 (1)1944 (1)1949 (1)1971 (1)1977 (1)1985 (1)1987 (1)1998 (1)2002 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (10)Prototype or Experimental (2)Retired (13)OperatorAllAustro-Hungarian Army (1)British Army (2)Bundeswehr (1)Canadian Army (1)Egyptian Armed Forces (1)Finnish Defence Forces (2)French Armed Forces (1)Imperial Japanese Army (2)Imperial Russian Army (1)Israeli Defense Forces (1)People's Liberation Army (3)Red Army (1)Royal Navy (2)Russian Armed Forces (1)Soviet Armed Forces (2)Turkish Armed Forces (1)United States Air Force (1)United States Armed Forces (2)United States Army (1)United States Navy (1)Wehrmacht (1)Wars Used InAllAngolan Civil War (2)Balkan Wars (1)Boxer Rebellion (1)Cambodian Civil War (3)Chinese Civil War (3)Falklands War (1)First Chechen War (1)First Indochina War (7)First Matabele War (1)First Sudanese Civil War (1)Gulf War (4)Ifni War (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1)Iran-Iraq War (3)Iraq War (3)Kargil War (1)Korean War (7)Laotian Civil War (3)Mexican Revolution (2)Russian Civil War (3)Russo-Georgian War (3)Russo-Japanese War (1)Russo-Ukrainian War (7)Rwandan Civil War (2)Second Boer War (1)Second Chechen War (2)Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1)Second Sino-Japanese War (3)Second Sudanese Civil War (1)Six-Day War (1)South African Border War (2)Soviet-Afghan War (2)Spanish Civil War (4)Sri Lankan Civil War (2)Syrian Civil War (6)Vietnam War (7)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (1)Winter War (1)World War I (5)World War II (13)Yom Kippur War (1)Yugoslav Wars (2)ManufacturerAllACDelco (1)Artillerie-Inrichtingen (1)Breda (1)Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori (1)China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (2)Colt's Manufacturing Company (2)Degtyarev plant (2)Fiat S.p.A. 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Calibre 13,2 mmMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons2 linksNSV machine gunMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons7 linksReibel machine gunMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons3 linksSchwarzlose machine gunMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons6 linksType 3 heavy machine gunMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons5 linksType 77 heavy machine gunMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons2 linksType 92 heavy machine gunMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons7 linksVickers .50 machine gunMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons2 linksVickers Machine GunMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons5 linksW85 heavy machine gunMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons4 linksXM806Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons1 linkZastava M02 CoyoteMachine Guns And Automatic Weapons1 linkZastava M87Machine Guns And Automatic WeaponsSourcesMilitary Factory: Chatellerault Model 1931 (Reibel Machine Gun)Military FactoryHas Member: Reibel machine gun, Header classification lineQuote, Has Member: Reibel machine gun, Header classification lineHeavy Machine Gun (HMG)View the SourceWikipedia: Zastava M87Has Member: Zastava M87, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Zastava M87, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: M1895 Colt-Browning machine gunHas Member: M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gunHas Member: Hotchkiss Mle 1914 Machine Gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Hotchkiss Mle 1914 Machine Gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: M2 Browningtier 4WikipediaHas Member: M2 Browning Machine Gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: M2 Browning Machine Gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mmHas Member: Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm, Infobox: typeheavy machine gun/autocannonView the SourceWikipedia: FN BRG-15Has Member: FN BRG-15, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: FN BRG-15, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Breda Model 1931 machine gunHas Member: Breda Model 1931 machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Breda Model 1931 machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gun Anti-aircraft gunView the SourceWikipedia: W85 heavy machine gunHas Member: W85 heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: W85 heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Schwarzlose machine gunHas Member: Schwarzlose machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Schwarzlose machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Zastava M02 CoyoteHas Member: Zastava M02 Coyote, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Zastava M02 Coyote, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Vickers .50 machine gunHas Member: Vickers .50 machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Vickers .50 machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gun Anti-aircraft gunView the SourceWikipedia: Kord machine gunHas Member: Kord machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Kord machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: XM806Has Member: XM806, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: XM806, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: NSV machine gunHas Member: NSV machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: NSV machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Type 77 heavy machine gunHas Member: Type 77 heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Type 77 heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Maxim guntier 4WikipediaHas Member: Maxim Gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Maxim Gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: KPV heavy machine gunHas Member: KPV heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: KPV heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914Has Member: Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Vickers Machine Guntier 4WikipediaHas Member: Vickers Machine Gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Vickers Machine Gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Type 92 heavy machine gunHas Member: Type 92 heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Type 92 heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: DShKHas Member: DShK, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: DShK, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: M45 quad mountHas Member: M45 quad mount, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: M45 quad mount, Infobox: typeAnti-aircraft gun, heavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: MG 08Has Member: MG 08, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: MG 08, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: Type 3 heavy machine gunHas Member: Type 3 heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Type 3 heavy machine gun, Infobox: typeHeavy machine gunView the SourceWikipedia: M1921 Browning machine gunHas Member: M1921 Browning machine gun, Lead sentenceQuote, Has Member: M1921 Browning machine gun, Lead sentenceThe M1921 Browning machine gun was a water-cooled .50-caliber (12.7 mm) machine gun designed by John Moses Browning.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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