Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Country of Origin›BelgiumBrowse ByBelgiumFactsBelgiumSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1884 1BelgiumFilter Results8 entriesWeapon ClassAllMachine Gun (8)Weapon FamilyAllGeneral-Purpose and Medium Machine Guns (2)Heavy Machine Guns (2)Light Machine Guns (4)Introduced EraAll1939 (1)1958 (2)1975 (1)1982 (1)1984 (1)1988 (1)2003 (1)2021 (1)ManufacturerAllCarl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori (1)FN Herstal (7)OperatorAllAustralian Defence Force (2)Brazilian Army (1)British Army (2)Canadian Armed Forces (1)Egyptian Armed Forces (1)Finnish Defence Forces (1)French Armed Forces (2)Israeli Defense Forces (1)Royal Navy (1)United States Armed Forces (2)United States Navy (1)CaliberAll13.2x99mm Hotchkiss (1)15x115mm (1)5.56x45mm NATO (3)6.5x55mm (1)7.62x51mm NATO (5)Service StatusAllIn Service (6)Prototype or Experimental (1)Retired (1)Wars Used InAllBosnian War (2)Burundian Civil War (2)Falklands War (1)Gulf War (3)Iraq War (3)Kosovo War (3)Nigerian Civil War (1)Russo-Ukrainian War (2)Six-Day War (1)South African Border War (1)Sri Lankan Civil War (1)Syrian Civil War (4)Vietnam War (1)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (4)World War II (1)Yom Kippur War (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8FN BRG-15BelgiumFN EVOLYSBelgiumFN MAGBelgiumFN MinimiBelgiumKsp 58BelgiumM249 SAWBelgiumMitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mmBelgiumMk 48 machine gunBelgiumSources1. Wikipedia: Machine guntier 2WikipediaMachine gun, History, Maxim and World War I sectionQuote, Machine gun, History, Maxim and World War I sectionThe first practical self-powered machine gun was invented in 1884 by Sir Hiram Maxim.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.