Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Country of Origin›RussiaBrowse ByRussiaFactsRussiaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1884 1RussiaFilter Results4 entriesWeapon ClassAllMachine Gun (3)Submachine Gun (1)Weapon FamilyAllGeneral-Purpose and Medium Machine Guns (1)Heavy Machine Guns (1)Light Machine Guns (1)Introduced EraAll1998 (1)2008 (1)2025 (1)ManufacturerAllDegtyarev plant (1)Kalashnikov Concern (1)KBP Instrument Design Bureau (1)Kovrov Machine-Gun Factory (1)OperatorAllRussian Armed Forces (2)CaliberAll12.7x108mm (1)5.45x39mm (1)7.62x39mm (1)7.62x54mmR (1)9x19mm (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (3)Wars Used InAllRusso-Georgian War (2)Russo-Ukrainian War (2)Second Chechen War (1)Syrian Civil War (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 4AEK-999RussiaKord machine gunRussiaPP-90M1RussiaRPL-20RussiaSources1. 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.