Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Country of Origin›SwitzerlandBrowse BySwitzerlandFactsSwitzerlandSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1884 1SwitzerlandFilter Results4 entriesWeapon ClassAllHowitzer / Artillery (1)Machine Gun (3)Weapon FamilyAllGeneral-Purpose and Medium Machine Guns (2)Gun Mounts, Turrets and Remote Weapon Stations (1)Introduced EraAll1951 (1)1965 (1)2021 (1)ManufacturerAllRheinmetall Air Defence (Switzerland) (2)SIG Group (1)Waffenfabrik Bern (1)OperatorAllBundeswehr (1)CaliberAll30 × 173 mm cartridge (1)35mm (1)7.5×55mm Swiss (1)7.62x51mm NATO (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 4MG 51SwitzerlandSIG MG 710-3SwitzerlandSkyranger 30SwitzerlandSkyranger 35SwitzerlandSources1. 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.