Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Introduced Era›By Decade›1930sBrowse By1930sThis dimension groups weapon systems by the era in which they were first introduced into service. Wikipedia notes that weapons have evolved from "simple implements such as clubs and swords to complicated modern firearms, tanks, missiles and biological weapons," a long evolution spanning every era of warfare. Browsing by introduced era lets a visitor compare weapon systems that entered service in the same period.Facts1930sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1884 11930sFilter Results18 entriesWeapon Type or ClassAllAircraft machine gun (1)Heavy machine gun (3)Light machine gun (4)Machine gun (8)Medium machine gun (1)Tank-mounted medium machine gun (1)CaliberAll.303 British (1).50 BMG (1).50 British (1).50 caliber (1)12.7x108mm (1)13.2x99mm Hotchkiss (1)57mm (1)6.5x50mm (1)6.5x55mm (1)6.5×50mmSR Arisaka (1)6.5×52mm Mannlicher-Carcano (1)7.35x51mm Carcano (1)7.62x51mm NATO (1)7.62x54mmR (1)7.62×53mmR (1)7.7x56mmR (2)7.7x58mm (2)7.7×58mm Arisaka (1)7.92x57mm Mauser (3)Service StatusAllIn Service (4)Retired (13)OperatorAllBundeswehr (1)Imperial Japanese Army (2)Imperial Japanese Navy (2)Israeli Defense Forces (2)Red Army (2)Royal Navy (1)United States Air Force (1)Wehrmacht (2)Wars Used InAllAngolan Civil War (1)Cambodian Civil War (2)Chinese Civil War (5)Falklands War (2)First Indochina War (5)First Sudanese Civil War (1)Gulf War (2)Iran-Iraq War (2)Iraq War (1)Kargil War (1)Korean War (7)Laotian Civil War (2)Russo-Ukrainian War (2)Rwandan Civil War (2)Second Sino-Japanese War (6)Second Sudanese Civil War (1)Six-Day War (1)South African Border War (2)Spanish Civil War (2)Sri Lankan Civil War (1)Vietnam War (5)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (1)Winter War (2)World War II (15)Yom Kippur War (1)Yugoslav Wars (2)ManufacturerAllACDelco (1)Birmingham Small Arms Company (1)Breda (1)Breda (1)Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori (1)Colt's Manufacturing Company (1)FN Herstal (1)Frigidaire (1)General Dynamics Corporation (1)General Motors (1)High Standard Manufacturing Company (1)Hino Motors (1)Hitachi (1)John Inglis and Company (1)Nagoya Arsenal (1)Nexteer Automotive (1)Rheinmetall (2)Rheinmetall AG (1)Rock Island Arsenal (1)Royal Small Arms Factory (2)Sabre Defence (1)Savage Arms (1)Springfield Armory (1)State Rifle Factory (1)Suzuka Naval Arsenal (1)Toyokawa Naval Arsenal (2)TRW Inc. (1)Tula Arms Plant (2)U.S. Ordnance (1)Vickers (1)Vickers-Armstrongs (2)Yokosuka Naval Arsenal (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 18Besa machine gun1930sBreda 301930sBreda Model 1931 machine gun1930sBren Gun1930sDS-391930sDShK1930sKulspruta m/391930sLahti-Saloranta M/261930sM2 Browning Machine Gun1930sMG 131930sMG 17 machine gun1930sType 92 heavy machine gun1930sType 92 machine gun1930sType 96 light machine gun1930sType 97 aircraft machine gun1930sType 99 Light Machine Gun1930sVickers .50 machine gun1930sVickers K machine gun1930sSources1. 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.