Home›Small Arms And Sidearms›Weapon Class›Machine GunBrowse ByMachine GunFactsMachine GunSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested950 1Machine GunFilter Results38 entriesWeapon FamilyAllRifles and Carbines (1)Semi-Automatic and Battle Rifles (1)Submachine Guns (37)Introduced EraAll1918 (3)1931 (1)1935 (1)1938 (2)1939 (1)1941 (4)1942 (5)1945 (1)1948 (1)1949 (1)1951 (1)1954 (1)1959 (1)1963 (1)1966 (2)1969 (1)1970 (1)1977 (1)1982 (1)1983 (1)1984 (1)1990 (1)1996 (1)2000 (2)2001 (1)2006 (1)2019 (1)2024 (1)ManufacturerAllAnciens Etablissements Pieper (2)Auto-Ordnance Company (1)Beretta (2)Bluescope Lysaght (1)Brügger & Thomet (1)C. G. Haenel (2)Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori (1)China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (1)Colt's Manufacturing Company (1)Fegyver- és Gépgyár (1)FN Herstal (1)General Motors (1)H & R Firearms (1)Heckler & Koch (3)IMI Systems (1)Interdynamic AB (1)Kalashnikov Concern (1)KBP Instrument Design Bureau (2)Lithgow Arms (1)Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (1)Monteil (1)Nagoya Arsenal (1)Royal Small Arms Factory (1)SIG Group (2)Sterling Armaments Company (1)Steyr Arms (1)Tikka (1)Voere (1)Z111 Factory (1)Zastava Arms (1)Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod (1)OperatorAllArgentine Armed Forces (2)Australian Army (1)Australian Defence Force (3)Brazilian Army (2)British Army (1)Bundeswehr (4)Canadian Armed Forces (1)Finnish Defence Forces (4)French Armed Forces (5)Imperial Japanese Army (1)Imperial Japanese Navy (1)Indian Army (2)Israeli Defense Forces (2)Mexican Armed Forces (1)Red Army (4)Royal Air Force (1)Royal Navy (1)Russian Armed Forces (2)Russian Ground Forces (1)Spanish Armed Forces (2)United States Armed Forces (4)United States Army (1)United States Marine Corps (1)United States Navy (2)Vietnam People's Army (1)Wehrmacht (6)CaliberAll.22 Long Rifle (5).30 carbine (3).32 ACP (1).380 ACP (1).40 S&W (3).41 Action Express (1).45 ACP (8).45 caliber (2)10mm Auto (3)5.56x45mm NATO (1)7.62x25mm (6)7.62x39mm (1)7.62x51mm NATO (1)7.62×25mm Tokarev (4)7.65×20mm Longue (1)8x22mm Nambu (1)9x18mm (2)9x19mm (26)9x23mm (2)9×18mm Makarov (2)9×19 mm Parabellum (21)9×21mm (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (25)Out of Production (1)Prototype or Experimental (1)Retired (13)Country of OriginAllAustralia (2)Austria (1)Czechoslovakia (1)Empire of Japan (1)Finland (1)France (1)French Third Republic (1)German Empire (2)Germany (1)Hungary (1)India (1)Israel (1)Italy (2)Kingdom of Italy (1)Russia (2)Soviet Union (5)Sweden (2)Switzerland (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (5)Vietnam (1)West Germany (2)Yugoslavia (1)Wars Used InAllAngolan Civil War (2)Burundian Civil War (1)Cambodian Civil War (6)Chinese Civil War (6)Falklands War (2)First Congo War (2)First Indochina War (8)Gulf War (2)Ifni War (2)Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1)Iran-Iraq War (2)Iraq War (7)Korean War (9)Kosovo War (2)Laotian Civil War (9)Lebanese Civil War (1)Mau Mau Uprising (1)Mozambican Civil War (1)Nigerian Civil War (2)Ogaden War (1)Russo-Georgian War (1)Russo-Ukrainian War (4)Salvadoran Civil War (1)Second Chechen War (1)Second Sino-Japanese War (3)Sino-Indian War (2)Six-Day War (1)South African Border War (2)Soviet-Afghan War (4)Spanish Civil War (5)Sri Lankan Civil War (3)Syrian Civil War (5)Vietnam War (15)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (3)Winter War (2)World War I (2)World War II (16)Yom Kippur War (1)Yugoslav Wars (7)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 38American-180Machine GunASMIMachine GunBeretta M12Machine GunBeretta Model 38Machine GunBergmann MP18Machine GunBrügger & Thomet MP9Machine GunCarl Gustaf m/45Machine GunColt 9mm SMGMachine GunF1 submachine gunMachine GunHeckler & Koch MP5Machine GunHeckler and Koch UMPMachine GunInterdynamic MP-9Machine GunKGP-9Machine GunLanchester submachine gunMachine GunM3 submachine gunMachine GunM50 ReisingMachine GunMAS-38Machine GunMAT-49Machine GunMP 18Machine GunMP5 Submachine GunMachine GunOwen GunMachine GunPP-19 BizonMachine GunPP-2000Machine GunPP-90Machine GunPPD-40Machine GunPPS Submachine GunMachine GunPPS-43Machine GunPPSh-41Machine GunSa 23Machine GunSpectre M4Machine GunSten GunMachine GunSteyr MPi 69Machine GunSTV rifleMachine GunSuomi KP/-31Machine GunThompson Submachine GunMachine GunType 100 submachine gunMachine GunUziMachine GunZastava M77Machine GunSources1. Wikipedia: Firearmtier 2WikipediaFirearm, History, Early firearm models sectionQuote, Firearm, History, Early firearm models sectionThe first firearms originated in 10th-century Song dynasty China (see gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty), when bamboo tubes containing gunpowder and pellet projectiles were mounted on spears to make the portable fire lanceView 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.