Home›Weapons Systems›Weapon Type or Class›Heavy machine gunBrowse ByHeavy machine gunThis dimension sorts weapon systems by their basic class, a firearm, a tank, a missile or a biological weapon. Wikipedia notes that weapons range "from simple implements such as clubs and swords to complicated modern firearms, tanks, missiles and biological weapons." Browsing by weapon class keeps weapon systems of the same kind grouped together.FactsHeavy machine gunConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEarliest Era RepresentedWell-attestedAncient 1Heavy machine gunFilter Results10 entriesWeapon FamilyAllHeavy Machine Guns (10)CaliberAll.50 BMG (1).50 caliber (1)12.7x108mm (4)14.5x114mm (1)6.5x55mm (1)6.5×50mmSR Arisaka (1)6.5×53mmR (1)6.5×54mm Mannlicher-Schönauer (1)7.7x58mm (1)7.92x57mm Mauser (1)7x57mm Mauser (2)8x56mmR Steyr (1)8×50mmR Mannlicher (1)8×56mmR (1)Introduced EraAll1905 (1)1907 (1)1908 (1)1914 (1)1932 (1)1933 (1)1938 (1)1949 (1)1971 (1)1985 (1)1998 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (6)Retired (4)OperatorAllAustro-Hungarian Army (1)Bundeswehr (1)Egyptian Armed Forces (1)Finnish Defence Forces (1)Imperial Japanese Army (2)Israeli Defense Forces (1)People's Liberation Army (2)Red Army (1)Royal Navy (1)Russian Armed Forces (1)Soviet Armed Forces (2)United States Air Force (1)Wehrmacht (1)Wars Used InAllAngolan Civil War (2)Balkan Wars (1)Cambodian Civil War (3)Chinese Civil War (2)Falklands War (1)First Chechen War (1)First Indochina War (4)First Sudanese Civil War (1)Gulf War (4)Iran-Iraq War (3)Iraq War (3)Kargil War (1)Korean War (5)Laotian Civil War (3)Russian Civil War (1)Russo-Georgian War (3)Russo-Ukrainian War (6)Rwandan Civil War (2)Second Chechen War (2)Second Sino-Japanese War (2)Second Sudanese Civil War (1)Six-Day War (1)South African Border War (2)Soviet-Afghan War (2)Spanish Civil War (1)Sri Lankan Civil War (2)Syrian Civil War (4)Vietnam War (5)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (1)Winter War (1)World War I (2)World War II (5)Yom Kippur War (1)Yugoslav Wars (2)ManufacturerAllACDelco (1)Artillerie-Inrichtingen (1)Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori (1)China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (1)Colt's Manufacturing Company (1)Degtyarev plant (2)FN Herstal (1)Frigidaire (1)General Dynamics Corporation (1)General Motors (1)German Arms and Ammunition Factory (1)Hanyang Arsenal (1)High Standard Manufacturing Company (1)Hino Motors (1)Hitachi (1)Nexteer Automotive (1)Rock Island Arsenal (1)Sabre Defence (1)Savage Arms (1)Springfield Armory (1)Steyr Arms (1)TRW Inc. (1)Tula Arms Plant (1)U.S. Ordnance (1)Zbrojovka Brno (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10DShKHeavy machine gunKord machine gunHeavy machine gunKPV heavy machine gunHeavy machine gunM2 Browning Machine GunHeavy machine gunMG 08Heavy machine gunNSV machine gunHeavy machine gunSchwarzlose machine gunHeavy machine gunType 3 heavy machine gunHeavy machine gunType 92 heavy machine gunHeavy machine gunW85 heavy machine gunHeavy machine gunConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,983 connections.Sources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, weapon-system has a live Ancient subcategoryQuote, War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, weapon-system has a live Ancient subcategoryAncient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).Comments (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.