Discord-logo.jpg Join our Discord!
If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here.

Difference between revisions of "Category:Machine Gun"

From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Part 2 of my edit. Note that some weapons like MG15, MG17 and MG81 might need a bit of confirmation regarding their classification. Also, Forgotten Weapon lists the ShKAS as an LMG, so I sort of ran with that)
(16 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
 
While in United States gun law a "machine gun" is any weapon capable of firing sequential rounds from the same barrel with a single pull of the trigger or any part that renders a weapon capable of such (including auto drop-in sears), the term correctly refers to self-loading support weapons which are designed for sustained automatic fire. A machine gun must fire at least an intermediate round; a fully automatic weapon which fires pistol rounds is either a submachine gun or a machine pistol. An automatic weapon which fires shotgun cartridges is an automatic shotgun. Any weapon which fires rapidly through the use of multiple barrels firing at the same time is a volley gun, not a machine gun.
 
While in United States gun law a "machine gun" is any weapon capable of firing sequential rounds from the same barrel with a single pull of the trigger or any part that renders a weapon capable of such (including auto drop-in sears), the term correctly refers to self-loading support weapons which are designed for sustained automatic fire. A machine gun must fire at least an intermediate round; a fully automatic weapon which fires pistol rounds is either a submachine gun or a machine pistol. An automatic weapon which fires shotgun cartridges is an automatic shotgun. Any weapon which fires rapidly through the use of multiple barrels firing at the same time is a volley gun, not a machine gun.
  
−
Light machine guns (LMGs) are designed for portability and short periods of automatic fire from a bipod; modern LMGs usually fire intermediate rounds, though some use full-sized rifle rounds. A "Squad Automatic Weapon" or SAW is a typical role for such a gun, though since SAW is a role rather than a proper category of weapon system, it can be said to be fulfilled by any weapon the military chooses to issue as one. Some SAWs are simply assault rifles with extended magazines.
+
Light machine guns (LMGs) are designed for portability and short periods of automatic fire from a bipod; modern LMGs usually fire intermediate rounds, though some use full-sized rifle rounds. Obviously, prior to the development of the intermediate round, all LMGs fired rifle rounds. A "Squad Automatic Weapon" or SAW is a typical role for such a gun, though since SAW is a role rather than a proper category of weapon system, it can be said to be fulfilled by any weapon the military chooses to issue as one. Some SAWs are simply assault rifles with extended magazines.
  
−
A medium machine gun (MMG) is a weapon designed for protracted automatic fire from a fixed position such as a tripod, using a full-sized rifle round. Almost all medium machine guns are belt-fed.
+
A medium machine gun (MMG) is a weapon designed for protracted automatic fire from a fixed position such as a tripod, using a full-sized rifle round. Almost all modern medium machine guns are belt-fed.
  
 
A general purpose machine gun (GPMG) is a weapon combining the capabilities of a light and medium machine gun; usually they are functionally medium machine guns, but take advantage of modern production techniques to enable them to be more portable than their ancestors. GPMGs have largely replaced MMGs in service due to their greater flexibility.
 
A general purpose machine gun (GPMG) is a weapon combining the capabilities of a light and medium machine gun; usually they are functionally medium machine guns, but take advantage of modern production techniques to enable them to be more portable than their ancestors. GPMGs have largely replaced MMGs in service due to their greater flexibility.
  
−
A heavy machine gun (HMG) is usually categorised as a weapon with a caliber greater than .50 in (12.7mm) but less than around 20mm; such weapons are employed in static positions or as vehicle armament. In WW1 the term simply referred to any machine gun designed to be emplaced, meaning some sources will describe MMGs as HMGs because they were defined as such at the time.
+
A heavy machine gun (HMG) is usually categorised as a weapon with a caliber greater than .50 in (12.7mm) but less than around 20mm; such weapons are employed in static positions or as vehicle armament. In WW1 and in some cases up to the end of WW2 the term simply referred to any machine gun designed to be emplaced and was largely defined by sheer physical weight, meaning some sources will describe weapons as HMGs which fit the modern definition of an MMG because they were defined as such at the time.
  
 
Non-rotary automatic weapons of calibers greater than 20mm are usually categorised as autocannons; in such weapons, automatic fire is the only qualifier, the feeding method can vary from an electrically driven belt to large stripper clips as with the [[Bofors 40mm]]. Revolver cannons use a cylinder mechanism as part of their loading method, while chainguns use a power-assisted bolt driven by a chain.
 
Non-rotary automatic weapons of calibers greater than 20mm are usually categorised as autocannons; in such weapons, automatic fire is the only qualifier, the feeding method can vary from an electrically driven belt to large stripper clips as with the [[Bofors 40mm]]. Revolver cannons use a cylinder mechanism as part of their loading method, while chainguns use a power-assisted bolt driven by a chain.
Line 25: Line 25:
 
Bren gun.JPG|[[Bren gun]]
 
Bren gun.JPG|[[Bren gun]]
 
BAR.jpg|[[Browning Automatic Rifle]]
 
BAR.jpg|[[Browning Automatic Rifle]]
−
Chatellerault M1924-29.JPG|[[Chatellerault M1924/29]]
+
Chatellerault M1924-29.JPG|[[Chatellerault Light Machine Gun]]
 
Chauchat.jpg|[[Chauchat]]
 
Chauchat.jpg|[[Chauchat]]
 
Colt IAR.jpg|[[Colt IAR]]
 
Colt IAR.jpg|[[Colt IAR]]
 
Korean Pig.jpg|[[Daewoo K3]]
 
Korean Pig.jpg|[[Daewoo K3]]
 
DP-28.jpg|[[Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun|Degtyaryov DP-28]]
 
DP-28.jpg|[[Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun|Degtyaryov DP-28]]
 +
Fedorovavtomat.jpg|[[Fedorov Avtomat]]
 
M249 FN MINIMI DA-SC-85-11586 c1.jpg|[[FN Minimi]]
 
M249 FN MINIMI DA-SC-85-11586 c1.jpg|[[FN Minimi]]
 
GalilARM-2.jpg|[[Galil ARM]]
 
GalilARM-2.jpg|[[Galil ARM]]
Line 53: Line 54:
 
Mg30 realita.jpg|[[MG30]]
 
Mg30 realita.jpg|[[MG30]]
 
QBB95.jpg|[[Norinco QBB-95]]
 
QBB95.jpg|[[Norinco QBB-95]]
 +
Type 81 Machine Gun.jpg|[[Norinco Type 81|Norinco Type 81 LMG]]
 +
POF IAR.jpg|[[Patriot Ordnance Factory P416#Patriot Ordnance Factory IAR|Patriot Ordnance Factory IAR]]
 
RPD-Light-Machine-Gun.jpg|[[RPD light machine gun]]
 
RPD-Light-Machine-Gun.jpg|[[RPD light machine gun]]
 
RPK lmg.jpg|[[RPK light machine gun]]
 
RPK lmg.jpg|[[RPK light machine gun]]
Line 73: Line 76:
 
<gallery widths=300>
 
<gallery widths=300>
 
FNMAG.jpg|[[FN MAG]]
 
FNMAG.jpg|[[FN MAG]]
 +
Lwmmg.jpg|[[General Dynamics Lightweight Medium Machine Gun]]
 
HK21wBlackFurniture.jpg|[[Heckler & Koch HK21]]
 
HK21wBlackFurniture.jpg|[[Heckler & Koch HK21]]
 
Hk121.jpg|[[Heckler & Koch MG5]]
 
Hk121.jpg|[[Heckler & Koch MG5]]
 +
IWI Negev NG7.jpg|[[IMI Negev|IWI Negev NG7]]
 
M60.jpg|[[M60 machine gun]]
 
M60.jpg|[[M60 machine gun]]
 
AA52.jpg|[[MAS AA-52]]
 
AA52.jpg|[[MAS AA-52]]
Line 81: Line 86:
 
Mg-34.jpg|[[MG34]]
 
Mg-34.jpg|[[MG34]]
 
MG42.jpg|[[MG42]]
 
MG42.jpg|[[MG42]]
 +
MK48.jpg|[[Mk 48 Mod 0]]
 
Type88gpmg2.jpg|[[Norinco QJY-88]]
 
Type88gpmg2.jpg|[[Norinco QJY-88]]
 
Type-67-II.jpg|[[Norinco Type 67]]
 
Type-67-II.jpg|[[Norinco Type 67]]
Line 100: Line 106:
 
M1914Hotchkiss.jpg|[[Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun]]
 
M1914Hotchkiss.jpg|[[Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Gun]]
 
M73mg.jpg|[[M73 machine gun]]
 
M73mg.jpg|[[M73 machine gun]]
 +
Maxim MG08-15.jpg|[[Maxim MG08/15]]
 
MG 17.jpg|[[MG17 machine gun]]
 
MG 17.jpg|[[MG17 machine gun]]
 
Mg81-1.jpg|[[MG81]]
 
Mg81-1.jpg|[[MG81]]
 
Parabellum MG14.jpg|[[Parabellum MG14]]
 
Parabellum MG14.jpg|[[Parabellum MG14]]
 +
Perino Machine Gun.jpg|[[Perino Machine Gun]]
 
Mitrailleuse mle 31.jpg|[[Reibel Machine Gun]]
 
Mitrailleuse mle 31.jpg|[[Reibel Machine Gun]]
 
Schwarz 07-12.jpeg|[[Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12]]
 
Schwarz 07-12.jpeg|[[Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12]]
Line 109: Line 117:
 
Vickersk.jpg|[[Vickers K machine gun]]
 
Vickersk.jpg|[[Vickers K machine gun]]
 
ZB-53.jpg|[[ZB-53 / Vz.37]]
 
ZB-53.jpg|[[ZB-53 / Vz.37]]
 +
</gallery>
 +
 +
=Heavy Machine Guns=
 +
<gallery widths=300>
 +
Afanasev A-12.7 dismounted.jpg|[[Afanasev A-12.7]]
 +
Berezin UBT.jpg|[[Berezin UB]]
 +
Bredam37.jpg|[[Breda Modello 37]]
 +
12.7mmBreda-SAFAT.jpg|[[Breda-SAFAT machine gun]]
 +
Browning1917.jpg|[[Browning M1917]]
 +
M1918 aircraft.jpg|[[Browning M1918]]
 +
BrowningM2 plain.jpg|[[Browning M2]]
 +
Browning-M3A.jpg|[[Browning M3]]
 +
Wz.30.jpg|[[Ckm wz.30]]
 +
DShK HMG.jpg|[[DShK heavy machine gun]]
 +
Kord 02.jpg|[[Kord heavy machine gun]]
 +
Kpvt 01.jpg|[[KPV heavy machine gun]]
 +
M85hmg.jpg|[[M85 heavy machine gun]]
 +
Maxim1895.jpg|[[Maxim]]
 +
MG 131.jpg|[[MG131 machine gun]]
 +
Nordenfelt.JPG|[[Nordenfelt gun]]
 +
NSV.JPG|[[NSV heavy machine gun]]
 +
Type 1 HMG.jpeg|[[Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun]]
 +
Type 3 Taisho 14 heavy machine gun.jpg|[[Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun]]
 +
W-85.jpg|[[Type 85 heavy machine gun]]
 +
Japanese Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun.jpg|[[Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun]]
 +
</gallery>
 +
 +
=Autocannons=
 +
<gallery widths=300>
 +
2a38m.jpg|[[2A38M autocannon]]
 +
Flak30.jpg|[[2cm FlaK 30]]
 +
Flak38single.jpg|[[2cm FlaK 38]]
 +
M1939 61-K.jpg|[[37-mm M1939 (61-K)]]
 +
Adden cannon.jpg|[[ADEN cannon]]
 +
AM-23 aircraft gun.jpg|[[Afanasev-Makarov AM-23]]
 +
Becker Type M2.jpg|[[Becker machine gun]]
 +
40mm bofors.jpg|[[Bofors 40mm]]
 +
ColtMk12.jpg|[[Colt Mk 12 cannon]]
 +
Canon DEFA MG 1359.jpg|[[DEFA cannon]]
 +
30mmGIAT30M791 01.jpg|[[GIAT 30]]
 +
GIAT M621 20mm Gazelle.jpg|[[GIAT M621]]
 +
AMX-30 M693.jpg|[[GIAT M693]]
 +
GSh-23-2.jpg|[[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23]]
 +
GSh-301.jpg|[[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30]]
 +
Hispano Suiza HS404.jpg|[[Hispano-Suiza HS.404]]
 +
RARDEN Scimitar.jpg|[[L21A1 RARDEN]]
 +
Hughes-M230-Chain-Gun3.jpg|[[M230 Chain Gun]]
 +
M242 Cannon.jpg|[[M242 Bushmaster chaingun]]
 +
Mauser BK-27.jpg|[[Mauser BK-27]]
 +
QF 1 Pounder.jpg|[[Maxim-Nordenfelt QF 1-pounder "Pom-Pom" gun]]
 +
MG-151.jpg|[[MG 151 cannon]]
 +
MGFFLRG.jpg|[[MG FF cannon]]
 +
MK108.JPG|[[MK 108 cannon]]
 +
MK30 2 ABM.jpg|[[MK30-2/ABM]]
 +
N-37 Cannon.jpg|[[Nudelman N-37]]
 +
AK-230-Museum.jpg|[[Nudelman-Nemenov NN-30]]
 +
Nr-23.jpg|[[Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23]]
 +
NR30.jpg|[[Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30]]
 +
20mm Oerlikon Cannon.jpg|[[Oerlikon 20mm Cannon]]
 +
M39Cannon.jpg|[[Pontiac M39]]
 +
Mk20 91.jpg|[[Rheinmetall Rh 202]]
 +
Shipunov 2A42.jpg|[[Shipunov 2A42]]
 +
ShVAK cannon.jpg|[[Shpitalnyi-Vladimirov ShVAK-20]]
 +
Type 99-1.jpg|[[Type 99 cannon]]
 +
Zastava M55 Triple 20mm.jpg|[[Zastava M55]]
 +
ZU-23.jpg|[[ZU-23]]
 +
</gallery>
 +
 +
=Automatic Grenade Launchers=
 +
<gallery widths=300>
 +
Ags17.jpg|[[AGS-17 Plamya]]
 +
MK19-02.jpg|[[Mk 19 Grenade Launcher]]
 +
Mk47-1.jpg|[[Mk 47 Mod 0 Grenade Launcher]]
 +
QLZ87Light.jpg|[[QLZ-87]]
 +
Xm30750cal.jpg|[[XM307 & XM312#XM307 ACSW|XM307 ACSW]]
 +
</gallery>
 +
 +
=Rotary Guns=
 +
<gallery widths=300>
 +
Gatling.jpg|[[Gatling Gun]]
 +
1877 bulldog gatling gun.jpg|[[1877 Bulldog Gatling Gun]]
 +
GAU-12U.jpg|[[General Dynamics GAU-12/U]]
 +
GAU-17A HH60.jpg|[[General Dynamics GAU-17/A]]
 +
GAU19.jpg|[[General Dynamics GAU-19/A]]
 +
F-35 GAU-22A.jpg|[[General Dynamics GAU-12/U#GAU-22/A|General Dynamics GAU-22/A]]
 +
Hires GAU8.jpg|[[General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger]]
 +
Gsh623.jpg|[[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23]]
 +
GSh-6-30.jpg|[[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30]]
 +
M134.JPG|[[M134 Minigun]]
 +
M61vulcan.jpg|[[M61 Vulcan]]
 +
M197Gatling2.jpg|[[General Dynamics M197 Vulcan]]
 +
Yakb.JPG|[[Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B]]
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
[[Category:Gun]]
 
[[Category:Gun]]

Revision as of 20:38, 15 December 2017

If you're creating a new page for a machine gun make sure to add [[Category:Gun]] and [[Category:Machine Gun]] to the page so that it will be listed here.

While in United States gun law a "machine gun" is any weapon capable of firing sequential rounds from the same barrel with a single pull of the trigger or any part that renders a weapon capable of such (including auto drop-in sears), the term correctly refers to self-loading support weapons which are designed for sustained automatic fire. A machine gun must fire at least an intermediate round; a fully automatic weapon which fires pistol rounds is either a submachine gun or a machine pistol. An automatic weapon which fires shotgun cartridges is an automatic shotgun. Any weapon which fires rapidly through the use of multiple barrels firing at the same time is a volley gun, not a machine gun.

Light machine guns (LMGs) are designed for portability and short periods of automatic fire from a bipod; modern LMGs usually fire intermediate rounds, though some use full-sized rifle rounds. Obviously, prior to the development of the intermediate round, all LMGs fired rifle rounds. A "Squad Automatic Weapon" or SAW is a typical role for such a gun, though since SAW is a role rather than a proper category of weapon system, it can be said to be fulfilled by any weapon the military chooses to issue as one. Some SAWs are simply assault rifles with extended magazines.

A medium machine gun (MMG) is a weapon designed for protracted automatic fire from a fixed position such as a tripod, using a full-sized rifle round. Almost all modern medium machine guns are belt-fed.

A general purpose machine gun (GPMG) is a weapon combining the capabilities of a light and medium machine gun; usually they are functionally medium machine guns, but take advantage of modern production techniques to enable them to be more portable than their ancestors. GPMGs have largely replaced MMGs in service due to their greater flexibility.

A heavy machine gun (HMG) is usually categorised as a weapon with a caliber greater than .50 in (12.7mm) but less than around 20mm; such weapons are employed in static positions or as vehicle armament. In WW1 and in some cases up to the end of WW2 the term simply referred to any machine gun designed to be emplaced and was largely defined by sheer physical weight, meaning some sources will describe weapons as HMGs which fit the modern definition of an MMG because they were defined as such at the time.

Non-rotary automatic weapons of calibers greater than 20mm are usually categorised as autocannons; in such weapons, automatic fire is the only qualifier, the feeding method can vary from an electrically driven belt to large stripper clips as with the Bofors 40mm. Revolver cannons use a cylinder mechanism as part of their loading method, while chainguns use a power-assisted bolt driven by a chain.

An automatic weapon which fires low-velocity explosive rounds is usually categorised as a grenade machine gun (GMG) or automatic grenade launcher (AGL).

Rotary weapons are usually treated as their own sub-class rather than using the light / medium / heavy descriptors. These are referred to as rotary or Gatling guns; it is never correct to call a rotary gun a chaingun. Strictly speaking, most rotary gun designs are not machine guns or even automatic, since they use external power from either a crank or motor to drive a fundamentally manually-operated weapon, but since they are used in the same role of producing sustained fire, they are categorised as machine guns.

Light Machine Guns

General-Purpose Machine Guns

Medium Machine Guns

Heavy Machine Guns

Autocannons

Automatic Grenade Launchers

Rotary Guns

Pages in category "Machine Gun"

The following 152 pages are in this category, out of 152 total.

(

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Retrieved from "https://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Category:Machine_Gun&oldid=1146873"

Do Not Sell My Personal Information