Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12

The Schwarzlose machine gun was a water-cooled, belt-fed machine gun designed by Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose for the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1907. This is one of the few proven machine guns with fixed term and delayed blowback. The model of 1907 has a gap between the top cover and the water jacket. This has been changed at the MG M. 7/12. The Austrian air force was equipped with M.07/12/R16 which was an air-cooled version of the M. 7/12. During World War I Austria-Hungary has given many MG M. 7/12 to Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.

The Netherlands constructed their own versions based on the M.07 under the names M.07, M08/13, M08/15 chambered in 6.5×53mmR.

The Swedish Kulspruta M/1914 chambered in 6.5×55mm and looks exactly the same like the M. 7/12 , but on the water cooling jacket is the Swedish national coat of arms.

Czechoslovakia took over a larger number of these machine guns in the inventory of their forces. In 1924 these weapons have been converted to the caliber 7.92 × 57 mm and designated as M. 07/24. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia the M. 07/24 is used by the Wehrmacht.

Schwarzlose MG M. 7/12 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher.

Dutch Schwarzlose MG M. 08/13 - 6.5×53mmR

Specifications

Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12

• County of Origin: Austria

• Type: Machine Gun

• Calibers: 8mm Mannlicher, 7.92mm Mauser, 6.5mm Mauser

• Capacity: 250 round fabric belt

• Cyclic Rate: 400 rds/min

• Length: 42.00in(1066mm)

• Barrel Length: 20.75in(526mm)

• Weight: (unloaded) 44lbs (19.9kg)

The Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12 can be seen in the following productions:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Mountains on Fire		Austrian soldiers	M. 7/12	1931
If War Comes Tomorrow (Esli zavtra voyna)			Seen in documentary footage	1938
Uproar in Damascus		German soldiers	M. 7/12	1939
Operation Amsterdam			Dutch M. 08/15 (anti-aircraft version)	1959
Hell Is for Heroes		German soldiers	Stock footage	1962
The Four Days of Naples		Italian Resistance fighters		1962
The Shortest Day (Il giorno più corto)		Italian solders	M. 7/12	1963
Many Wars Ago		Austrian soldiers	M. 7/12	1970
The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei Tartari)		Austro-Hungarian soldiers		1976
From Hell to Victory		British soldiers	Standing for Vickers	1979
The Roses of the Desert		Italian soldiers	mock-up	2006

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Mino		Austrian soldiers	M. 7/12	1986
Love and War		Austrian soldiers	M. 7/12	2007

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Battlefield: 1918			2004
Battle of Empires : 1914-1918			2014

Schwarzlose M1907/24

Czechoslovak VZ 24 Machine Gun - 7.92x57 Mauser

Schwarzlose M1907/24 Machine Gun, interwar Czechoslovak conversion to 7.92x57 mauser caliber; note that it has longer barrel and jacket.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
The Stolen Border (Uloupená hranice)		Czechoslovak troops		1947
Wolves' Lairs (Vlcie diery)		Slovak insurgents		1948
Captain Dabac		Slovak soldiers		1959
Forty-Four Mutineers	Dusan Blaskovic	Tono Mikles	standing for M. 7/12	1964
		Austro-Hungarian soldiers
A Star Called Wormwood (Hvezda zvaná Pelynek)	Rudolf Deyl	Pvt. František Noha	standing for M. 7/12	1959
		Bosnian guards
Von Ryan's Express		German guards		1965
The Day That Shook the World		Austro-Hungarian soldiers	standing for M. 7/12	1975
The World Knows Nothing (Svet nic neví)		Czechoslovak troops		1987
Capitaine Conan		Bulgarian soldiers	standing for M. 7/12	1996
		French soldiers
Company of Heroes		German soldiers		2013