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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 full-power 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 categorized 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.

The "oddities" mentioned in the sixth section below were created by converting medium and heavy machine guns for more mobile use. They were intended for the LMG role – one could argue that they classify under some sorts of GPMGs, except that the MG08/15 predates that concept – but they were relatively heavy for that purpose when compared to other portable machine guns.

Non-rotary automatic weapons of calibers greater than 20mm are usually categorized 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 categorized 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 categorized as machine guns.

Light Machine Guns

General-Purpose Machine Guns

Medium Machine Guns

Flex / Coaxial Medium Machine Gun Variants

Heavy Machine Guns

Oddities

Rotary Machine Guns

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 Bergmannmg15.jpg|[[Bergmann MG 15nA]]
 Besal .jpg|[[BESAL]]
-px-Breda 30.jpg|[[Breda Modello 30]]
+Breda 30.jpg|[[Breda Modello 30]]
 Bren gun.JPG|[[Bren gun]]
 BAR.jpg|[[Browning Automatic Rifle]]
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 M249 FN MINIMI DA-SC-85-11586 c1.jpg|[[FN Minimi]]
 GalilARM-2.jpg|[[Galil ARM]]
+Gorov Light Machine Gun.jpg|[[Gorov light machine gun]]
 HK23.jpg|[[Heckler & Koch HK23]]
 H&K M27 IAR.jpg|[[Heckler & Koch M27 IAR]]
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 Ls26s.jpg|[[Lahti-Saloranta LS/26]]
 Lewis gun.JPG|[[Lewis Gun]]
+Lmg25.jpg|[[Lmg 25]]
 LSAT.jpg|[[LSAT|LSAT LMG]]
 LWRCIAR.jpg|[[LWRC M6A4 IAR]]
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 Maxim-Tokarev 1926.jpg|[[Maxim-Tokarev]]
 MexicanMendozaM1934LMG.jpg|[[Mendoza M1934 LMG]]
-MG13.jpg|[[MG13]]
+MG13.jpg|[[MG 13]]
-QBB95.jpg|[[Norinco QJB-95]]
-Type88gpmg2.jpg|[[Norinco QJY-88]]
-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]]
+QBB95.jpg|[[QJB-95]]
+Type88gpmg2.jpg|[[QJY-88]]
 RPD-Light-Machine-Gun.jpg|[[RPD]]
 RPK lmg.jpg|[[RPK]]
 RPK-16.jpg|[[RPK-16]]
+RPL-20 LMG.jpg|[[RPL-20]]
 SIG KE7.jpg|[[SIG KE7]]
 Aug-hbar.jpg|[[Steyr AUG HBAR]]
 Mg30 realita.jpg|[[Steyr-Solothurn S2-200]]
-StonerM63.jpg|[[Stoner 63]]
+Stoner 63 Automatic Rifle.jpg|[[Stoner 63]]
 SureFire MGX.jpg|[[SureFire MGX]]
 Type11.jpg|[[Type 11 Light Machine Gun]]
 Type73LMG.jpg|[[Type 73 Light Machine Gun]]
-Type96.jpg|[[Type 96 Light Machine Gun]]
+Type 81 Machine Gun.jpg|[[Type 81|Type 81 LMG]]
+Type96.jpg|[[Type 96 light machine gun]]
 Type 97 LMG display.jpg|[[Type 97 light machine gun]]
-Type 99 LMG.jpg|[[Type 99 Light Machine Gun]]
+Type 99 LMG.jpg|[[Type 99 light machine gun]]
 Type_Hei_c.jpg|[[Type Hei rifle|Type Hei Experimental Ultra Light Machine Gun]]
 Ultimax-100-Mk2-SAW.jpg|[[Ultimax 100]]
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 Lwmmg.jpg|[[General Dynamics Lightweight Medium Machine Gun]]
 HK21wBlackFurniture.jpg|[[Heckler & Koch HK21]]
-Hk121.jpg|[[Heckler & Koch MG5]]
+HK MG5.jpg|[[Heckler & Koch MG5]]
 IWI Negev NG7.jpg|[[IWI Negev NG7]]
 KAC LWAMG.jpg|[[Knight's Armament Stoner LMG#KAC LWAMG|Knight's Armament LWAMG]]
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 M60.jpg|[[M60]]
 AA52.jpg|[[MAS AA-52]]
-MG 3.jpg|[[MG3]]
+MG3 Black furniture.jpg|[[MG3]]
 Mg-34.jpg|[[MG34]]
 MG42.jpg|[[MG42]]
 MK48.jpg|[[Mk 48 Mod 0]]
-Type-67-II.jpg|[[Norinco Type 67]]
 OTs-128.jpg|[[OTs-128]]
 Pk machine gun.jpg|[[PK]]
-MG 39 Rh.jpg|Rheinmetall MG 39 Rh
+MG 39 Rh.jpg|[[Rheinmetall MG 39 Rh]]
 SIG MG50.jpg|[[SIG MG50]]
 MG710-3.jpg|[[SIG MG710-3]]
+SIG-LMG.jpg|[[SIG-Sauer LMG-6.8]]
 SIG Sauer MG 338.jpg|[[SIG-Sauer MG 338]]
 Type62.jpg|[[Sumitomo NTK-62]]
+Type-67-II.jpg|[[Type 67 machine gun]]
 UKVZ59.jpg|[[UK vz. 59]]
 Ss77.jpg|[[Vektor SS-77]]
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 Ds 39 machine gun.jpg|[[Degtyaryov DS-39]]
 Fiat-revelli m1914.jpg|[[Fiat-Revelli M14/35#Fiat-Revelli M14|Fiat-Revelli M14]]
-GoryunovSG43MachineGun.jpg|[[Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun|Goryunov SG-43]]
+SGM MG.jpg|[[Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun|Goryunov SG-43]]
 M1914Hotchkiss.jpg|[[Hotchkiss M1914]]
 MAC 1934 (1).jpg|[[MAC 1934]]
-MG15.jpg|[[MG15]]
+MG15.jpg|[[MG 15]]
-MG 17.jpg|[[MG17 machine gun|MG17]]
+MG 17.jpg|[[MG 17]]
-Mg81-1.jpg|[[MG81]]
+MG 81.jpg|[[MG 81]]
-Parabellum MG14.jpg|[[Parabellum MG14]]
+Parabellum MG14.jpg|[[Parabellum MG 14]]
 Perino Machine Gun.jpg|[[Perino Machine Gun]]
 Mitrailleuse mle 31.jpg|[[Reibel Machine Gun]]
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 SIA Mod 1918.jpg|[[SIA Model 1918]]
 St 1907 mg.jpg|[[St. Étienne Mle 1907]]
-VickersMk1.jpg|[[Vickers]]
+Type 100 Aircraft Machine Gun.jpg|[[Type 100 Aircraft Machine Gun]]
+Vickers MKI MG.jpg|[[Vickers]]
 Vickersk.jpg|[[Vickers K machine gun|Vickers K]]
 ZB-53.jpg|[[ZB-53 / Vz.37]]
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 Machine gun PKT.jpg|[[PKT]]
 Sumitomo Type 74 MG display.jpg|[[Sumitomo NTK-62|Sumitomo Type 74]]
+Typ 89 model 2.jpg|[[Vickers#Type_97_Aircraft_Machine_Gun|Type 89 Aircraft Machine Gun]]
+Type 97.jpg|[[Vickers#Type_97_Aircraft_Machine_Gun|Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun]]
+VickersAircraft.jpg|[[Vickers#Vickers_Aircraft_Machine_Gun|Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun]]
 Wz._37_Szczeniak.jpg|[[Wz. 37 Szczeniak]]
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 Afanasev A-12.7 dismounted.jpg|[[Afanasev A-12.7]]
 Berezin UBT.jpg|[[Berezin UB]]
+Breda Modello 31.jpg|[[Breda Modello 31]]
 Bredam37.jpg|[[Breda Modello 37]]
 .7mmBreda-SAFAT.jpg|[[Breda-SAFAT machine gun|Breda-SAFAT]]
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 BrowningM2 plain.jpg|[[Browning M2]]
 Browning-M3A.jpg|[[Browning M3]]
-Ckm wz.30 MG.jpg|[[Ckm wz.30]]
+Ckm wz.30 MG.jpg|[[Ckm wz. 30]]
+Coffee Mill Gun.jpg|[[Coffee Mill Gun]]
 DShK original.jpg|[[DShK]]
 Fiat-Revelli Modello 1935.jpg|[[Fiat-Revelli M35]]
 Ho103mg.jpg|[[Ho-103]]
-M1929_Hotchkiss_MG.jpg|[[Hotchkiss M1929]]
+M1929 Hotchkiss MG.jpg|[[Hotchkiss M1929]]
-Kord 02.jpg|[[Kord heavy machine gun|Kord]]
+Kord.jpg|[[Kord heavy machine gun|Kord]]
 Kpvt 01.jpg|[[KPV heavy machine gun|KPV]]
 M85hmg.jpg|[[M85 heavy machine gun|M85]]
 Maxim1895.jpg|[[Maxim]]
-MG 131.jpg|[[MG131 machine gun|MG131]]
+MG 131.jpg|[[MG 131]]
 Mitrailleuse.jpg|Montigny Mitrailleuse
-NSV.JPG|[[NSV heavy machine gun|NSV]]
+NSV HMG.jpg|[[NSV heavy machine gun|NSV]]
 QJC-88.jpg|[[Norinco QJC-88|QJC-88]]
 QJZ-89.jpg|[[QJZ-89]]
-_Mitrailleuse.jpg|Reffye Mitrailleuse
+Mitrailleuse.jpg|Reffye Mitrailleuse
 Type 1 HMG.jpeg|[[Type 1 heavy machine gun]]
 Type 3 Taisho 14 heavy machine gun.jpg|[[Type 3 heavy machine gun]]

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