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World War I machine guns

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the first self-powered machine gun, invented by Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884

M1918 Browning automatic rifle

light machine gun

light machine gun

7.7 mm medium machine gun

Madsen machine gun

light machine gun

7.9 mm heavy machine gun

heavy machine gun

M1917 Browning machine gun

heavy machine gun

The Chauchat ("show-sha", ) was the standard light machine gun or "machine rifle" of the French Army during World War I (1914–18). Its official designation was "Fusil Mitrailleur Modèle 1915 CSRG" ("Machine Rifle Model 1915 CSRG"). Beginning in June 1916, it was placed into regular service with French infantry, where the troops called it the FM Chauchat, after Colonel Louis Chauchat, the main contributor to its design. The Chauchat in 8mm Lebel was also extensively used in 1917–18 by the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.), who described the weapon as "Abysmal", where it was officially desi

Schwarzlose machine gun

8 mm medium machine gun

Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun

type of machine gun

Hotchkiss M1909 Benet-Mercie machine gun

light machine gun

M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun

St. Étienne Mle 1907

Type 3 heavy machine gun

type of heavy machine gun

Fiat-Revelli Model 1914

medium machine gun

7.9 mm machine gun aircraft armament

13 mm heavy machine gun

Perino Model 1908

type of machine gun

Hotchkiss machine gun

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German twin barrelled machine gun

Fokker-Leimberger

The Fokker-Leimberger was an externally powered, 12-barrel rifle-caliber rotary gun developed in Germany during the First World War. The action of the Fokker-Leimberger differed from that of a Gatling in that it employed a rotary split-breech design, also known as a "nutcracker".