Machine guns introduction
Austria
 Steyr-Solothurn MG 30
 Steyr AUG /Hbar
Belgium
 FN Minimi
 FN MAG
 FN BRG-15
China, People's Republic
 Type 67 GPMG
 Type 88 GPMG
 Type 95 LMG
 Type 77 HMG
 Type 85 HMG
 W-85 HMG
 Type 89 HMG new
 Type 02 / QJG 02 HMG
Czech Republic
 ZB 26
 ZB 53 / Vz.37
 type 52 & 52/57
 type 58 (UK vz.58)
Denmark
 Madsen LMG
 Madsen-Saetter
Finland
 Valmet KvKK 62
France
 MAC M1924/29
 AAT Mod.52
Germany
 MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18
 MG 13
 MG 34
 MG 42 and MG 3
 HK 21 and 23
 HK MG 4
Great Britain
 Vickers Mk.I
 Lewis
 Bren
 L86A1 SA-80 LSW
Israel
 Negev
Japan
 Type 96 & Type 99
 Type 62
Russia / USSR
 Maxim M1910/30
 Degtyarov DP DPM RP-46
 Degtyarov DS-39
 Degtyarov RPD
 Kalashnikov RPK
 Kalashnikov RPK-74
 Gorjunov SG-43 SGM
 Kalashnikov PK / PKM
 Pecheneg
 DShK DShKM 12.7
 NSV 12,7 'Utes'
 Kord 12,7
 KPV 14,5
Singapore
 STK Ultimax 100
 CIS .50 MG
South Africa
 Vector SS-77 / Mini-SS
South Korea
 Daewoo K3
Spain
 CETME Ameli
Switzerland
 Steyr-Solothurn MG 30
 SIG MG 50
 W+F MG 51
 SIG MG 710
USA
 Lewis
 Browning M1917 M1919
 Browning M1918 BAR
 Johnson M1941 M1944
 M60
 M16 LSW / LMG
 M134 Minigun new
 XM214 Microgun new
 Stoner 63
 M249 SAW
 M240
 Mk.48 mod.0
 Browning M2HB .50 cal
 XM312 .50 cal
 LW50MG new

 Gatling, Minigun, Vulcan

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Type 62 machine gun (Japan)

Caliber	7,62x51 NATO
Weight	10,7 kg (gun with bipod) + 6,4 (US M2 tripod)
Length	1200 mm
Barrel length	635 mm
Feed	belt
Rate of fire	550 rounds per minute

Type 62 general purpose machine gun was developed during early 1960s and adopted by Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) in 1962. It is still in use by JSDF, and it was never exported from Japan.

The Type 62 universal machine gun is automatic weapon with air-cooled, quick detachable barrel. The gun is gas-operated, with a long-stroke gas piston located below the barrel. Barrel locking is achieved by tilting the front of the bolt up, so its lateral lugs can engage recesses in the receiver walls. Upon discharge, cams on the gas piston / operating rod first drop the front of the bolt down to unlock and then retract it to complete the reloading cycle. The extraction system is also quite unusual. Instead of the traditional spring-loaded hook extractor, the Type 62 bolt has a solid claw-shaped hook made above the breech face of the bolt. Upon unlocking, as the bolt head is tipped down, this hook also goes down and firmly engages the ejection groove of the fired cartridge case. Spent cases are ejected downwards.
The gun is belt-fed, using US M13 disintegrating-link belts with open pockets. The feed direction is from the left side only. The feed system pulls the belt in two strokes, a half-step on bolt-opening and half-step on the bolt closing. Cartridges are then pushed from the belt directly into the chamber.
The gun is fitted with a pistol grip and a single trigger, which permits automatic fire only. Additional furniture includes a wooden buttstock and a folding bipod that is attached to the gas tube below the barrel. For the sustained fire role the Type 62 can be installed on the US M2 tripod.

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