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WW2 Small Arms Identification Guide

This is one of a series of identification guides for the small arms (pistols, rifles, submachine guns, assault rifles, and light machine guns) issued or in use during World War 2. To the best of our knowledge, all the examples shown are original pre-1945 manufacture. If anyone has questions or suggestions, please contact [email protected].

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WW2 Light Machine Gun Identification Guide





Breda Modello 30 - Italy - produced 1930-1945
Caliber 6.5mm Browning - 40 rounds - 500 rpm
30,000 produced



Bren Gun - Great Britain - produced 1935-1971
Caliber .303 - 20 or 30 round box/100 round pan magazine - 500-520 rpm



Charlton Automatic Rifle - New Zealand - produced 1942-1945
Caliber .303 - 10 or 30 round box magazine - 600 rpm



DP M28 (Degtjarev) - Soviet Union - produced 1928-1945
Caliber 7.62mm - 47 round pan magazine - 500-600 rpm
795,000 produced



Fallschirmj�gergewehr 42, 1st model- Germany - produced 1943-1945
Caliber 7.92mm Kurz - 10 or 20 round box magazine - 900 rpm
3,000 produced



Fallschirmj�gergewehr 42, 2nd model- Germany - produced 1944-1945
Caliber 7.92mm Kurz - 10 or 20 round box magazine - 900 rpm



Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 (Chauchat) - France - produced 1915-1922
Caliber 8 mm - 20 round magazine - 240 rpm
262,000 produced



Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1924 M29 - France - produced 1925-1957
Caliber 7.5mm - 25 round box magazine - 450 rpm
190,400 produced



Hotchkiss M1922 - France - produced 1925-1950s
Caliber 7.5mm - 20 round box/15, 24 or 30 round strips - 450 rpm



Kulsprutegev�r M1940 - Sweden - produced 1940-1950s
Caliber 6.5mm - 20 round box magazine - 480 rpm



Lahti-Saloranta M/26 - Finland - produced 1927-1942
Caliber 7.62mm - 20 or 75 round box magazine - 450-550 rpm
6,200 produced



Lewis LMG - Great Britain - produced 1913-1942
Caliber .303 - 47 or 97 round pan magazine - 500-600 rpm
148,500 produced



M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle - United States - produced 1917-1950s
Caliber .30-06 - 20 round box magazine - 500-650 rpm
100,000 produced



M1941 Johnson Automatic Rifle - United States - produced 1940-1945
Caliber .30-06 - 25 round box magazine - 200-600 rpm
9,500 produced



Madsen Light Machine Gun - Denmark - produced 1902-
Caliber 6.5mm - 25, 30, or 40 round box magazine - 450 rpm



Maxim�Tokarev M1925 - Soviet Union - produced 1925-1928
Caliber 7.62mm - 100 round belt - 500-600 rpm
3,600 produced



Maschinengewehr 30 - Germany - produced 1930-1940
Caliber 7.92mm - 50 or 75 round box magazine - 600-800 rpm



Maschinengewehr 34 - Germany - produced 1934-1945
Caliber 7.92mm - 50-250 round belt - 800-900 rpm



Maschinengewehr 42 - Germany - produced 1942-1945
Caliber 7.92mm - 50-250 round belt - 1200 rpm
400,000 produced



Type 11 Light Machine Gun - Japan - produced 1922-1941
Caliber 6.5mm - 30 round hopper - 400-450 rpm
29,000 produced



Type 96 Light Machine Gun - Japan - produced 1936-1945
Caliber 6.5mm - 30 round box magazine - 450-500 rpm



Type 99 Light Machine Gun - Japan - produced 1939-1945
Caliber 7.7mm - 30 round box magazine - 700 rpm



VMG 1927/MV 31 - Germany - produced 1927
Caliber 8mm - 50 round drum - 450 rpm



Weibel M/1932 - Denmark - produced 1902-
Caliber 7mm - 20 round box magazine - 450 rpm



ZB vz 26 - Czechoslovakia - produced 1924-45-
Caliber 8mm - 20 round box magazine - 500 rpm



ZB vz 30 - Czechoslovakia - produced 1930-45-
Caliber 8mm - 20 round box magazine - 550-650 rpm