Schwarzlose machine gun
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The Maschinengewehr (Schwarzlose) M. 7, also known as the Schwarzlose MG, is a medium machine-gun, used as a standard issue firearm in the Austro-Hungarian Army throughout World War I. It was utilized by the Dutch, Greek and Hungarian armies during World War II. It was routinely issued to Italian colonial troops, alongside the Mannlicher M1895 rifle.[6]
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Maschinengewehr (Schwarzlose) M. 7 | |
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Type | Medium Machine gun |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
Service history | |
In service | 1908–1948 |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | Balkan Wars World War I Russian Civil War[1] Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia Polish–Soviet War Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) Constitutionalist Revolution Colombia–Peru War Austrian Civil War Spanish Civil War World War II 1948 Arab–Israeli War[2] |
Production history | |
Designer | Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose[3] |
Designed | 1904[4] |
Manufacturer | Steyr |
Produced | 1908[5] – 1918 |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications | |
Mass | 41.4 kg (gun & tripod) |
Length | 945 mm |
Barrel length | 530 mm |
Cartridge | 6.5×50mm Arisaka 6.5x52mm Carcano 6.5×53mmR 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer 6.5×55mm 7.62×54mmR .303 British 8×50mmR Mannlicher 8×56mmR 7.92×57mm Mauser |
Action | Toggle-delayed blowback |
Rate of fire | 400-580 rounds/min (M.7/12) 600-880 rounds/min (MG-16A) |
Feed system | 250-round cloth belt |
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The primary producers were the ŒWG in Steyr, and FÉG in Budapest.