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Highest-capacity 7.92x57mm Mauser machine guns

The 25 7.92x57mm Mauser machine guns with the largest standard capacity, of 25 in the catalogue with a recorded capacity. Ties are broken by weight, lighter first. The median is 50 rounds.

RankFirearmCapacityWeightYear
=1stZastava M53Zastava M53Zastava ArmsZastava Arms250 rounds11.60 kg1953
=1stMaxim Gun (MG08)Maxim Gun (MG08)Deutsche Waffen- und MunitionsfabrikenDeutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken250 rounds26.50 kg1908
=1stMaxim MG08Maxim MG08Deutsche Waffen- und MunitionsfabrikenDeutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken250 rounds26.50 kg1908
=4thZB-53ZB-53Zbrojovka BrnoZbrojovka Brno225 rounds21.00 kg1937
=4thBESA Machine GunBESA Machine GunBirmingham Small Arms CompanyBirmingham Small Arms Company225 rounds21.65 kg1939
=6thBergmann MG 15nABergmann MG 15nATheodor Bergmann WaffenfabrikTheodor Bergmann Waffenfabrik200 rounds12.90 kg1916
=6thZB vz. 37ZB vz. 37Zbrojovka BrnoZbrojovka Brno200 rounds18.60 kg1937
8thGast Model 1917Gast Model 1917Vorwerk und CompanieVorwerk und Companie192 rounds27.00 kg1917
=9thALFA 44ALFA 44Fabrica de Armas OviedoFabrica de Armas Oviedo100 rounds13.00 kg1944
=9thMG 08/15MG 08/15Deutsche Waffen- und MunitionsfabrikenDeutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken100 rounds17.70 kg1915
11thMG 15MG 15Rheinmetall AGRheinmetall AG75 rounds8.10 kg1932
=12thMG 42MG 42Mauser Werke AGMauser Werke AG50 rounds11.60 kg1942
=12thMG42MG42Mauser Werke AGMauser Werke AG50 rounds11.60 kg1942
=12thMG 34MG 34Rheinmetall-Borsig AGRheinmetall-Borsig AG50 rounds12.10 kg1934
=15thMKE Madsen Light Machine GunMKE Madsen Light Machine GunMechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKEK)Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKEK)30 rounds9.05 kg1950
=15thRheinmetall MG 30Rheinmetall MG 30Rheinmetall AGRheinmetall AG30 rounds9.50 kg1930
=17thSolothurn MG 30 (S2-200)Solothurn MG 30 (S2-200)Waffenfabrik Solothurn AGWaffenfabrik Solothurn AG25 rounds9.50 kg1930
=17thKnorr-Bremse MG 35/36Knorr-Bremse MG 35/36Knorr-Bremse AGKnorr-Bremse AG25 rounds10.00 kg1935
=17thDreyse MG 13Dreyse MG 13Rheinmetall AGRheinmetall AG25 rounds13.30 kg1930
=17thMG 13MG 13Rheinmetall-Borsig AGRheinmetall-Borsig AG25 rounds13.30 kg1930
=21stFN Model DFN Model DFabrique Nationale d'Armes de GuerreFabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre20 rounds9.20 kg1932
=21stZB vz. 33ZB vz. 33Zbrojovka BrnoZbrojovka Brno20 rounds9.58 kg1933
=21stZB vz. 30ZB vz. 30Zbrojovka BrnoZbrojovka Brno20 rounds9.60 kg1930
=21stZB vz. 26ZB vz. 26Zbrojovka BrnoZbrojovka Brno20 rounds9.65 kg1926
=21stZB vz. 26ZB vz. 26Zbrojovka BrnoZbrojovka Brno20 rounds10.50 kg1926

Ranked from the catalogue's own measured figures, the same records the API serves. A record whose weight, length, barrel and capacity match a set shared by ten or more records from five or more makers is a default rather than a measurement, and is left out, as is a record with fewer than five of the figures a reader looks for.