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Highest-capacity machine guns

The 25 machine guns with the largest standard capacity, of 222 in the catalogue with a recorded capacity. Ties are broken by weight, lighter first. The median is 50 rounds.

RankFirearmCapacityWeightYear
1stM134 MinigunM134 MinigunGeneral ElectricGeneral Electric1500 rounds15.90 kg1963
2ndBrowning M3MBrowning M3MFN HerstalFN Herstal600 rounds35.80 kg2004
3rdGatling Gun Model 1862Gatling Gun Model 1862Colt's ManufacturingColt's Manufacturing400 rounds78.02 kg1862
=4thDarne Machine GunDarne Machine GunDarneDarne250 rounds8.40 kg1918
=4thSumitomo Type 62Sumitomo Type 62Sumitomo Heavy IndustriesSumitomo Heavy Industries250 rounds10.15 kg1962
=4thMarlin M1917Marlin M1917Marlin Rockwell CorporationMarlin Rockwell Corporation250 rounds10.40 kg1917
=4thPKT Coaxial Machine GunPKT Coaxial Machine GunV.A. Degtyarev PlantV.A. Degtyarev Plant250 rounds10.50 kg1968
=4thType 67 Machine GunType 67 Machine GunChina North Industries Corporation (Norinco)China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)250 rounds11.00 kg1967
=4thVickers Machine GunVickers Machine GunVickers LimitedVickers Limited250 rounds11.34 kg1912
=4thZastava M53Zastava M53Zastava ArmsZastava Arms250 rounds11.60 kg1953
=4thRP-46RP-46Kovrov Machine Gun Factory (Plant No. 2)Kovrov Machine Gun Factory (Plant No. 2)250 rounds13.00 kg1946
=4thSGM GoryunovSGM GoryunovKovrov Machine Gun Factory (Plant No. 2)Kovrov Machine Gun Factory (Plant No. 2)250 rounds13.60 kg1949
=4thSG-43 GoryunovSG-43 GoryunovKovrov Machine Gun Factory (Plant No. 2)Kovrov Machine Gun Factory (Plant No. 2)250 rounds13.80 kg1943
=4thSG-43 GoryunovSG-43 GoryunovKovrov Machine Gun FactoryKovrov Machine Gun Factory250 rounds13.80 kg1943
=4thBrowning M1919A4Browning M1919A4Browning Arms CompanyBrowning Arms Company250 rounds14.06 kg1936
=4thBrowning M1919A5Browning M1919A5Browning Arms CompanyBrowning Arms Company250 rounds14.06 kg1942
=4thM1919 BrowningM1919 BrowningBrowning Arms CompanyBrowning Arms Company250 rounds14.06 kg1919
=4thBrowning M1919A6Browning M1919A6Browning Arms CompanyBrowning Arms Company250 rounds14.74 kg1943
=4thBrowning M1917A1Browning M1917A1Colt's Manufacturing CompanyColt's Manufacturing Company250 rounds14.97 kg1917
=4thMG 51MG 51Waffenfabrik Bern (W+F Bern)Waffenfabrik Bern (W+F Bern)250 rounds16.00 kg1951
=4thSchwarzlose MG M.07/12Schwarzlose MG M.07/12Oesterreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (Steyr)Oesterreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (Steyr)250 rounds19.90 kg1912
=4thSkoda M1909Skoda M1909Skoda WorksSkoda Works250 rounds20.00 kg1909
=4thPM M1910 MaximPM M1910 MaximTula Arms PlantTula Arms Plant250 rounds23.80 kg1910
=4thSchwarzlose MG M.07/12Schwarzlose MG M.07/12Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (Steyr)Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (Steyr)250 rounds24.00 kg1912
=4thVickers Class CVickers Class CVickers LimitedVickers Limited250 rounds25.00 kg1912

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.