Machine guns introduction
Austria
 Schwarzlose M07 M07/12
 Steyr-Solothurn MG 30
 Steyr AUG /Hbar
Belgium
 FN Model D
 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
 Type 02 / QJG 02 HMG
Czech Republic
 ZB 26
 ZB 53 / Vz.37
 ZB 60 new
 Vz.52, Vz.52/57 upd
 UK Vz.59 upd
Denmark
 Madsen LMG
 Madsen-Saetter
Finland
 L/S-26
 Valmet KvKK 62
France
 Chauchat CSRG M1915
 Hotchkiss Portative
 Hotchkiss M1914
 Hotchkiss M1922 LMG
 Hotchkiss M1930 HMG
 MAC M1924/29
 AAT Mod.52
Germany
 MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18
 MG 13
 MG 34
 MG 35/36 Knorr-Bremse
 MG 42 and MG 3
 HK 21 and 23
 HK MG 4
Great Britain
 Vickers Mk.I
 Hotchkiss Portable Mk.I
 Lewis
 Vickers-Berthier
 Bren
 L86A1 SA-80 LSW
Israel
 Dror
 Negev
Italy
 Fiat-Revelli M1914 M1935
 Breda M1930
 Breda M1937
Japan
 Type 03 & Type 92
 Type 11
 Type 96 & Type 99
 Type 62
Mexico
 Mendoza
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
Sweden
 Knorr-Bremse m/40
Switzerland
 W+F Lmg 25
 SIG KE-7
 Steyr-Solothurn MG 30
 SIG MG 50
 W+F MG 51
 SIG MG 710
USA
 Benet-Mercie M1909
 Lewis
 Browning M1917 M1919
 Browning M1918 BAR
 Johnson M1941 M1944
 M60
 M16 LSW / LMG
 M134 Minigun
 XM214 Microgun
 Stoner 63
 M249 SAW
 M240
 Mk.48 mod.0
 Browning M2HB .50 cal
 XM312 .50 cal
 LW50MG

 Gatling, Minigun, Vulcan

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Hotchkiss Model 1922 light machine gun (France)

Hotchkiss M1922 light machine gun, strip-fed version (this one was used in Czechoslovakia in caliber 7.92x57 Mauser)

	M1922, magazine-fed	M1922, strip-fed
Caliber	8x50R Lebel,  .303 British, 7x57 Mauser, 7.92x57 Masuer and others
Weight	8.4 kg	9.6 kg
Length	1216 mm
Barrel length	600 mm
Feed	box magazine, 20 rounds	rigid strips, 15, 24 or 30 rounds
Rate of fire	450 rounds per minute

The Hotchkiss M1922 light machine gun was a commercial venture from famous French company Hotchkiss et Cie, which previously developed a highly sucessful M1914 medium machine gun. The Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun was offered in a variety of calibres, including 6.5mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer (Greek), 7x57 Mauser (Spain), 7.7x56R (.303, UK) and 7.92x57 Mauser (China). It was also produced in limited numbers in the French 7.5x54 calibre for the French army as the Mle.1934. Some export versions of this Hotchkiss light machine gun also bore designations of M1924 or M1926, and there were many minor differences among guns made for different contract and countries.

The M1922 is a gas operated, air-cooled, automatic-only weapon, which fires from an open bolt. The gas piston is of the long-stroke type; it is located below the barrel inside a gas tube of relatively large diameter. Locking is achieved by tipping the locking piece (hinged to the rear of the bolt) downwards to engage the recesses in the receiver. The locking piece is linked to the bolt carrier / rear gas piston extension by a swinging link. The M1922 fires in automatic mode only, and it features a rate-reducing mechanism located in the trigger unit housing, in front of the trigger guard. 
There were two different types of feed available for Hotchkiss M1922 light machine guns - strip feed and magazine feed. Each type of feed required its own receiver with appropriate feed arrangements on the top. The version with strip feed has a separate feed cover that is hinged at the front. Feed strips are inserted from the right, with cartridges located below the strip. The feed is operated by an oscillating arm, which is operated by the reciprocating bolt. Apertures, made for the feed strip on either side of the receiver, have hinged dust covers.
The magazine feed system is much more simple and reliable. It involves a curved box magazine which is inserted from the top. In either case, spent cartridge cases are ejected down through an aperture in the base of the receiver.
The sights are of the open type, and sighting line is offset to the left on guns with magazine feed.
Standard furniture includes a conical flash hider on the barrel, a wooden butt with an integral pistol grip, and a folding lightweight bipod which attaches to the barrel in front of the gas block. Other options may include a folding carrying handle at the front of receiver and a small vertical foregrip for “assault firing” from the hip. Alternatively, a short wooden forend was installed under the rear part of the gas tube. Hotchkiss also offered a heavy barreled version of the same gun, which could be used from a light infantry-type tripod.

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