Schwarzlose machine gun

Maschinengewehr (Schwarzlose) M. 7
MG M.7/12 mounted on a wheel in a World War I-era anti-aircraft configuration.
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

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]

The primary producers were the ŒWG in Steyr, and FÉG in Budapest.