Mag-Fed Machineguns

Early Machineguns with detachable mags were used as part of the “walking fire” strategy of suppressing enemies on the move, or else they were used as a stopgap measure of helping to lock down a newly captured trench while the heavier Machineguns hadn’t yet arrived.

• BAR Model 1918
• Chauchat 1915
• Fedorov Avtomat
• Hotchkiss 1909
• Huot Automatic
• Lewis Assault Phase Rifle Mk2
• Lewis Assault Phase Rifle Mk3
• Lewis Gun
• Madsen 1902

Belt-Fed Machineguns

These were the serious heavy-hitters of WWI; Machineguns made capturing a trench almost impossible without major firepower in response.

• M1895 Potato Digger
• MG08
• MG08/15