by supply catalog designation (SNL A-5) Weapons of comparable role, performance and era Vickers machine gun – British equivalent MG 08 – German equivalent PM M1910 – Russian equivalent References External links Gothia Association for Weapon History on the Ksp m/36 YouTube animation showing mechanism of Browning Model 1917 machine gun .30-06 Springfield machine guns Firearms by John Browning Heavy machine guns Machine guns of Sweden Machine guns of the United States World War I aircraft guns World War I infantry weapons of the United States World War I machine guns World War II firearms of the United States World War II infantry weapons of China World War II infantry weapons of the United States World War II machine guns Weapons of the Philippine Army Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1917