Editing General-purpose machine gun (section)

==Post-WWII examples==

* [[Germany|German]] [[Rheinmetall MG 3]], a direct descendant of the [[MG 42]], still in service with the [[German Army]] and others and widely exported.
* German [[Heckler & Koch HK21]], is based on the [[Heckler & Koch G3]] rifle and widely exported.
* German [[Heckler & Koch MG5]], the new standard machine gun of the German Army.
* Italian [[:it:Beretta MG 42/59|MG 42/59]], a direct descendant of the MG 42 and a licensed MG 3 variant, is still in service with the [[Italian military]]
* [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[FN MAG]], which copied the MG 42's feed-system and trigger-mechanism. It is the most widely used GPMG among western armies.
* Belgian/American [[Mk 48 machine gun|Mk 48]]/[[FN_Minimi#Minimi_7.62|Minimi 7.62]], is a GPMG based on the [[FN Minimi]] [[light machine gun]] and [[M249 squad automatic weapon|M249 SAW]].
*[[United States|American]] [[M60 machine gun|M60]], which is based on the German [[FG 42]] and uses the MG 42's feed system and stamp-steel construction.<ref>Military Small Arms Of The 20th Century. Ian Hogg & John Weeks. Krause Publications. 2000. p379</ref><ref>Weapons: An International Encyclopedia From 5000 B.C. To 2000 A.D. Diagram Visual, p. 217. {{ISBN|0-312-03950-6}}.</ref> 
* American [[M240 machine gun|M240]], itself an FN MAG variant. It replaced the M60 in U.S. service.
* [[France|French]] [[Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne|MAS]] [[AA-52]], which more or less copies the MG 42 feed-system. It has been largely phased out in favour of the FN MAG and FN Minimi.
* [[Czechoslovakia]]n [[Uk vz. 59]], is based on the Vz. 52 and Vz.52/57, and originating with [[ZB vz. 26]] and [[Bren gun]] designs.
* [[Russia]]n [[PK machine gun|PK/PKM]], family of multi-purpose machine guns, is based on the [[AKM]] assault rifle featuring stamped receivers, widely exported.
* Russian [[AEK-999]], is an improved version of the PK/PKM.
* Russian [[Pecheneg machine gun|Pecheneg]], is a variant of the PK/PKM with a fixed barrel and cooling jacket. 
* [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] [[Zastava M84]], is a direct copy of the Russian PK machine-gun.
* [[Poland|Polish]] [[UKM-2000]], is based on the Russian PK machine-gun.
* [[People's Republic of China]] [[Type 80 machine gun|Type 80]], is based on the Russian PK machine-gun.
* People's Republic of China [[Type 67 machine gun|Type 67]], and later improved models.
* People's Republic of China [[QJY-88|Type 88 Machine Gun]]
* People's Republic of China [[QJY-201]]
* [[Japan]]ese [[Sumitomo Type 62|Sumitomo NTK-62]], is a GPMG based on the [[FN MAG]].
* [[South Africa]]n [[Vektor SS-77]], is based on the Russian PK/PKM.
* South African [[Denel DMG-5]], is based on the Vektor SS-77 and Russian PK/PKM.
* [[South Korea]]n [[S&T Motiv K16]], is based on the [[Daewoo Precision Industries K3|K3]] light machine gun.
* [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[MG 51]], a direct descendant of the [[MG42]].
* Swiss [[SIG MG 710-3]]
* Swiss [[SIG MG 50]]
* Austrian [[MG_42#MG_74|MG 74]], a direct descendant of the MG 42/59 and since 1974 the standard machine gun of the [[Austrian Armed Forces]].
* Israeli [[Negev NG7]], is a GPMG based on the [[IWI Negev]] light machine gun.
* Canadian [[C6A1 FLEX]], an improved version of C6 that is a Canadian version of FN MAG.
* Belgian [[FN EVOLYS]], is a multi-caliber, 3D printing and polymers material lightweight machine gun.