They are (l. to r.): an Austrian M.7/12 Schwarzlose machine gun, a Russian PPSh-41 submachine gun and a French Hotchkiss Model 1914 machine gun. As we observe the 80th anniversary of D-Day ...

The Schwarzlose, which was chambered for the standard eight-millimeter cartridge employed by the Austro-Hungarian Army, proved to be a reliable machine gun when used primarily as an infantry weapon.

Fighters carried them, bombers did, too. Machine guns like the German IMG 08, Allied Vickers, and Austro-Hungarian Schwarzlose were soon doubled up in search of maximum forward firepower.

The Schwarzlose, which was chambered for the standard eight-millimeter cartridge employed by the Austro-Hungarian Army, proved to be a reliable machine gun when used primarily as an infantry weapon.