List of dual-feed firearms


Dual-feed has been used to describe firearms which either can switch between two different feeding mechanisms or employ a feeding mechanism two times simultaneously.

Firearms feeding from ammunition belt or box magazine

NameManufacturerImageCartridgeCountryYear
Ares Shrike 5.56Ares Defense5.56×45mmUnited States2002
Daewoo Precision Industries K3Daewoo Precision Industries5.56×45mmSouth Korea1991
FN MinimiFN Herstal5.56×45mmBelgium1980
Standschütze Hellriegel M1915Austro-Hungarian Empire1915
IP-2TsNIIMash5.45×39mmSoviet Union1977
IWI NegevIsrael Weapon Industries5.56×45mmIsrael1997
M249 light machine gunFN Herstal5.56×45mmUnited States1984
MCR-5.56-DFFIGHTLITE INDUSTRIES5.56×45mmUnited States
QJS-161Norinco5.8×42mmChina
Heckler & Koch HK21Heckler & Koch7.62×51mmGermany1961
TKB-516M7.62×39mmSoviet Union1955
KORD-5.455.45×39mmRussia
Type 73 light machine gunFirst Machine Industry Bureau7.62×54mmRNorth Korea1970s
vz. 52 machine gunZbrojovka Brno7.62×39mm
7.62×45mm
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic1950s