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The Knötgen automatic rifle is a two barrel automatic rifle of German origin. A machine gun derivative also existed as the Knötgen maschinengewehr.

The Knötgen automatic rifle is a two barrel, magazine fed light machine gun using a delayed blowback operation. It uses two bolts and has a spring buffer and cocking lever in the stock.

See also

• List of machine guns
• List of multiple-barrel firearms

References

1. Chinn, George M. (1951), "Appendix A", The Machine Gun: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons, vol. 5, Department of the Navy – via Hyperwar Foundation
2. Merkelbach, Thea. "In vino veritas - in aqua autem vis" (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2013-01-15.

• 1910 establishments in Germany
• Automatic rifles
• 7.92×57mm Mauser machine guns
• Light machine guns
• Machine guns of Germany
• World War I machine guns
• World War I German infantry weapons