Kulspruta m/1914
or Schwarzlose Machine Gun M1907/12.

1914 Sweden accepted the the Medium Machine Gun (MMG) Schwarzlose M 07/12
as Kulspruta m/1914. (Ksp m/14)

Swedish Medium Machine Gun m/1914 (Schwarzlose)

This Machine Gun became very successful and still until today the Ksp m/1914 remains on the Machine Gun medals of the Swedish army.

Swedish army machine gun marksmanship medal made out of sterling silver. The gun is a Schwarzlose M07/12 water cooled machine gun surrounded by the three Swedish crowns, which are a National symbol for the country and on top the royal crown. Note all the details!

When the author made his army service you could choose to shoot with either the MMG water-cooled Browning Ksp m/36 or the FN MAG ksp 58. It was much easier to win the medal by using Ksp m/36.

Swedish Medium Machine Gun m/1914 (Schwarzlose)

Background:

The machinegun is unusual because it is the only successful military machine gun working on the delayed blowback system before H&K systems at 1950.

The machine gun has got its name after its constructor Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose (1867-1936) who lived in Charlottenberg, Germany. It was first produced by Steyer in Austria 1902.

The machine gun has a small number of moving parts and a fixed barrel. It saw service during both the Great War and WW2.

This is a water cooled Medium Machine Gun (MMG).

The Schwarzlose Machine Gun M1907 was an extremely simple mechanism compared to other famous designs like Maxims. It was easy to make and proved reliable. The designer had managed to solve the problem with a delayed blowback system. The problem is that the breech starts moving backwards immediately as the cartridge is fired. The gas pressure is still very high and the walls of the cartridge case are expanded towards the chamber, which will cause very high friction. At the same time the extractor starts pulling out the empty cartridge case. The problem was solved by using very strong recoil springs and recoil parts together with a very short barrel. When the bullet left the barrel the pressure dropped while the kinetic energy of the recoil parts continued to pull out the empty cartridge case and reload the gun. The Schwarzlose machine gun has a device for oiling each cartridge to ease the reloading cycle. On each stroke oil was squirted into the firing chamber to lubricate the incoming cartridge case.

1912 some changes were made to the feed system and this change was called M1907/12. It had a straight top receiver and a simplified oil pad system instead of the pump mechanism.

This m/14 above was made 1930 by Carl Gustaf Stads Gun Factory.

This MMG m/14 was one of the last made Schwarzlose. 
The year of production (1930) can clearly be seen close to the handles.

Sweden:

The Schwarzlose Machine Gun was made under license in Sweden (and Netherlands). The construction proved to be a remarkably successful machine gun.

Carl Gustafs Stadts Gevarsfaktori in Eskilstuna Sweden produced about 1 300 Schwarzlose machine guns. Browning designs replaced m/14. However the Schwarzlose tripod m/14 remained until about 1980.

Top view of the Kulspruta m/1914

The water cooling jacket was nicely decorated with the Swedish national coat of arms
and a "C" topped of with the royal crown for Carl Gustaf gun factory.

Tripod m/1914

The Schwarzlose Machine Gun was put on top of a compact tripod with locking bars to prevent the MG from collapsing.

By this construction it is just to move the rear of the MMG laterally over a sector plate.

Top tripod m/1914 changed to MMG m/1936

Below original m/1914

From the Swedish army manual.

The tripod could be released to allow the mount to lie directly on the ground with the centre line of the bore being just less than 0,3 m above the ground. This tripod was also called m/1914 in Sweden.

It was a very simple and sound construction, so it became the platform for later Swedish Medium Machine Guns like m/14-29 and m/36.

The Swedish MMG Kulspruta m/36 on the tripod from m/14.

Swedish army instruction manual from 1963

Kulspruta m/14-29 is NOT a Schwarzlose Machine Gun!

The Ksp m/14-29 is a water cooled Browning M1917 equipped in Sweden with a water cooling jacket from the Schwarzlose MMG Ksp m/14.
The MMG Ksp m/14-29 has also inherited the tripod.

The calibre was 6.5 mm.

It was used by the heavy Infantry Support Platoons contrary to the light Infantry Platoons. These Support Platoons were equipped with heavier weapons like this MMG Ksp m/14-29 and with 8 cm trench mortars.

The Ksp m/14-29 was replaced by the Browning Ksp m/36, which you can read more about here>>>

Closest to camera you can see MMG Ksp m/14-29; in the middle Ksp m/1914; and at the rear Ksp m/36

MMG Ksp m/14-29 on a small lorry for air defence.

References:

Smith & Smith: Small arms of the world, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 
Ian Hogg Military small arms of the 20th century.
Alm: Eldhandvapen II Stockholm 1934
Vapenmuseet,  Eskilstuna.
Swedish army manual - Ammunitionsregister 1960 and 1964 F1092-065000
Swedish army manual - KULSPRUTA m/36 lv dbl, 1966
Swedish army manual - KULSPRUTA m/36 mark, 1963