ALFA M44

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{{Infobox weapon

|name=ALFA M44 machine gun

|image=Alfa_44_Ejército_español.jpg

|image_size=250

|caption=

|origin=Spain

|type=Medium machine gun

|is_ranged=yes

|service=

|used_by=Spain
Egypt
Democratic Republic of Congo

|wars=Ifni War{{cite web |url=https://aquellasarmasdeguerra.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/algunas-armas-utilizadas-en-la-guerra-de-ifni-1957-1958/ |title=Algunas armas utilizadas en la guerra de Ifni 1957-1958 |date=14 August 2013 |accessdate=9 July 2016 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Some weapons used in the Ifni War 1957-1958}}
Suez Crisis
Six-Day War
Simba rebellion

|designer=

|design_date=

|manufacturer=Fabrica de Armas de Oviedo

|production_date=1944–1962

|number=

|variants=

|weight={{convert|13|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}}

|length={{convert|1450|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

|part_length={{convert|750|mm|abbr=on|1}}

|cartridge=7.62×51mm NATO
7.92×57mm Mauser

|action=Gas-Operated; Automatic Fire Only

|rate=780 rounds/min

|velocity={{convert|760|m/s|0|abbr=on}}

|range=

|max_range=

|feed=belt

|sights=rear aperture, front notch{{cite web | url=http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=406 | title=ALFA 44 (Ametralladora ALFA Modelo 44) Medium Machine Gun | date=9 May 2016 | accessdate=9 July 2016 }}

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The Alfa M44 was a Spanish machine gun developed during World War II. At this time, stocks of machine guns ran low and no outside source was available. Non-combatant nations found that the belligerent nations were unable to supply as they were preoccupied with meeting their own wartime production needs. It complimented the ZB-26 light machine gun, and replaced the aging Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun. Originally chambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser, in 1955 an updated version chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO was introduced, and was subsequently issued to Spanish troops, sometimes referred to as the M55. Along with Spain, the M44 was also prominently used by Egypt, whose army had standardised on the 7.92×57mm Mauser round. Also in the early 1960s, the Congo government bought a batch of weapons from Spain, including Alfa machine guns, to combat the Simba.