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The Browning M1919 was a .30 caliber machine gun family widely used during the 20th century. It was used as a light infantry, co-axial, mounted, aircraft, and anti-aircraft machine gun by the U.S. and many other countries, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Although it began to be superseded by newer designs in the later half the century (such as by the M60 machine gun), it remained in use in many NATO countries and elsewhere for much longer. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
Combatants United Nations: Republic of Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Australia The Netherlands France Philippines Communist states: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung Il Kwon Douglas MacArthur Mark W. Clark Matthew Ridgway Kim Il-sung Choi Yong-kun...
Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...
The barrel of a gun or other firearm is the tube, usually metal, through which a controlled explosion is released in order to propel a projectile out of the end at great speed. ...
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A belt feeding into an M249 machine gun, from an Army training manual A belt feeding into a M1919A4 from a wooden ammo box A belt is an ammunition feeding device for a firearm. ...
.30-06 Springfield cartridge specifications. ...
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Traditionally light infantry (or skirmishers) were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, harassing and delaying the enemy advance. ...
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American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
Combatants United Nations: Republic of Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Australia The Netherlands France Philippines Communist states: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung Il Kwon Douglas MacArthur Mark W. Clark Matthew Ridgway Kim Il-sung Choi Yong-kun...
Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...
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Many M1919s were rechambered for the new 7.62 × 51 mm NATO round and served into the 1990s, as well as up to the present day in some countries. The United States Navy also converted many to 7.62 mm NATO, and designated them Mk 21 Mod 0; they were commonly used on river craft in the 1960s and 1970s in Vietnam. NATO 7. ...
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History
The M1919 was an air-cooled development of the standard U.S. machine gun of World War I, the Browning M1917, as designed by John M. Browning. The weapon originally fired the .30-06 M1 or M2 rifle cartridge from woven cloth belts feeding from from left to right. Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard...
The Browning Model 1917A1 water cooled heavy machine gun Browning Model 1917 Heavy Machine Gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I and World War II. The Browning is a water cooled heavy machine gun. ...
John Moses Browning (January 21, 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed myriad varieties of weapons, cartridges, and gun mechanics, many of which are used in the U.S. military and elsewhere to this day. ...
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A belt feeding into an M249 machine gun, from an Army training manual A belt feeding into a M1919A4 from a wooden ammo box A belt is an ammunition feeding device for a firearm. ...
Operation
 US soldiers fire a M1919A4 in Aachen Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x854, 179 KB) Description: A GI machine gun crew (2d Battalion, 26th Infantry) in action against the Nazi Wehrmacht in the streets of Aachen, Germany. ...
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Loading Loading was accomplished by opening the top cover, lifting the extractor, inserting the new belt of ammunition into the gun's feed tray, then the extractor was lowered over the first round in the belt, the cover was closed and latched, and the cocking handle was pulled back and released inserting the first round into the barrel's chamber.
Firing When the rear of the trigger is pivoted upwards by the operator, the front of the trigger tips downwards engaging the sear, and the sear, in turn, releases the firing pin allowing it to strike the primer of the cartridge in the chamber.
Use As an infantry weapon, it was usually crew operated by 2 soldiers: the gunner, who carried the weapon and some spare parts; and the assistant gunner, who carried the tripod and ammunition and when in action fed the ammunition belts into the gun to ensure smooth entry of each round in the belt, decreasing the chance of the weapon jamming. Look up tripod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Boxes of ammunition clog a warehouse in Baghdad Ammunition is a generic military term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. ...
The original idea was to allow the gun to be more easily packed for transport, and featured a light barrel and bipod when first introduced as the M1919A1. Unfortunately, it quickly became clear that the gun was too heavy to be easily moved, while at the same time too light for sustained fire. This led to the M1919A2, which included a heavier barrel and tripod, and could be continuously fired for longer durations.
The M1919A4 weighed about 31 pounds (14 kg), and usually was mounted on a tripod (for infantry use), or from a fixed mount. It saw wide use in World War II. The gun was mounted on such vehicles as: jeeps, tanks, and ships. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ...
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The A5 was an adaptation of the A4 with a forward mounting point to allow it to be mounted in cupolas in tanks and armored cars. This, along with the M37, was the most common secondary armament during WWII. Cupola of St Peters Basilica, Rome In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and provide ventilation. ...
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Another version of the M1919A4, the M1919A6, was an attempt to make the weapon easier to carry by reducing its weight and to make use of a bipod, but it turned out to be heavier at 32 lbs (15 kg) and was considered "substitute standard". With its bipod and stock, it actually weighed more than the A4 by itself, but less than the A4 with its tripod. It was still used extensively, however, by allied troops during World War II and the Korean War. The main differences were a folding bipod mounted on the front of the gun, a sheet-metal buttstock that was attached to the pistol-grip firing handle, a carrying handle, and a tapered barrel weighing 4 lbs (1.8 kg) instead of 7 lbs (3.2 kg) returning the weapon to an A1-like state. Download high resolution version (1191x798, 223 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Combatants United Nations: Republic of Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Australia The Netherlands France Philippines Communist states: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung Il Kwon Douglas MacArthur Mark W. Clark Matthew Ridgway Kim Il-sung Choi Yong-kun...
The Model 1919 was heavily re-worked to become the .30 caliber M2 aircraft machine gun. Key to aircraft use was weight. Unnecessary metal was removed from its components and, with the cooling effect of air rushing past the barrel from the plane's speed, the designers made the barrel thinner and hence lighter. As a result, the M2 weighed 2/3 that of the 1919A4 and the lightened mechanism gave it a higher rate of fire — pertinent to use where the target might be in range and in the line of sight for barely a second.
Other calibers The same basic weapon was also chambered for the British .303 round, and was used as a basic fighter aircraft gun until the widespread introduction of the larger caliber Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon, and throughout the war in bombers. Similar versions for a variety of European calibers were delivered by the Belgian gun maker FN (Fabrique Nationale), notably German-standard 7.92 Mauser which was fairly widely used in Eastern Europe. .303 cartridge The . ...
The Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20 mm autocannon was one of the most widely used aircraft weapons of the 20th century, used by British, American, French, and many other military services. ...
Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often known as Fabrique Nationale and abbreviated simply as FN, is a well-known firearm manufacturer that originated in the Belgian city of Herstal, near Liège. ...
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Production The M1919 was manufactured during WWII by many different companies in the U.S. including General Motors and Rock Island Arsenal. In the UK production was chiefly by BSA. Image File history File links Browning_M1919A4_Marine_Namur_Island. ...
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A M1919A4 on the famous M2 tripod Marines with a M240G on a M122A1 Tripod at Camp Hansen, Okinawa The M2 tripod is a U.S. machine gun tripod originally used with the Browning M1919 infantry machine gun. ...
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US Variants
M1919
M1919A1 - Original light barrel and bipod
M1919A2 - Heavier barrel, tripod for better sustained fire
M1919A3 - An improved version of the M1919A2.
M1919A4/A4E1 - Dominant version, the M1919A4 was designed for both flexible and fixed use on vehicles and by infantry. A subvariant, the M1919A4E1 were refitted M1919A4s with A5 extended charging handles.
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M1919A5 - A4 adapted for mounting on vehicles. The A5 featured an extended charging handle.
M1919A6 - Modified M1919A4 for infantry use as a "light machine gun". The A6 featured a buttstock and a bipod, and the kit could easily be used to retrofit earlier models to this standard.
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M2 - Commonly referred to as AN/M2. The AN/ part of the nomenclature stood for "Army-Navy" and was used until the end of the Second World War.
- Aircraft version of the Model 1919A4 manufactured by Browning with a thinner barrel and thinner receiver walls. Used on pre-WW2 US aircraft but replaced by the larger .50 caliber M2 machine gun and relegated to training duties. A derivative of this weapon was built by Colt as the MG40-2.
- This weapon soldiered on for a short period during the 1960s as the main weapons for early AC-47 Spooky Gunships in Vietnam, until sufficient Miniguns could be acquired.
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M37 - Coaxial M1919 variant, with the ability to feed from either the left or the right. Also featuring an extended charging handle similar to those on the M1919A4E1 and A5. A variant fitted with special sighting equipment was designated T153. Another variant, the M37C was designed for remote firing via a solenoid trigger for use in the XM1/E1 armament subsystem.
- A version of the M37, rechambered in 7.62x51 mm NATO is rumored to have been created, but even if it was it mostly likely would've been quickly overtaken by the M60 and M73 machine guns.
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UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters eqipped with M60D machine guns near Najaf, Iraq in May 2005 The helicopter itself has added much to the modern battlefield, changing land warfare tactics across the board. ...
Mk 21 Mod 0/1 - A Navy designation for M1919's converted to fire 7.62 mm NATO.
 A M67 "Zippo", a flame thrower version of the M48 Patton, fires in Vietnam in 1968, a M1919 is mounted on the right Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x645, 73 KB) Summary A marine M48 tank with flame thrower in Vietnam, 1968. ...
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International Variants and Designations The M1919 pattern has been used in countries all over the world in a variety of forms and under a number of different designations.
Browning Mk 1/2 An older-style Commonwealth designation for the .303 caliber Browning machine guns used on the vast majority of British aircraft of the Second World War at one point or another. The difference between the Mk 1 and Mk 2 versions is unknown, but the weapon visually is quite similar AN/M2 aircraft gun.
FN-Browning mle 1938 French designation for the FN-built derivative converted to 7.5 mm MAS ammunition. Manufactured in the late 1930s, and used on fixed mountings of U.S.-built aircraft in French service from 1939 to 1942. Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often known as Fabrique Nationale and abbreviated simply as FN or FN Herstal originated in the Belgian city of Herstal, near Liège. ...
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L3A1/A2 The Commonwealth designation used by both the United Kingdom and Australia to designate the fixed (A1) and flexible (A2) versions of the M1919A4 in .30-06 caliber.
L3A3/A4 Sear hold-open conversion of previous L3A1s and L3A2s. The A3 is the modified version of the A1, and the A4 is the modified version of the A2.
MG A4 Austrian designation for the M1919A4.
MG4 South African licence-built version of the M1919A4 in current use with the South African National Defence Forces (SANDF). Manufactured by Lyttleton Engineering, Pretoria.
C1/A1 and C5/A1 Canadian designation for 7.62x51 mm rechambered M1919A4s for fixed (C1) and flexible (C1A1) applications. The C5 and C5A1 were product improvements of the previous C1 and C1A1 respectively.
Mg M/52-1 and Mg M/52-11 Danish designations for the M1919A4 and M1919A5 respectively.
Ksp m/42 Swedish designation for license built M1919 chambered in 6.5 x 55 mm or 8 x 63 mm, and from 1975 circa, mostly fitted with barrels in 7.62 x 51 mm. The Ksp m/42B was a lighter version with bipod and shoulder stock (used in a similar way as the M1919A6), chambered in 6.5 x 55 mm and later in 7.62 x 51 mm. 6. ...
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External links - M1919A4 Enthusiasts and semi-auto rebuilders
- How machine guns work
Further reading - Frank Iannamico, Hard Rain: History of the Browning Machine Guns
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