Browning machine gun
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Any of the following designs by John Browning
, a prolific weapon designer, may be referred to as a Browning machine gun:
A related term:
John Browning
John Moses Browning , born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world...
, a prolific weapon designer, may be referred to as a Browning machine gun:
- M1895 Colt-Browning machine gunM1895 Colt-Browning machine gunThe Colt-Browning M1895, nicknamed potato digger due to its unusual operating mechanism, is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute...
- M1917 Browning machine gun, a family of water-cooled machine gunMachine gunA machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
s in .30-'06 - M1919 Browning machine gunM1919 Browning machine gunThe M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century. It was used as a light infantry, coaxial, 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...
, a family of air-cooled machine guns in .30-'06 - M1921 Browning machine gunM1921 Browning machine gunThe Browning machine gun was designed by John Moses Browning .The M1921 was a water-cooled .50-caliber machine gun developed from the prototype .50-caliber M1918, itself developed from .30-caliber M1917 water-cooled machine gun. The M1921 did not enter production until 1929...
, a family of water-cooled machine guns in .50 BMG - M2 Browning machine gun, a family of air-cooled machine guns in .50 BMG
- M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, or its variants.
A related term:
- .50 BMG.50 BMGThe .50 Browning Machine Gun or 12.7×99mm NATO is a cartridge developed for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun in the late 1910s. Entering service officially in 1921, the round is based on a greatly scaled-up .30-06 cartridge...
or .50 Browning Machine Gun, a large caliber machine gun round