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Lewis Machine & Tool Company (LMT) is an American armaments company founded by Karl Lewis, in 1980. It manufactures weapon systems, including a variant of the M4 carbine and the M203 grenade launcher . [ 1 ]
The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War–era light machine gun. Designed privately in the United States though not adopted there, the design was finalised and mass-produced in the United Kingdom, [ 4 ] and widely used by troops of the British Empire during the war.
In 2009, Lewis Machine & Tool Co was contracted to supply the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) with 440 LM308MWS 7.62×51mm rifles [2] under the official service designation as the L129A1. [3] Its NATO Stock Number (NSN) is 1005-99-226-6708. As of December 2014, over 3,000 units have been supplied to UK forces. [4]
The Air Force Numeric Control and Milling Machine projects formally concluded in 1953, but development continued at the Giddings and Lewis Machine Tool Co. and other locations. In 1955 many of the MIT team left to form Concord Controls, a commercial NC company with Giddings' backing, producing the Numericord controller. [15]
Lewis gun used in an anti aircraft role. The British officially adopted the Lewis machine gun in .303-inch calibre for Land and Aircraft use in October 1915. [27] Despite costing more than a Vickers gun to manufacture, £165 [22] against about £100 for the Vickers, [28] Lewis machine-guns were in high demand with the British military during ...
Lewis was born in New Salem, Pennsylvania on October 12, 1858. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1884 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Second Artillery. [ 2 ] Early in his career he made himself an authority on ordnance .
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One machine gun is visible at the forefront above. The Mark IV Male initially carried three Lewis machine guns – one in the cab front and one in each sponson [nb 1] – and a QF 6 pdr 6 cwt gun in each sponson, with its barrel shortened as it had been found that the longer original was apt to strike obstacles or dig into the ground. The ...