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The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew-served, belt-fed, water-cooled machine gun that served alongside the much lighter air-cooled Browning M1919.
The US Model 1917 Browning machine gun. NRA photo. Mr. Browning had developed his first gas-operated, belt-fed machine gun in the early 1890s, called the Model of 1895.
The Browning M1917 machine gun, a predecessor to John Bronwings M2 (Ma Deuce) heavy machinegun, used a water cooled barrel to fire continuously over 2 hours.
Model 1917 Browning machine gun (Parkerized) Along with artillery, the belt-fed, water-cooled, tripod-mounted machine gun was responsible for much of the carnage that was inflicted on all...
When the United States entered World War One, its military has a relatively tiny handful of machine guns, and they were divided between four different types,...
Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Browning M1917 (Model 1917) Belt-Fed, Water-Cooled Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) including pictures.
Browning 1917 machine guns would see only brief combat use in World War One, first tasting action in September of 1918. They would remain a staple of US military armament through World War Two, however, improved after the Armistice to the M1917A1 pattern.