Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
250-round canvas belt The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited , originally for the British Army . The gun was operated by a three-man crew but typically required more men to move and operate it: one fired, one fed the ammunition, the others helped to carry the weapon ...
All metal-linked ammunition was reserved for the Army Air Force and Naval Aviation. When the US Army Air Force .30-caliber machine gun was superseded by the .50-caliber machine gun mid-war, all .30-caliber ammunition began to be belted in M1 250-round belts for infantry use or M3 100-round woven belts for use in vehicles and tanks.
250-round cloth or disintegrating belt The M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II , the Korean War , and the Vietnam War .
"The whole nine yards" - approx length of a Vickers 250-round belt: (around 8:00 mark) here: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.173.74 15:15, 12 June 2016 (UTC) The round isn't "only 1/3 inch across". The bullet might be said to be, but it's a bottle case. Also it's a canvas belt, and they leave more space between rounds.
The standard belt for this gun held 250 rounds of ammunition and was approximately twenty feet (6⅔ yards) in length. [15] However, the Vickers gun as fitted to aircraft during the First World War usually had ammunition containers capable of accommodating linked belts of 350-400 rounds, the average length of such a belt being about nine yards ...
Ammunition belt Belgium: 2021 FN Minimi: FN Herstal: 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO: Ammunition belt/Detachable box magazine Belgium: 1974 FN MAG: Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal: 7.62×51mm NATO: Ammunition belt Belgium: 1950 Fokker-Leimberger: A.H.G. Fokker and Leimberger 7.92×57mm Mauser: Ammunition belt Germany: 1916 Furrer M25: Waffenfabrik ...
The slower rate of fire prevented more rapid overheating of the Bren's air-cooled barrel, and the Bren was much lighter than belt-fed machine guns, which typically had cooling jackets, often liquid filled. The magazines also prevented the ammunition from getting dirty, which was more of a problem with the Vickers with its 250-round canvas belts.
A 250-round Patronengurt 33 belt was also issued to machine guns installed in fixed emplacements such as bunkers. Patronenkasten 34 and Patronenkasten 41 ammunition boxes could hold up to 300 belted rounds and were used in more static non-highly mobile situations. The Patronenkasten could contain an Einführstück belt starter-segment. [42] [43 ...