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[[File:ColtM1917watercooled.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt version of the Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun - .30-06]] | [[File:ColtM1917watercooled.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt version of the Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun - .30-06]] | ||
The Browning 1917 .30 caliber machine gun is the immediate predecessor of the [[Browning M1919]]. This weapon saw use from the final days of World War I, throughout the duration of World War II as well as both the Korean and Vietnam wars due in large part to its reliability and usefulness in the sustained fire role (made possible by the water cooling jacket surrounding the barrel). | The '''Browning 1917''' .30 caliber machine gun is the immediate predecessor of the [[Browning M1919]]. This weapon saw use from the final days of World War I, throughout the duration of World War II as well as both the Korean and Vietnam wars due in large part to its reliability and usefulness in the sustained fire role (made possible by the water cooling jacket surrounding the barrel). | ||
In 1901, John Moses Browning filed US Patent 678937 for an automatic recoil loader. The construction found little favor with the then US military. The M1917 was basically an evolution of this patent. The Browning M1917 is a water-cooled machine gun. Air-cooled experimental weapons led after the First World War to the lighter M1919, which was built mechanically the same. The Browning MG M1917 externally resembles the [[Maxim]] machine gun, has like this belt feeder and both are short recoil recoilers of the barrel lock system in the housing. Nevertheless, they are completely different mechanically. The Maxim has a toggle-lock action lock similar to that of the [[Luger P08]], while the Browning MG lock and barrel are locked by a steel block. The Browning M1917 is slightly lighter than the Maxim and just as reliable. The [[Browning M1918]] is a further development Aircraft service. | |||
The M1917Ar variant is an updated variant, developed in the 1930s. Recognizable by the bottom plate, which had side flanges and a positive locking top cover hinge pin. | |||
In 1930, Poland adopted the [[Ckm wz.30]], a clone of the M1917. | |||
'''The Browning M1917 machine gun can be seen in the following films used by the following actors:''' | '''The Browning M1917 machine gun can be seen in the following films used by the following actors:''' | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Wings]]'' |||| WWI American soldiers || || 1927 | | ''[[Wings]]'' |||| WWI American soldiers || M1917 || 1927 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Bataan]]''|| || || ||1943 | |''[[Bataan]]''|| || U.S. Soldiers || M1917A1 ||1943 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Fighting Seabees, The|The Fighting Seabees]]'' || || | | ''[[Fighting Seabees, The|The Fighting Seabees]]'' || || U.S. Marine || M1917A1 || 1944 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Back to Bataan]]''|| || || ||1945 | |''[[Back to Bataan]]''|| || Philippine guerrilla fighters || M1917A1 ||1945 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Halls of Montezuma]]''|| [[Richard Hylton]] || Conroy || || 1951 | | ''[[Halls of Montezuma]]''|| [[Richard Hylton]] || Conroy || M1917A1 || 1951 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Steel Helmet]]''|| ||North Korean Army|| ||1951 | | ''[[The Steel Helmet]]''|| ||North Korean Army|| M1917A1 ||1951 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Desert Rats, The|The Desert Rats]]''|| || || | |''[[Desert Rats, The|The Desert Rats]]''|| || German soldiers || M1917A1; standing for [[Maxim MG08]] ||1953 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Godzilla (1954)|Godzilla]]''|| || Japanese Defense Forces || ||1954 | | ''[[Godzilla (1954)|Godzilla]]''|| || Japanese Defense Forces || M1917A1 ||1954 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Merrill's Marauders]]''|| ||the Marauders|| ||1962 | |''[[Merrill's Marauders]]''|| ||the Marauders|| M1917A1 ||1962 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine)]]'' || [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]] || Arthur Lempereur|| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | 1965 | | rowspan="2" | ''[[Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine)]]'' || [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]] || Arthur Lempereur|| rowspan="2" | M1917A1 || rowspan="2" | 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Ursula Andress]] || Alexandrine Pinardel | | [[Ursula Andress]] || Alexandrine Pinardel | ||
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| || Nazis and Indians | | || Nazis and Indians | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Professionals (1966)|The Professionals]]'' || || || || 1966 | | rowspan="2" | ''[[The Professionals (1966)|The Professionals]]'' || [[Frederick Stafford]] || Rico || rowspan="2" | M1917A1; anachronstic for 1917 || rowspan="2" | 1966 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Wild Bunch]]'' || || || ||1969 | | || Mexican soldiers | ||
|- | |||
| rowspan="5" | ''[[The Wild Bunch]]'' || [[Lee Marvin]] || Tector || rowspan="5" | M1917A1; anachronistic for 1913 and 1916 || rowspan="5" | 1969 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Warren Oates]] || Lyle | |||
|- | |||
| [[Emilio Fernández]] || Mapache | |||
|- | |||
| [[Jorge Rado]] || Ernst | |||
|- | |||
| || Mexican soldiers | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Rum Runners (Boulevard du Rhum)]]''|| || U. S. Coast Guard || ||1971 | | ''[[Rum Runners (Boulevard du Rhum)]]''|| || U. S. Coast Guard || ||1971 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Bad Man's River (El hombre de Río Malo)]]'' || [[Aldo Sambrell]] || Canales|| rowspan="2" | | | rowspan="2" | ''[[Bad Man's River (El hombre de Río Malo)]]'' || [[Aldo Sambrell]] || Canales|| rowspan="2" | acetylene-firing mock-ups || rowspan="2" | 1971 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || Mexican soldiers | | || Mexican soldiers | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Soldier of Orange]]''|| || || ||1977 | | ''[[Soldier of Orange]]''|| || Dutch soldiers || M1917A1; standing for [[Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12|Schwarzlose M. 08/13]] ||1977 | ||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''[[1941]]'' || [[Dan Aykroyd]] ||Sergeant Tree || rowspan="2" | M1917A1 || rowspan="2" | 1979 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | || U.S. soldiers | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Professional, The (1981)|The Professional]]'' || || African prison guards || || 1981 | | ''[[Professional, The (1981)|The Professional]]'' || || African prison guards || M1917A1 || 1981 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Deal of the Century]]'' || || || Seen in the Gundealer's Room|| 1983 | | ''[[Deal of the Century]]'' || || || M1917A1; Seen in the Gundealer's Room|| 1983 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Exterminator 2]]'' || || || Mounted on Eastland's truck || 1984 | | ''[[Exterminator 2]]'' || || || M1917A1; Mounted on Eastland's truck || 1984 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Commando]]''|| || || | |''[[Commando]]''|| || ||M1917A1; In the hidden armory in||1985 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Matewan]]''|| ||private detectives||||1987 | |''[[Matewan]]''|| ||private detectives||M1917A1||1987 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Return from the River Kwai]]''|| || || ||1988 | |''[[Return from the River Kwai]]''|| || Miao tribesmen || M1917A1 ||1988 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Farewell To The King]]''|| || || ||1989 | | rowspan="2" | ''[[Farewell To The King]]'' || [[Gerry Lopez]] || Gwai || rowspan="2" | M1917A1 || rowspan="2" | 1989 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | || Headhunter | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Miller's Crossing]]''|| || Police || M1917A1 ||1990 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | | rowspan="2" | ''[[Tae Guk Gi]]'' || [[Dong-gun Jang]] || Sgt. Jin-tae Lee || rowspan="2" | M1917A1 || rowspan="2" | 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | || Soutch Korean soldiers | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Public Enemies]]''|| || U.S. soldiers || Colt Model 1922 ||2009 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Spoils of War]]''|| || U.S. soldiers || M1917; archive footage ||2009 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Gallipoli: End of the Road]]'' || || Australian and Turkish soldiers || | |''[[71: Into the Fire]]''|| || South Korean soldiers || M1917A1 || 2010 | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Into the White]]''|| ||Norwegian soldiers || Norwegian Colt-Kongsberg M/29 ||2012 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Gallipoli: End of the Road]]'' || || Australian and Turkish soldiers || M1917A1; anachronistic || 2013 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[King's Choice, The|The King's Choice]]''|| || Norwegian soldiers || Norwegian Colt M/29 ||2016 | | ''[[King's Choice, The|The King's Choice]]''|| || Norwegian soldiers || Norwegian Colt-Kongsberg M/29 ||2016 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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| ''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 3|Mission: Impossible]]'' || || || Colt MG38 mounted on truck, "Nitro" (S03E21) || 1969 | | ''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 3|Mission: Impossible]]'' || || || Colt MG38 mounted on truck, "Nitro" (S03E21) || 1969 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[State Border: Film 5, The]]''|| | |''[[State Border: Film 5, The|The State Border: Film ]]''|| || U.S. soldiers|| M1917; archive footage ||1986 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Mail Call]]''|| | |''[[Mail Call]]''|| || || M1917; archive footage ||2002-2009 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Pacific]]''|| | | rowspan="5" | ''[[The Pacific]]'' || [[James Badge Dale]] || Robert Leckie || rowspan="5" | M1917A1 || rowspan="5" | 2010 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''|| | | [[Jon Bernthal]] || Sgt. Manny Rodriguez | ||
|- | |||
| [[Joshua Bitton]] || Sgt. J.P. Morgan | |||
|- | |||
| [[Jon Seda]] || Sgt. John Basilone | |||
|- | |||
| [[Jon Seda]] || U.S. Marines | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="5" | ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' || [[Stephen Graham]] || Capone || rowspan="5" | M1917A1 || rowspan="5" | 2010 - 2014 | |||
|- | |||
| || Ku Klux Klan | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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|''[[Desperados: Wanted Dead Or Alive]]''|| "Gatling Gun" ||Anachronistic ||2001 | |''[[Desperados: Wanted Dead Or Alive]]''|| "Gatling Gun" ||Anachronistic ||2001 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || "Browning M1917A1" || | | ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || "Browning M1917A1" || M1917A1 || 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || "M1917 Browning Heavy Machine Gun" || | | ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || "M1917 Browning Heavy Machine Gun" || M1917A1 || 2006 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Darkness]]'' || || || 2007 | | ''[[The Darkness]]'' || || || 2007 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' || "Browning Gun" || Anachronistic || 2010 | | ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' || "Browning Gun" || Anachronistic|| 2010 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Civilization V]]'' || || Introduced in "Gods & Kings" expansion pack (2012) || 2010 | | ''[[Civilization V]]'' || || Introduced in "Gods & Kings" expansion pack (2012) || 2010 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm]]'' || "M1917 Browning" || | | ''[[Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm]]'' || "M1917 Browning" || M1917A1 || 2013 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Battlefield 1]]'' || "M1917 MG" || Introduced in "Turning Tides" DLC (2017) || 2016 | | ''[[Battlefield 1]]'' || "M1917 MG" || M1917A1; Introduced in "Turning Tides" DLC (2017), anachronitic || 2016 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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The Swedish adopted a version of the M1917 under the name "Kulspruta M/1936". The M/1936 was converted into the (then) standard 6.55mm, but the anti-aircraft version used the 8×63mm Bofors (ptr m/32). In the 1970s the remaining M/1936 were converted to the 7.62×51 mm NATO. | The Swedish adopted a version of the M1917 under the name "Kulspruta M/1936". The M/1936 was converted into the (then) standard 6.55mm, but the anti-aircraft version used the 8×63mm Bofors (ptr m/32). In the 1970s the remaining M/1936 were converted to the 7.62×51 mm NATO. | ||
===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
Revision as of 10:33, 12 June 2019
The Browning 1917 .30 caliber machine gun is the immediate predecessor of the Browning M1919. This weapon saw use from the final days of World War I, throughout the duration of World War II as well as both the Korean and Vietnam wars due in large part to its reliability and usefulness in the sustained fire role (made possible by the water cooling jacket surrounding the barrel).
In 1901, John Moses Browning filed US Patent 678937 for an automatic recoil loader. The construction found little favor with the then US military. The M1917 was basically an evolution of this patent. The Browning M1917 is a water-cooled machine gun. Air-cooled experimental weapons led after the First World War to the lighter M1919, which was built mechanically the same. The Browning MG M1917 externally resembles the Maxim machine gun, has like this belt feeder and both are short recoil recoilers of the barrel lock system in the housing. Nevertheless, they are completely different mechanically. The Maxim has a toggle-lock action lock similar to that of the Luger P08, while the Browning MG lock and barrel are locked by a steel block. The Browning M1917 is slightly lighter than the Maxim and just as reliable. The Browning M1918 is a further development Aircraft service.
The M1917Ar variant is an updated variant, developed in the 1930s. Recognizable by the bottom plate, which had side flanges and a positive locking top cover hinge pin.
In 1930, Poland adopted the Ckm wz.30, a clone of the M1917.
The Browning M1917 machine gun can be seen in the following films used by the following actors:
Specifications
(1917 - ????)
- Type: Machine Gun
- Caliber(s): .30-06 Springfield
- Weight: 103 lb (47 kg) (gun, tripod, water, and ammunition)
- Length: 38.5 in (980 mm)
- Barrel length(s): 24 in (609 mm)
- Capacity: 250-round fabric belt
- Fire Modes: Full-Auto
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wings | WWI American soldiers | M1917 | 1927 | |
| Bataan | U.S. Soldiers | M1917A1 | 1943 | |
| The Fighting Seabees | U.S. Marine | M1917A1 | 1944 | |
| Back to Bataan | Philippine guerrilla fighters | M1917A1 | 1945 | |
| Halls of Montezuma | Richard Hylton | Conroy | M1917A1 | 1951 |
| The Steel Helmet | North Korean Army | M1917A1 | 1951 | |
| The Desert Rats | German soldiers | M1917A1; standing for Maxim MG08 | 1953 | |
| Godzilla | Japanese Defense Forces | M1917A1 | 1954 | |
| Merrill's Marauders | the Marauders | M1917A1 | 1962 | |
| Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Arthur Lempereur | M1917A1 | 1965 |
| Ursula Andress | Alexandrine Pinardel | |||
| OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117) | Frederick Stafford | Hubert Bonnisseur | 1965 | |
| Nazis and Indians | ||||
| The Professionals | Frederick Stafford | Rico | M1917A1; anachronstic for 1917 | 1966 |
| Mexican soldiers | ||||
| The Wild Bunch | Lee Marvin | Tector | M1917A1; anachronistic for 1913 and 1916 | 1969 |
| Warren Oates | Lyle | |||
| Emilio Fernández | Mapache | |||
| Jorge Rado | Ernst | |||
| Mexican soldiers | ||||
| Rum Runners (Boulevard du Rhum) | U. S. Coast Guard | 1971 | ||
| Bad Man's River (El hombre de Río Malo) | Aldo Sambrell | Canales | acetylene-firing mock-ups | 1971 |
| Mexican soldiers | ||||
| Soldier of Orange | Dutch soldiers | M1917A1; standing for Schwarzlose M. 08/13 | 1977 | |
| 1941 | Dan Aykroyd | Sergeant Tree | M1917A1 | 1979 |
| U.S. soldiers | ||||
| The Professional | African prison guards | M1917A1 | 1981 | |
| Deal of the Century | M1917A1; Seen in the Gundealer's Room | 1983 | ||
| Exterminator 2 | M1917A1; Mounted on Eastland's truck | 1984 | ||
| Commando | M1917A1; In the hidden armory in | 1985 | ||
| Matewan | private detectives | M1917A1 | 1987 | |
| Return from the River Kwai | Miao tribesmen | M1917A1 | 1988 | |
| Farewell To The King | Gerry Lopez | Gwai | M1917A1 | 1989 |
| Headhunter | ||||
| Miller's Crossing | Police | M1917A1 | 1990 | |
| Tae Guk Gi | Dong-gun Jang | Sgt. Jin-tae Lee | M1917A1 | 2004 |
| Soutch Korean soldiers | ||||
| Public Enemies | U.S. soldiers | Colt Model 1922 | 2009 | |
| Spoils of War | U.S. soldiers | M1917; archive footage | 2009 | |
| 71: Into the Fire | South Korean soldiers | M1917A1 | 2010 | |
| Into the White | Norwegian soldiers | Norwegian Colt-Kongsberg M/29 | 2012 | |
| Gallipoli: End of the Road | Australian and Turkish soldiers | M1917A1; anachronistic | 2013 | |
| The King's Choice | Norwegian soldiers | Norwegian Colt-Kongsberg M/29 | 2016 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission: Impossible | Colt MG38 mounted on truck, "Nitro" (S03E21) | 1969 | ||
| The State Border: Film | U.S. soldiers | M1917; archive footage | 1986 | |
| Mail Call | M1917; archive footage | 2002-2009 | ||
| The Pacific | James Badge Dale | Robert Leckie | M1917A1 | 2010 |
| Jon Bernthal | Sgt. Manny Rodriguez | |||
| Joshua Bitton | Sgt. J.P. Morgan | |||
| Jon Seda | Sgt. John Basilone | |||
| Jon Seda | U.S. Marines | |||
| Boardwalk Empire | Stephen Graham | Capone | M1917A1 | 2010 - 2014 |
| Ku Klux Klan |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desperados: Wanted Dead Or Alive | "Gatling Gun" | Anachronistic | 2001 |
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "Browning M1917A1" | M1917A1 | 2005 |
| Company of Heroes | "M1917 Browning Heavy Machine Gun" | M1917A1 | 2006 |
| The Darkness | 2007 | ||
| Red Dead Redemption | "Browning Gun" | Anachronistic | 2010 |
| Civilization V | Introduced in "Gods & Kings" expansion pack (2012) | 2010 | |
| Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm | "M1917 Browning" | M1917A1 | 2013 |
| Battlefield 1 | "M1917 MG" | M1917A1; Introduced in "Turning Tides" DLC (2017), anachronitic | 2016 |
Kulspruta M/1936
The Swedish adopted a version of the M1917 under the name "Kulspruta M/1936". The M/1936 was converted into the (then) standard 6.55mm, but the anti-aircraft version used the 8×63mm Bofors (ptr m/32). In the 1970s the remaining M/1936 were converted to the 7.62×51 mm NATO.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Callup | Swedish soldiers | 1979 | ||
| Beyond the Border | Martin Wallström | Sven Stenstrom | 2011 | |
| Antti Reini | Wille Jarvinen | |||
| Swedish soldiers |
See Also
- Browning Arms Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Browning.