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Browning M1917
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 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 | 1927 | ||
| Bataan | 1943 | |||
| The Fighting Seabees | US Marine | 1944 | ||
| Back to Bataan | 1945 | |||
| Halls of Montezuma | Richard Hylton | Conroy | 1951 | |
| The Steel Helmet | North Korean Army | 1951 | ||
| The Desert Rats | German soldiers | 1953 | ||
| Godzilla | Japanese Defense Forces | 1954 | ||
| Merrill's Marauders | the Marauders | 1962 | ||
| Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Arthur Lempereur | 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 | 1966 | |||
| The Wild Bunch | 1969 | |||
| Rum Runners (Boulevard du Rhum) | U. S. Coast Guard | 1971 | ||
| Bad Man's River (El hombre de Río Malo) | Aldo Sambrell | Canales | 1971 | |
| Mexican soldiers | ||||
| Soldier of Orange | 1977 | |||
| 1941 | Dan Aykroyd | Sergeant Tree | 1979 | |
| The Professional | African prison guards | 1981 | ||
| Exterminator 2 | Mounted on Eastland's truck | 1984 | ||
| Commando | Iin the hidden armory in | 1985 | ||
| Matewan | private detectives | 1987 | ||
| Return from the River Kwai | 1988 | |||
| Farewell To The King | 1989 | |||
| Miller's Crossing | 1990 | |||
| Tae Guk Gi | 2004 | |||
| Public Enemies | 2009 | |||
| Spoils of War | 2009 | |||
| 71: Into the Fire | South Korean soldiers | 2010 | ||
| Into the White | Norwegian soldiers | 2012 | ||
| Gallipoli: End of the Road | Australian and Turkish soldiers | 2013 | ||
| The King's Choice | Norwegian soldiers | Norwegian Colt M/29 | 2016 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission: Impossible | Colt MG38 mounted on truck, "Nitro" (S03E21) | 1969 | ||
| State Border: Film 5, The | . | . | . | 1986 |
| Mail Call | . | . | . | 2002-2009 |
| The Pacific | . | US Marines | . | 2010 |
| Boardwalk Empire | . | Ku Klux Klan | . | 2010-Present |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desperados: Wanted Dead Or Alive | "Gatling Gun" | Anachronistic | 2001 |
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "Browning M1917A1" | 2005 | |
| Company of Heroes | "M1917 Browning Heavy Machine Gun" | 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" | 2013 | |
| Battlefield 1 | "M1917 MG" | Introduced in "Turning Tides" DLC (2017) | 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.
| 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.