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Browning M1917

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The Browning 1917 .30 caliber machine gun is the immediate predecessor of the Browning M1919. This weapon saw heavy use from the opening days of World War I and 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:

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Browning M1917 - .30-06
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Browning M1917 machine gun with tripod and ammo box - .30-06‎
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Colt version of the Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun - .30-06

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
Bataan 1943
Back to Bataan 1945
Halls of Montezuma Richard Hylton Conroy 1951
The Steel Helmet North Korean Army 1951
The Desert Rats Used by GERMAN soldiers 1953
Merrill's Marauders the Marauders 1962
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117) Frederick Stafford Hubert Bonnisseur 1965
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117) The Nazis and Indians 1965
The Professionals 1966
The Wild Bunch 1969
Rum Runners (Boulevard du Rhum) U. S. Coast Guard 1971
Soldier of Orange 1977
1941 1979
Commando Iin the hidden armory in 1985
Return from the River Kwai 1988
Farewell To The King 1989
Miller's Crossing 1990
Tae Guk Gi 2004
Public Enemies 2009
71: Into the Fire South Korean soldiers 2010
Into the White Norwegian soldiers 2012

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
State Border: Film 5, The . . . 1986
Mail Call . . . 2002-2009
The Pacific . US Marines . 2010
Boardwalk Empire . Klu Klux Klan . 2010-Present

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Desperados: Wanted Dead Or Alive Gatling Gun Anachronistic. 2001
Timesplitters: Future Perfect 2005
Red Dead Redemption "Browning Gun" 2010

Variants

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Kulspruta M/1936 - 6,5 × 55 mm.
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Another view of the Swedish Kulspruta m1936.
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This is the 8mm double anti-aircraft configuration.

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 × 63 mm Bofors (ptr m/32). In the 1970's the remaining M/1936 were converted to the 7,62 × 51 mm NATO.

See Also