World War I Mexican Revolution Banana Wars Chaco War World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Congo Crisis Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War
Production history
Designer
John M. Browning
Designed
1917
Produced
1917–45
No. built
128,369[2]
Variants
M1917, M1917A1, Colt models
Specifications
Mass
103 lb (47 kg) (gun, tripod, water, and ammunition)
Length
980 mm
Barrel length
24 in (609 mm)
Cartridge
.30-06 Springfield
Other cartridges
6.5×54mm Greek
6.5×55mm Swedish
7.5×54mm French
7×57mm Mauser
7.62×51mm NATO
7.65×53mm Mauser
7.92×57mm Mauser
7.92×61 mm [no]
8x52mmR Siam
8×63mm
Action
Recoil-operated automatic
Rate of fire
450 round/min, 600 round/min for M1917A1
Muzzle velocity
2,800 ft/s (853.6 m/s)
Feed system
250 round fabric belt
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. It was used at the battalion level, and often mounted on vehicles (such as a jeep). There were two main iterations: the M1917, which was used in World War I and the M1917A1, which was used thereafter. The M1917, which was used on some aircraft as well as in a ground role, had a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. The M1917A1 had a cyclic rate of 450 to 600 rounds per minute.
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