Lewis machine guns
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Lewis machine guns are early 20th-century air-cooled, drum-fed light machine guns widely used by British and Allied forces, especially in aircraft and infantry roles during World War I.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lewis machine guns canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air-cooled machine gun
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drum-fed machine gun ⓘ light machine gun ⓘ |
| action | gas-operated ⓘ |
| aircraftMagazineCapacity | 97-round pan magazine ⓘ |
| barrelLength | about 26.25 inches ⓘ |
| caliber |
.30-06 Springfield
ⓘ
.303 British ⓘ 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka ⓘ 7.92×57mm Mauser ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | air-cooled with aluminum radiator and barrel shroud ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designDate | 1911 ⓘ |
| designer | Isaac Newton Lewis ⓘ |
| effectiveRange | about 800–1000 yards ⓘ |
| feedSystem | pan magazine ⓘ |
| manufacturedBy |
Birmingham Small Arms Company
ⓘ
Savage Arms ⓘ |
| massProductionStart | 1913 ⓘ |
| muzzleVelocity | about 2440 feet per second (.303 British) ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
distinctive top-mounted drum (pan) magazine
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prominent barrel cooling shroud ⓘ relatively light weight for its era ⓘ |
| originatedAs | modification of the 1895 Colt–Browning machine gun design ⓘ |
| overallLength | about 50.5 inches ⓘ |
| patentHolder | Isaac Newton Lewis ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Belgian Land Component
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surface form:
Belgian Army
British Army ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Flying Corps ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| rateOfFire | 500–600 rounds per minute ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Bren light machine gun ⓘ |
| role |
aircraft machine gun
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anti-aircraft machine gun ⓘ infantry support weapon ⓘ |
| standardMagazineCapacity | 47-round pan magazine ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Australian Army
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Canadian Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Irish War of Independence
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Korean War ⓘ Russian Civil War ⓘ Spanish Civil War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| weight | about 28 pounds (infantry version) ⓘ |
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