M1919 Browning machine gun
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.30 caliber machine gun
air-cooled machine gun
belt-fed machine gun
crew-served weapon
medium machine gun
The M1919 Browning machine gun is a .30 caliber, air-cooled, belt-fed medium machine gun widely used by U.S. and allied forces throughout World War II, the Korean War, and into the early Cold War era.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Browning M1919 machine gun family | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
.30 caliber machine gun
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air-cooled machine gun ⓘ belt-fed machine gun ⓘ crew-served weapon ⓘ medium machine gun ⓘ |
| action | recoil-operated ⓘ |
| barrelType | quick-change barrel (in some variants) ⓘ |
| cartridge |
.30-06 Springfield
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.303 British (in some conversions) ⓘ 7.62×51mm NATO ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | air-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedBy | John Moses Browning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | M1917 Browning machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Korean War era
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World War II ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
early Cold War era ⓘ |
| feedSystem | belt-fed ⓘ |
| mountingOptions |
aircraft-mounted (in some variants)
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tank-mounted ⓘ tripod-mounted ⓘ vehicle-mounted ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
AN/M2 (aircraft version)
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M1919A1 NERFINISHED ⓘ M1919A2 NERFINISHED ⓘ M1919A4 NERFINISHED ⓘ M1919A5 NERFINISHED ⓘ M1919A6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1919 ⓘ |
| sightType | iron sights ⓘ |
| standardIssueFor |
U.S. armored vehicles (World War II)
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U.S. infantry support units (World War II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
M240 machine gun
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M60 machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalRateOfFire | 400–600 rounds per minute ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British Armed Forces
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Commonwealth forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Israeli Defense Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ many NATO and allied nations ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Arab–Israeli War of 1948
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Indo-Pakistani wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ various Cold War conflicts ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Browning M1919 machine gun family