The m1917a1 saw service in both world war 2 and the korean war.
Water cooled machine gun ww1.
One fired one fed the ammunition the rest helped to carry the weapon its ammunition and spare parts.
A lightened air cooled version of the original water cooled rectangular pattern receiver mg 08 infantry automatic ordnance the lmg 08 was developed by the spandau arsenal as a rigidly mounted aircraft machine gun and went into production in 1915 in single gun mounts for use on the e i through the e iii production versions of the fokker.
The m1917 browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the united states armed forces in world war i world war ii and the korean war.
The maxim gun design was provided with water cooling giving it the ability to maintain its rate of fire for far longer than air cooled guns.
The disadvantage of this was that it made the gun less flexible in attack than the lighter air cooled weapons being heavier and more complex and requiring a supply of water.
Water cooled machine guns would still overheat relatively quickly sometimes within two minutes with the consequence that large supplies of water would need to be on hand in the heat of a battle and when these ran out it was not unknown for a machine gun crew to solve the problem by urinating into the jacket.
There are a total of 21 world war i machine guns 1914 1918 entries in the military factory.
The vickers machine gun or vickers gun is a name primarily used to refer to the water cooled 303 british 7 7 mm machine gun produced by vickers limited originally for the british army the machine gun typically required a six to eight man team to operate.
It was a common sight in world war i the image of a machine gun spewing bullets from a barrel protruding from what looks like a giant canister.
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.
