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M1917 Browning machine gun facts for kids

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Browning Model 1917A1 water-cooled machine gun

The M1917 Browning machine gun is a .30-06 Springfield machine gun created by John Browning. It was used in World War I and in World War II. It is a heavy machine gun that weighed around 100 pounds with the tripod and 42 pounds without it.

It is a water-cooled machine gun, which allowed it to fire for a long period of time without it overheating. The water-cooling tank made it much heavier. During World War II, M1917 was mostly replaced by the M1919 because it was lighter and let soldiers move more quickly, but the M1917 was still used often.

Images for kids

  • Val Browning M1917

    Val Browning, the inventor's son, demonstrates the M1917.

  • Browning Heavy Machine Gun, water cooled, M1917, 1918, WWI (32916860696)

    M1917 mounted on tripod

  • Marines Browning M1917 Cape Gloucester

    Marines push back a Japanese counterattack during the Battle of Cape Gloucester in 1944.

  • Browning M1917 Marine Iwo Jima fixed

    A U.S. Marine firing Browning M1917A1 machine gun at Japanese at Battle of Iwo Jima

  • Model1917Korea

    A Browning M1917 in action during the Korean War.

  • Hackenberg - browning M1917

    An M1917A1 in Hackenberg Museum (Veckring, Moselle, France)

  • Norwegian Army Colt heavy machine gun at the Narvik front

    Norwegian M/29 in anti-aircraft configuration on the Narvik front, 1940

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