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Browning .30-caliber Machine Guns

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Weapon - Assorted

MSRP old price: $18.95


Product Info

Title
Browning .30-caliber Machine Guns
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Gordon Rottman
Publish Year
2014
Pages
80
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147554802
MFG. Part #
OSPWEAP032
Type
Softcover
Series
WEAP32

Description

First adopted in 1917, the rugged and reliable Browning .30-caliber machine gun remained in US service into the Vietnam era, and is still occasionally found in use elsewhere even today. Produced in both water-cooled and air-cooled versions, it has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun – antipersonnel, antiaircraft, mounted on aircraft as both defensive and offensive armament, defensive armament aboard vehicles (armored and soft-skin), mounted on watercraft, and others. Employing gripping first-hand testimony and featuring specially commissioned illustrations and detailed photographs, many in color, this lively study of the Browning .30-caliber machine gun reveals the origins, combat history and legacy of this versatile and dependable weapon.