Browning .30-caliber Machine Guns

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.>

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• Authors: Gordon L Rottman, Gordon L. Rottman, Rottman Gordon L.
• Assisted by: Alan Gilliland (Illustration), Alan (B.E.V. illustrator) Gilliland (Illustration), Gilliland Alan (Illustration), Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Johnny (Illustrator) Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2014
• EAN: 9781780969213
• ISBN: 978-1-78096-921-3
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Weapon; Weapon; Weapon (Osprey)
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / United States, Weapons & equipment, Ordnance, weapons technology, Militaria, arms & armour, Weapons and equipment, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, Small firearms, guns and other equipment