Browning .30-caliber Machine Guns

• Author(s): Gordon L. Rottman,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Pages: 80
• ISBN_10: 1472808045
  ISBN_13: 9781472808042
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Military / Weapons , History / Military / United States , History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General , Technology & Engineering / Military Science , Antiques & Collectibles / Subjects & Themes / Military ,

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.