Description
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.
Table of Contents
Product details
Published | 20 Feb 2014 |
---|---|
Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 80 |
ISBN | 9781780969213 |
Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
Illustrations | 35 b/w; 24 col |
Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
Series | Weapon |
Short code | WPN 32 |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |