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The M1919 Browning is a.30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1919 saw service as a light infantry, coaxial, mounted, aircraft, and anti-aircraft machine gun by the U.S. and many other countries. Many M1919s were rechambered for the new 7.62×51mm NATO round and remain in service to this day. The M1919 was an air-cooled development of the standard US machine gun of World War I, the John M. Browning-designed water-cooled M1917. The emergence of general-purpose machine guns in the 1950s pushed the M1919 into secondary roles in many cases, especially after the arrival of the M60 in US Army service. The United States Navy also converted many to 7.62mm NATO, and designated them Mk 21 Mod 0; they were commonly used on river craft in the 1960s and 1970s in Vietnam.

Type:
Medium machine gun, General-purpose machine gun (M1919A6)
Place of origin:
United States
In service:
1919–present
Used by:
See users
Wars:
Banana Wars, Warlord era, World War II, Indonesian National Revolution, Korean War, Hukbalahap Rebellion, First Indochina War, Congo Crisis, Vietnam War, Algerian War, Bangladesh Liberation War, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Rhodesian Bush War, Six-Day War, The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Nigerian Civil War, Somali Civil War, Laotian Civil War, Salvadoran Civil War, Lebanese Civil War, Cambodian Civil War, Kivu conflict, First Libyan Civil War, Second Libyan Civil War, Syrian Civil War, other conflicts
Designer:
John M. Browning
Designed:
1919
Manufacturer:
Buffalo Arms Corporation, Rock Island Arsenal, Saginaw Steering Gear division of General Motors
Produced:
1919–1945
Number built:
438,971
Variants:
A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, M37 and AN/M2
Weight:
31 lb (14.06 kg) (M1919A4)
Length:
37.94 in (963.68 mm) (M1919A4), 53 in (1,346.2 mm) (M1919A6)
Barrel length:
24 in (609.6 mm)
Cartridge:
30-06 Springfield (U.S.), 7.62×51mm NATO.303 British, 7.92×57mm Mauser, 6.5×55mm.22 Long Rifle (Mini), 7.62×54mmR, 8×63mm patron m/32, 7.65×53mm Argentine, 7.5×54mm French
Action:
Recoil-operated/short-recoil operation
Rate of fire:
400–600 round/min (1200–1500 for AN/M2 variant)
Muzzle velocity:
2,800 ft/s (853.44 m/s)
Effective firing range:
1,500 yd (1,371.6 m) (maximum effective range)
Feed system:
250-round belt