Browning M1917

The Browning 1917 .30 caliber machine gun is the immediate predecessor of the Browning M1919. This weapon saw use from the final days of World War I, throughout the duration of World War II as well as both the Korean and Vietnam wars due in large part to its reliability and usefulness in the sustained fire role (made possible by the water cooling jacket surrounding the barrel). 
In 1901, John Moses Browning filed US Patent 678937 for an automatic recoil loader. The construction found little favor with the US Army Ordnance Department. The M1917 was basically an evolution of this patent. The Browning M1917 is a water-cooled machine gun. Air-cooled experimental weapons led after the First World War to the lighter M1919, which was built mechanically the same. The Browning MG externally resembles the Maxim machine gun and has a similar belt feeder. Both have short-recoil operation of the barrel and bolt locking system in the housing. Nevertheless, they are greatly different mechanically. The Maxim has a toggle-lock action lock similar to that of the Luger P08, while the Browning MG bolt and barrel are locked by a steel block. The Browning M1917 is slightly lighter than the Maxim and just as reliable. The Browning M1918 is a further development for aircraft service.
The M1917A1 is an updated variant, developed in the 1930s. Recognizable by the bottom plate, which had side flanges and a positive locking top cover hinge pin.
In 1930, Poland adopted the Ckm wz. 30, a clone of the M1917.
==Specifications==
(1917 - ????)
* Type: Machine Gun
* Caliber(s): .30-06 Springfield
* Weight: 103 lb (47 kg) (gun, tripod, water, and ammunition)
* Length: 38.5 in (980 mm)
* Barrel length(s): 24 in (609 mm)
* Capacity: 250-round fabric belt
* Fire Modes: Full-Auto
The Browning M1917 machine gun can be seen in the following films used by the following actors:
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Big Parade 	 	German soldiers 	 	1925
Wings 	 	American and German soldiers	 	1927
Pardon Us 	 	Prison Guards 	 	1931
Bad Man's River	Aldo Sambrell	Canales 	acetylene-firing mock-ups	1971
Bad Man's River	 	Mexican soldiers 	acetylene-firing mock-ups	1971
Spoils of War 	 	U.S. soldiers 	archive footage 	2009
=== Television ===
Show Title 	Actor	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
The State Border: Film	 	U.S. soldiers	archive footage	1986
Mail Call 	 	 	archive footage	2002-2009
===Video Game===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Note 	Release Date
Desperados: Wanted Dead Or Alive 	"Gatling Gun" 	Anachronistic	2001
Red Dead Redemption 	"Browning Gun" 	Anachronistic	2010
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 	"Browning M1917"	 	2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades	 	 	2016
==M1917A1==
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Wake Island 	Brian Donlevy 	Major Geoffrey Caton 	 	1942
Wake Island 	Philip Van Zandt 	Cpl. Gus Goebbels 	 	1942
Wake Island 	 	U.S. Soldiers 	 	1942
Bataan 	 	U.S. Soldiers 	 	1943
The Fighting Seabees 	 	U.S. Marine 	 	1944
Back to Bataan 	 	Philippine guerrilla fighters 	 	1945
Breakthrough 	 	U.S. Soldiers 	 	1950
Halls of Montezuma 	Richard Hylton 	Conroy 	 	1951
The Steel Helmet 	 	North Korean Army 	 	1951
The Desert Rats 	 	German soldiers 	standing for Maxim MG08 	1953
Godzilla 	 	Japanese Defense Forces 	 	1954
Bandido! 	Robert Mitchum 	Wilson 	Anachronistic 	1956
Bandido! 	 	Mexican Army soldiers 	Anachronistic 	1956
Five Gates to Hell 	 	Vietnamesse guerillass 	 	1959
Merrill's Marauders 	 	the Marauders 	 	1962
Lawrence of Arabia 	 	 	 	1962
Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) 	Jean-Paul Belmondo	Arthur Lempereur 	 	1965
Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) 	Ursula Andress 	Alexandrine Pinardel 	 	1965
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117)	Frederick Stafford	Hubert Bonnisseur 	 	1965
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117)	 	Nazis and Indians 	 	1965
The Professionals 	Frederick Stafford	Rico 	anachronstic for 1917 	1966
The Professionals 	 	Mexican soldiers 	anachronstic for 1917 	1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? 	 	US Army soldiers 	mounted on jeep 	1966
The Wild Bunch 	Lee Marvin 	Tector 	anachronistic for 1913 and 1916 	1969
The Wild Bunch 	Warren Oates 	Lyle 	anachronistic for 1913 and 1916 	1969
The Wild Bunch 	Emilio Fernández 	Mapache 	anachronistic for 1913 and 1916 	1969
The Wild Bunch 	Jorge Rado 	Ernst 	anachronistic for 1913 and 1916 	1969
The Wild Bunch 	 	Mexican soldiers 	anachronistic for 1913 and 1916 	1969
Rum Runners (Boulevard du Rhum) 	 	U. S. Coast Guard 	 	1971
Soldier of Orange 	 	Dutch soldiers 	standing for Schwarzlose M. 08/13	1977
1941 	Dan Aykroyd 	Sergeant Tree 	 	1979
1941 	 	U.S. soldiers 	 	1979
The Professional 	 	African prison guards 	 	1981
Deal of the Century 	 	 	Seen in the Gundealer's Room 	1983
Exterminator 2 	 	 	Mounted on Eastland's truck 	1984
Commando 	 	 	In the hidden armory in 	1985
Matewan 	 	private detectives 	 	1987
Return from the River Kwai 	 	Miao tribesmen 	 	1988
Farewell To The King 	Gerry Lopez 	Gwai 	 	1989
Farewell To The King 	 	Headhunter 	 	1989
Miller's Crossing 	 	Police 	 	1990
Evita 	 	Argentine Navy sailors 	 	1996
Tae Guk Gi 	Dong-gun Jang 	Sgt. Jin-tae Lee 	 	2004
Tae Guk Gi 	 	Soutch Korean soldiers 	 	2004
Public Enemies 	 	U.S. soldiers 	Colt Model 1922 	2009
71: Into the Fire 	 	South Korean soldiers 	 	2010
Gallipoli: End of the Road 	 	Australian and Turkish soldiers	anachronistic for 1915 	2013
=== Television ===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
Mission: Impossible	 	 	Colt MG38 mounted on truck, "Nitro" (S03E21)	1969
The Pacific 	James Badge Dale	Robert Leckie 	 	2010
The Pacific 	Jon Bernthal 	Sgt. Manny Rodriguez	 	2010
The Pacific 	Joshua Bitton 	Sgt. J.P. Morgan 	 	2010
The Pacific 	Jon Seda 	Sgt. John Basilone 	 	2010
The Pacific 	 	U.S. Marines 	 	2010
Boardwalk Empire 	Stephen Graham 	Capone 	 	2010 - 2014
Boardwalk Empire 	 	Ku Klux Klan 	 	2010 - 2014
1923 	Brandon Sklenar 	Spencer Dutton 	"1923" (S1E01) 	2022
===Video Game===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Note 	Release Date
Dead Man's Hand 	 	Anachronistic; mounted on a tripod 	2004
Forgotten Hope 2 	"Browning M1917A1" 	 	2005
Company of Heroes 	"M1917 Browning Heavy Machine Gun"	 	2006
The Darkness 	 	 	2007
Civilization V 	 	Introduced in "Gods & Kings" expansion pack (2012) 	2010
Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm	"M1917 Browning" 	 	2013
Battlefield 1 	"M1917 MG" 	Introduced in "Turning Tides" DLC (2017), anachronistic	2016
==Kongsberg M/29==
The Norwegian adaption of the Colt version chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser. A later model was converted to 7.62x51mm NATO called M/29F1.
===Film===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Note	Date
Into the White 	 	Norwegian soldiers	 	2012
The King's Choice 	 	Norwegian soldiers	 	2016
Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat	 	Norwegian soldiers	 	2022
==Kulspruta M/1936==
The Swedish adopted a version of the M1917 under the name Kulspruta M/1936. The M/1936 was converted into the (then) standard 6.55mm, but the anti-aircraft version used the 8x63mm Bofors (ptr m/32). In the 1970s the remaining M/1936 were converted to the 7.62x51 mm NATO.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
Strike First Freddy (Slå først Frede!)	 	Kolick's henchmen	 	1965
The Callup 	 	Swedish soldiers 	 	1979
Beyond the Border 	Martin Wallström	Sven Stenstrom 	 	2011
Beyond the Border 	Antti Reini 	Wille Jarvinen 	 	2011
Beyond the Border 	 	Swedish soldiers 	 	2011
=See Also=
* Browning Arms Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Browning. 
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