CODE – 04-084-920

NAME – M20 Lewis Gun

NAME (NATIVE) – Mitrailleur model 1920 (Mitr.M.20)

NAME (NATIVE) – 6.5 mm leichtes Maschinengewehr 100 (h) [German Military Designation for captured specimens]

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Netherlands

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1920

CALIBER – 6.5x53mmR

OVERALL LENGTH – 126 cm (49.61 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 65.4 cm (25.75 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4-Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 20 cm (7.87 in)

BULLET TYPE – Full jacketed round-nosed ball

BULLET DIAMETER – 6.68 mm (0.263 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 10.11 g (156 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 725 m/s (2378 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 2656 j (1959 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 13 kg (28 lb 11 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 16.8 kg (37 lb 1 oz) loaded with 97 rounds

TYPE OF MOUNT – Bipod

TYPE OF MOUNT – Lightweight Tripod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 4.55 kg (10 lb)

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, adjustable for windage, Rear sight – Aperture,  Graduated from 300 to 1000 m (328 to 1,094 yards)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 m (875 yards)

OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 120-150 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 450 to 500 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 50 or 97-round pan-type drum magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 50-round 0.82 kg (1 lb 13 oz), 97-round – 1.56 kg (3 lb 7 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 50-round – 1.97 kg (4 lb 6 oz) with 50 rounds, 97-round – 3.8 kg (8 lb 6 oz) with 97 rounds

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Five – 97 round magazines (485 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 19 kg (41 lb 14 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Hembrug Arsenal, Holland, Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd., Birmingham, England

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – Dutch army, captured specimens issued by German military during WWII