NAME – Colt – Browning Automatic Machine Gun Model 1895
COMMON NAMES – Colt Potato-Digger
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1894
CALIBER – 6×60 mm (6mm Lee Navy)
OVERALL LENGTH – 103.5 cm (40.75 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 71.1 cm (28 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 1 turn in (7.5 in)
LOAD – Full jacketed round nosed ball
BULLET DIAMETER – 6.20 mm (0.244 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 7.26 g (112 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 777 m/s (2550 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 2193 j (1617 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 18.14 kg (40 lb)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 20.62 kg (45 lb 7.4 oz) loaded with 120 round belt
WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 46.25 kg (102 lb) mounted on cradle and tripod, loaded with 120 round belt
TYPE OF MOUNT – Folding tripod with cradle
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 12.70 kg (28 lb) Tripod
WEIGHT OF CRADLE – 12.93 kg (28 lb 8 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Folding leaf with aperture, adjustable from 91 to 2743 meters in 91 meter increments
(100 to 3000 yards in 100 yard increments)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 732 m (800 yards)
OPERATION – Gas, Fires from closed bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 100 rpm
CYCLIC ROF – 400 rpm
FEED DEVICE – 120 round cloth (Canvas) belt
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.05 kg (1.86 oz)
Ammunition case (empty) for two 120 round belts – 2.36 kg (5 lb 3 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 2.48 kg (5 lb 7.5 oz) with 120 rounds
Ammunition case with two – 120 round belts – 7.32 kg (16 lb 2 oz)
