CODE – 04-132-917

NAME – Browning M1917 Watercooled

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1917

CALIBER – 7.62x63mm (30-06)

OVERALL LENGTH – 94 cm (37 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 61 cm (24 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)

LOAD – M1906 Full jacketed Pointed Spitzer

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 9.72 g (150 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 823 m/s (2700 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3293 j (2428 m/s)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 13.61 kg (30 lb)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 20.48 kg (45 lb 2 oz) loaded with 250-round M1917 Cloth Belt with 250 rounds M1906 Ball

WEIGHT (LOADED & WITH WATER) – 24.11 kg (53 lb 3 oz) with 3.79 L (8 pts) water, Steam hose, loaded with 250-round M1917 Cloth Belt with 250 rounds M1906 Ball

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 48.61 kg (107 lb 3 oz) on tripod, with 3.79 L (8 pts) water, Steam hose, loaded with 250-round M1917 Cloth Belt with 250 rounds M1906 Ball in Ammunition Chest

TYPE OF MOUNT – Tripod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 22.68 kg (50 lb)

WEIGHT OF WATER – 3.79 L (8 Pts) – 3.63 kg (8 lb)

WEIGHT OF STEAM HOSE – 0.41 kg (15 oz)

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, adjustable for windage for zero, Rear sight – Ladder with aperture peep, adjustable from 91 to 2,377 meters in 23 meter increments (100 to 2600 yards in 25 yards increments)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 2,286 m (2,500 yards)

OPERATION – Recoil, fires from closed bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 250 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 450-600

FEED DEVICE – 250 round M1917 fabric (Canvas) belt

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.18 kg (6 oz) – 250 rd M1917 cloth belt

Wooden Ammunition Chest (Empty) – 1.75 kg (3 lb 14 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 6.87 kg (15 lb 2 oz) – 250 rd M1917 Cloth belt loaded with 250 rds M1906 Ball,

Wooden Ammunition Chest (Loaded) – 8.62kg (19 lb) with 250 round fabric belt loaded with 250 rds M1906 Ball

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Four 250-round belts (1,000 rds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 27.48 kg (60 lb 9 oz) M1917 belts with ammunition

LOAD WEIGHT – 34.48 kg (76 lb) M1917 belts with ammunition in wooden ammunition chests

MANUFACTURER – Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Remington Arms Co., Ilion, New York, Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – US Military