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
