CODE – 04-132-918

NAME – Browning M1918 Aircraft Machine Gun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1918

CALIBER – 7.62x63mm (30-06)

OVERALL LENGTH – 94 cm (37 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 61 cm (24 in)

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

LOAD – M1906 Ball 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) – 11.11 kg (24 lb 8 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 18.90 kg (41 lb 11 oz) loaded with 250 rounds M1906 ball

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 457 m (500 yards) Tracer burnout

OPERATION – Recoil with muzzle gas booster, fires from closed bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 200 – 300 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 1,150 to 1,250 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 250-round disintegrating metallic link belt

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 1.10 kg (2 lb 7 oz) per 250 links

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 7.79 kg (17 lb 3 oz) 250 rd belt loaded with M1906 ball

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – One 250-round belt (250 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 7.79 kg (17 lb 3 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Remington Arms Co., Ilion, New York, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – US Military