CODE – 04-132-918
NAME – Lewis Machine Gun Model 1918
COMMON NAME – US Navy Mark VI Machine Gun
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1918
CALIBER – 7.62x63mm (30-06)
OVERALL LENGTH – 129.5 cm (51 in) with buttstock
OVERALL LENGTH – 111.8 (44 in) with spade-grip
BARREL LENGTH – 67.6 cm (26.61 in
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, 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 – 839 m/s (2752 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3421 j (2523 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 12.02 kg (26 lb 8 oz) with buttstock
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 11.84 kg (26 lb 2 oz) with spade-grip
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 13.96 kg (30 lb 12 oz) with buttstock, loaded with 47 rounds M1906 Ball
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 13.78 kg (30 lb 6 oz) with spade-grip, loaded with 47 rounds M1906 Ball
WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 14.75 kg (32 lb 8 oz) with buttstock, bipod, loaded with 47 rounds M1906 Ball
TYPE OF MOUNT – Removable folding bipod
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 0.79 kg (1 lb 12 oz)
BUTTSTOCK WEIGHT – 0.68 kg (1 lb 8 oz)
SPADE-GRIP WEIGHT – 0.50 kg (1 lb 2 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, Iron, Adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Screw-ladder type with aperture, adjustable from 91 to 1,920 m (100 to 2,100 yards) in 91 m (100 yard) increments
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 m (875 yards)
OPERATION – Gas operated
TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic, fires from open bolt
RATE OF FIRE – 150 to 200 rpm
CYCLIC ROF – 550 rpm
FEED DEVICE – 47-round pan drum
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 47-round pan – 0.68 kg (1 lb 8 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 47-round pan – 1.94 kg (4 lb 4 oz) with 47 round M1906 Ball
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Eight 47-round pan magazines (376 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 15.52 kg (34 lb 4 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Savage Arms Corp., Utica, New York
STATUS – Obsolete
SERVICE – US Navy and Marine Corps.
