RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)
LOAD – M1 Ball, Full jacketed Pointed Spitzer
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 11.34 g (175 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 807 m/s (2647 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3,692 j (2,723 m/s)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 10.43 kg (23 lb)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 19.31 kg (42 lb 9 oz) with 250 rounds M1 Ball in M1 links
TYPE OF MOUNT – Various aircraft mounts
WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 1.73 kg (3 lb 13 oz)
SIGHTS – None
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 549 m (600 yards)
OPERATION – Recoil, fires from closed bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 200 to 250 rpm
CYCLIC ROF – 1,000 to 1,350 rpm
FEED DEVICE – M1 disintegrating metallic link belt
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.44 kg (15.5 oz) per 100 M1 links
M1 Ammunition Can (EMPTY) – 1.59 kg (3 lb 8 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 8.88 kg (19 lb 9 oz) 250 M1 Ball rounds in M1 links
M1 Ammunition Can (LOADED) 10.47 kg (23 lb 1 oz) with 250 rd M1 Ball belt in M1 links
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Four 250-rd belts (1,000 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 41.88 kg (92 lb 5 oz) in M1 ammunition cans
MANUFACTURER – Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., Hartford, Connecticut, Buffalo Arms Corp., Buffalo, New York, General Motors Corp., Syracuse, New York, Savage Arms Corp., Utica, New York.
