M1919 Browning machine gun

The M1919 Browning machine gun was a .30-06 Springfield light machine gun that mostly replaced the M1917 during World War II.

It was one of the earliest air-cooled machine guns. It overheated more quickly than the M1917, which was water-cooled, but it was much lighter. It fired slowly enough so that a soldier who was well-trained in shooting in bursts would not overheat the gun.

The M1919 was well-known for being powerful, accurate, and reliable.

M1919 Browning Machine Gun Media

US soldiers fire a M1919A4 during the Battle of Aachen, October 1944
M1 tripod with canvas cover
A Marine cradles his M1919 Browning machine gun in his lap in Peleliu
A US soldier takes aim with a tripod-mounted M1919A4 in Korea, 1953
An Aviation Ordnanceman stationed at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi installing an AN-M2 Browning machine gun in a PBY flying boat, c. 1942
The original M1919 tank MG
M1919A6 mounted on the tripod for an M1917
M1919A4 with spare barrel and accessories
M1919A6 mounted on its bipod
The Browning .303 four-gun FN-20 tail gun turret on an Avro Lancaster

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