Browning machine gun

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title: "Browning machine gun" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["machine-guns"] topic_path: "general/machine-guns" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_machine_gun" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Browning machine guns are a family of machine gun designs by John Browning, a prolific weapon designer.

These include:

• M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun, based on a design dating to 1889, was the first successful gas-operated machine gun to enter service.
• M1917 Browning machine gun, a family of water-cooled machine guns in .30-'06
• M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, or its variants
• M1919 Browning machine gun, a family of air-cooled machine guns in .30-'06
• M1921 Browning machine gun, a family of water-cooled machine guns in .50 BMG
• M2 Browning machine gun, a family of air-cooled machine guns in .50 BMG

A related term:

• .50 BMG or .50 Browning Machine Gun, a large caliber machine gun round

References

References

1. (10 November 2010). "Colt Browning M1895".

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