M1917 Browning machine gun
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The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; it has also been used by other nations.
Marines operating a M1917A1 Browning during the Korean War
US Army 2nd Lt. Valmore A. Browning test firing a Browning machine gun. This gun was used in the Argonne Sector.
Val Browning, the inventor's son, demonstrates the M1917.
M1917 mounted on tripod
.30-06 Springfield
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The.30-06 Springfield cartridge, 7.62×63mm in metric notation, and called the.30 Gov't '06 by Winchester, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and later standardized; it remained in milita
M1917 Browning machine gun
…fired continuously for 48 minutes and 12 seconds (over 21,000 rounds). The Army adopted the weapon as its principal heavy machine gun, utilizing the M1906 .30-06 cartridge with a 150-grain, flat-base bullet. Production was complex as the several manufacturers producing the guns needed to establish assembly lines…
From left to right 9.3×62mm, .30-06 Springfield, 7.92×57mm Mauser, 6.5×55mm and .308 Winchester
M1 Garand 30-06. Note the ammunition clip at 12 o'clock. It is ejected from the rifle after all eight rounds have been fired.
A Winchester Model 70 Super Grade hunting rifle in .30-06 with Leupold 6×42 scope
Eight .30-06 cartridges loaded in an en bloc clip for the M1 Garand