M1917 Browning on M20 mount and tripod (ID 7.03)

M1917 Browning Machine Gun
on M20 AA Mount and 1917 tripod

Please select 1/32 or 1/35 scale

Note that we will supply the smallest available piping to connect the gun to the coolant water container. However, although suitable it will be slightly over-scaled. For the sake of accuracy it is advised that a piece of wire or thread is used instead.

The M1917 Browning machine gun was created by John Browning. It is a heavy machine gun that was used in WW1, WW2, the Korean War and Vietnam War, weighing around 100 pounds with the tripod and 42 pounds without it.

It is a water-cooled machine gun, which allowed it to fire for a long period of time without it overheating. The water-cooling tank made it much heavier. During World War II, M1917 was mostly replaced by the M1919 because it was lighter and let soldiers move more quickly, but the M1917 was still used often.

It was used at the battalion level, and often mounted on vehicles.