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The Colt–Browning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute.
22 paź 2024 · Based partially on a design for lever action rifles by John Moses Browning, the M1895 “Potato Digger” was a gas-operated, air-cooled, belt-fed machine gun with a cyclic rate of 400 rounds per minute. A United States Army soldier aims his M1895 machine gun while riding an elephant in Sri Lanka circa 1914.
2 lip 2020 · The Colt M1895 machine gun became known as the "Potato Digger" because of the operating arm under the barrel that would swing down with every shot. It was found that when the gun was sitting on a...
17 mar 2022 · This is the story of a potato digger, more accurately a Model 1895 Browning belt-fed, air-cooled machine gun manufactured by Colt. Designed by the creative genius of John M. Browning, the Model...
M1895 Colt–Browning Machine GunThe Colt–Browning M1895, also nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, was an air-cooled, belt-fe...
4 lut 2023 · John Browning’s first machine gun set the stage for his later genius designs that would serve America through two world wars and beyond. Belgian M1895 guns set up to provide anti-aircraft ...
It was manufactured in a number of American and European calibers and could fire up to 450 rounds per minute. It was known as the "potato digger" because the gas operated lever action in front of the gun could cause it to dig itself into the ground when mounted in soft soil.
