Lewis Gun Machine Guns Ww1

During ww1 it was also supplied to imperial russia.

Lewis gun machine guns ww1. Throughout its career it served as a fixed defensive weapon an aerial machine gun and as a light machine gun lmg at the infantry level. 1914 lewis light machine gun music. The lewis served to the end of the korean war. The lewis automatic machine gun was gas operated and capable of firing 500 to 600 rounds per minute.

Pachelbel s canon in d major performed by kevin macleod royalty free music. The lewis gun went on to serve throughout world war 1 1914 1918 world war 2 1939 1945 and was in limited use during the korean war 1950 1953. During ww2 many infantry lewis guns were recalled from reserve stores and issued to british home guard units. It was widely used by british troops during ww1 and afterwards.

It had a distinctive barrel cooling shroud and top mounted pan magazine. The bipod bracket is marked mount field 303 lewis gun mark iii b s co ltd makers nottingham. Nicknamed the belgian rattlesnake by german forces who came up against the weapon in 1914 the lewis was formally adopted as the standard issue british army machine gun from the close of 1915. It was also widely used as an aircraft machine gun almost always with the cooling shroud removed during both world wars.

Standard first world war issued lewis mk 1 machine gun. By 1916 approximately 50 000 had been produced. Invented by an american colonel isaac lewis the lewis gun was the most used light machine gun of the war with belgium the russian empire the us marine corps and most famously by the british commonwealth forces all fielding the weapon. The lewis light machine gun lewis light machine gun.

Designed privately in america but not adopted the design was finalised and mass produced in the united kingdom and widely used by troops of the british empire during the war.