For other items known as M1919, see: M1919 Disambiguation
Overview [ ]
Browning M1919
Period Produced
1919 - 1945
Unit Cost
Original Price: $667 USD
Mass Production: $141.44 USD
In Service
1919 - Present
US Supply Catalog Designation (?)
A6
RoF , Cyclic
400 - 600 rounds per minute
Expected Muzzle Velocity
850m/s
Action
Recoil-operated / short recoil operation
Ammunition Loading
250-rnd belt
The M1919 Machine Gun is an American vehicle machine gun developed towards the end of the first world war. Its variants became widely used with infantry, vehicles, and aircraft for the Western Allies during the Second World War and the Korean War.
Variants [ ]
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M1919
Tank machine gun.
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M1919A1
M1919 with sights.
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M1919A2
Lightweight model for cavalry.
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M1919A3
M1919A2 improved for infantry use.
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M1919A4
Widespread infantry and vehicle-mounted model.
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M1919A4E1
M1919A4 modified to M1919A5 standard.
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M1919A5
Extended charging handle M1919A4.
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M1919A6
Light machine gun model for portable use.
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, AN/M2
Army-Navy model for aircraft use. Higher fire rate.
Derivatives
Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M37
Post-war tank machine gun model.
Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M37E1
M37 chambered for 7.62x51mm instead of .30-06 Springfield .
Machine Gun, 7.62mm, T66
Prototype general-purpose machine gun trialing an early version of the 7.62x51mm cartridge concepts.
Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M73
Modernized tank machine gun model from 1959.
Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M73A1
Improved model from 1970.
Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M219
Improved M73A1 from 1972.
7.62mm Mk 21 Mod 0
Navy conversion of the M1919A4 to fire 7.62x51mm .
Export
Colt MG 40
AN/M2 chambered for various cartridges.
Colt MG 40-2
Lighter? MG 40.
Foreign
.303" Machine Gun, Browning, Mk. II
British model.
Ckm wz.32
Polish M1919 chambered in 7,92x57mm .
Ksp m/22
Swedish AN/M2 chambered in 8.6x63mm.
Ksp m/39
Swedish M1919A4 built by Carl Gustafs. Chambered in 6.5x55, 8x63, or 7.62x51.
Ksp m/42
Swedish M1919A6 built by Carl Gustafs. Chambered in 6.5x55, 8x63, or 7.62x51.
Lyttleton MG-4
South African upgraded M1919.
MG A4
Austrian M1919A4 .
MG m/52-1
Danish M1919A4
MG m/52-11
Danish M1919A5
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M1 • M7 • M17
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Mk 2 • MK3 • MK3A1 • MK3A2 • M1 Frangible Grenade • T13
Anti-Tank Grenades
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Smoke Grenades
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Mines
Anti-Personnel Mines
M3 • M16
Anti-Tank Mines
M1 • M1A1 • M4 • M7 • M7A1 • M7A2
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Flare Guns
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Other Man-Portable Explosives
M1A1 Bangalore Torpedo
Infantry Equipment
Camouflage
Camouflage
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Clothing
Backpacks
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Body Armour
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Bomb Suit
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Elbow and knee pads
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Signals & IFF
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Suits
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Vests & Webbing
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Headwear
Communication
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Gas Masks & Rebreathers
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Goggles
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Helmets
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Vehicle Headwear
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Optics, Detection and Surveillance
Man-Portable Radar
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Mine Detectors
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Night Vision Goggles
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Periscopes
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Rangefinders
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Surveillance
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Artillery
Anti-Aircraft Guns
M45 Quadmount • 37mm M1 • 37mm M1A1 • 37mm M1A2 • 40mm M1 • 3-Inch M1917 • 3-Inch M1918 • 3-Inch M1 • 3-Inch M2 • 3-Inch M3 • 3-Inch M4 • 90mm M1 • 90mm M1A1 • 90mm M2 • 120mm M1
Anti-Tank Guns
37mm M3 (A1 • 57mm M1 • 75mm M1897 • 3-Inch M5 • 90mm M2 37mm T3 • 37mm T7 • 37mm T8 • 90mm T8 • 105mm T8
Coastal Artillery
3-Inch M1902 • 3-Inch M1903 • 90mm M1 • 6-Inch M1897 • 6-Inch M1900 • 6-Inch M1903 • 6-Inch M1905 • 6-Inch M1908 • 6-Inch M1 • 6-Inch T2 • 12-Inch M1890 • 12-Inch M1895 • 12-Inch M1888 • 12-Inch M1900 • 14-Inch M1907 • 14-Inch M1909 • 14-Inch M1910 • 16-Inch M1895 • 16-Inch M1919 • 16-Inch M1920 • 16-Inch Mark 2 • 16-Inch Mark 3
Field Guns
75mm M1897 • 4.5-Inch M1 • 4.5-Inch T3 • 6-Inch M1897 • 6-Inch M1900 • 6-Inch M1903 • 6-Inch M1905 • 6-Inch M1908 • 6-Inch M1 • 6-Inch T2 • 155mm M1 • 155mm M1A1 • 155mm M1A1E1 • 155mm M1A1E3 • 155mm M2 • 155mm T4 • 8-Inch M1
Howitzers
105mm M1 • 105mm M2 • 105mm T2 • 105mm M2A1 • 105mm M3 • 155mm M1918 • 155mm M1 • 8-Inch M1 • 8-Inch M2 • 240mm M1
Infantry & Mountain Guns
75mm M1 • 75mm M1A1
Mortars
60mm M2 • 81mm M1 • 4.2-Inch M2 • 12-Inch M1890 • 36-Inch Project 4712
Railroad Artillery
8-Inch VI • 8-Inch M1888 • 10-Inch M1895 • 10-Inch M1888 • 10-Inch M1900 • 14-Inch M1920
Recoilless Guns
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Rocket Artillery
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Siege Artillery
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Land Vehicle Weapons
Vehicle Machine Guns
M1919 (A4 • A4E1 • A5 ) • M2 (Fixed • Flexible • TT )
Standard Tank Guns
37mm M5 (E1 ) • 37mm M6 • 37mm M1924 (A1 ) • 75mm M2 • 75mm M3 • 75mm M6 • 3-inch M5 • 3-inch M6 • 3-inch M7 • 76mm M1 (A1 • A1C • A2 ) • 76mm T1 • 90mm M3 (A1 ) 37mm T21
Other Cannons Mounted on Tanks
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Rocket Artillery
M17 • T34 (E1 • E2 ) • T40
Vehicle Flamethrowers
E7-7 • E9 • E14-7R2 • Navy Mk.I • Ronson
Spotlights
Canal Defence Light
Aircraft Weapons & Munitions
Aircraft Machine Guns
AN/M2 • M3
Aircraft Cannons below & including 30mm
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Aircraft Cannons above 30mm
37mm M4 • 37mm T9 • 37mm M10 • 75mm M5 • 75mm T13E1
Aircraft Rockets & Missiles
T64 H.V.A.R.
Aircraft Bombs, High Explosive
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Aircraft Bombs, Anti-Personnel
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Naval Weapons & Munitions
Naval Machine Guns
M2
Naval Cannons below & including 30mm
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Naval Cannons above 30mm
37mm M9