John Browning firing the 1895. His first machine gun design
Colt 1895 machine gun .30-40 Krag
John Browning's first machine gun design. Demonstrated for the U.S. Navy in January 1896 by John Browning personally. It was a success and the Navy ordered fifty of the guns from Colt. This was the first purchase of an automatic weapon by the U.S. government. This weapon was used by the U.S. Marines in the Boxer Rebellion as well as in the Philippines during the insurrection after the U.S. seized the islands from Spain in the Spanish-American War (1898). The 1895 was used by other armies across the globe and there are photos of it being used in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. The 1895 was also used by the British Merchant Marine, in the early days of WWII, on their freighters. The British received hundreds of the 1895 from the United States as part of the Lend-Lease program. It was available in many calibers to include 30-40 Krag, 7mm Mauser, 6mm Lee and 30-06. Later Marlin also manufactured the 1895 (known as the Colt-Marlin Model 1895/14). The gun was nicknamed "The potato digger" because of it's odd operating mechanism when it was fired.
The Colt 1895 Automatic Machine Gun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Specifications
(1895 - 1919)
- Caliber(s): 6mm Lee Navy, 7x57mm Mauser, .30-40 Krag, .30-06 Springfield, .303 British, 7.62x54mmR
- Barrel length(s): 28 in (71.1 cm)
The Colt 1895 Automatic Machine Gun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Television
Video Games
Anime
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