Overall length 1,283 mm
Key specs
- Origin
United States- Caliber
- .303 British, .30-06 Springfield
- Action
- Gas-operated, rotating bolt
- Rate of fire
- 500–600 rds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 744 m/s
- Effective range
- 805 m
- Maximum range
- 3,200 m
- Magazine
- 47 rounds
- Weight (empty)
- 12.70 kg
- Length
- 1,283 mm
- Barrel length
- 673 mm
- Designer
- Samuel McClean, Isaac Newton Lewis
- Designed
- 1911
- Produced
- 1913–1942
- Units produced
- 152,050
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- United States
First machine gun fired from an aeroplane
US Army Captain Charles Chandler fired a prototype Lewis gun from a Wright Model B flyer piloted by Lieutenant Roy Kirtland, the first firing of a machine gun from an aircraft. The light, drum-fed Lewis went on to arm many aircraft of the First World War.
Sources: Lewis gun (Wikipedia)
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Ammunition
.303 BritishRifle · United Kingdom · 1888
.30-06 SpringfieldRifle · United States · 1906
Compatible gear
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Users & conflicts
Sources
- Wikipedia: Lewis gun, Wikipedia
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