Technical Specifications

Type	Heavy machine gun
Country of origin	United States
Designer	John M. Browning
Designed	1917
Produced	1917–45
In service	1917–1970s
Used by	See Users
Variants	M1917, M1917A1, Colt models
Weight	103 lb (47 kg) (gun, tripod, water, and ammunition)
Length	980 mm
Barrel length	24 in (609 mm)
Cartridge	.30-06 Springfield
Action	Recoil-operated automatic
Feed	250 round fabric belt
Muzzle velocity	2,800 ft/s (853.6 m/s)
Rate of fire	450 round/min, 600 round/min for M1917A1

Data from M1917 Browning machine gun (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: Public domain — US Army Center for Military History image.