M1919 .30 cal. Air Cooled Machine Gun Photos

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Photos of the M1919 .30 cal. Air Cooled Machine Gun

Cavalrymen dismount to deploy an M1919 .30 cal. aircooled machine gun, Fort Riley, KS, April 1942.

Cavalrymen with an M1919 .30 cal. air cooled machine gun, Fort Riley, KS, April 1942.

Machine gun crew with an M1919 .30 cal. light machinegun, Fort Benning, GA, June 1942.

Demonstration of an M1919 .30 cal. light machinegun, Eastern Pennsylvania, October 1942.

Sailor J.D. Estes holds an M1919 .30 cal. light machinegun set up for use in an aircraft, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, TX, August 1942.

Marines of Company E, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, receive instruction in the use of the M1919 .30 cal. light machine gun, circa 1950.