The Browning M1919 is a .30
caliber medium
machine gun family widely used during the 20th century. It was used as a light
infantry, coaxial,
mounted, aircraft,
and anti-aircraft
machine gun by the U.S. and many other countries, especially during World
War II, the Korean
War, and the Vietnam
War. Although it began to be superseded by newer designs in the later half
of the century (such as by the M60
machine gun), it remained in use in many North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) countries
and elsewhere for much longer.
Many M1919s were rechambered for the new 7.62
× 51 mm NATO round and served into the 1990s, as well as up to the present
day in some countries. The United
States Navy also converted many to 7.62 mm NATO, and designated them Mk
21 Mod 0; they were commonly used on river craft in the 1960s and 1970s in
Vietnam.
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