15-010a Bonus M1919 Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Marine armorers have a lot of work ahead of them – these .30 caliber M1919 Browning machine guns were damaged or burnt out during the fighting.

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[RCS]

These are waiting to be shipped to the range to train new troops (that's me in the center)Attachment 59160

[browningautorifle]

Top pic would be what's affectionately known as a gunpile...bottom is after RCS spent time sorting them out...

[Paul S.]

RCS, does the vehicle marking in the background say 'Co A 108th Engineers'?

108th Engineer Combat Battalion

[CINDERS]

I had heard a rumour that general electrics had a gatling minigun (Electrically driven) almost ready by wars end it may have not been an Aerospace weapon but would have certainly been a battle changer.

[emmagee1917]

I had heard a rumour that general electrics had a gatling minigun (Electrically driven) almost ready by wars end it may have not been an Aerospace weapon but would have certainly been a battle changer.

GE's own post -war book about all their contributions to the war effort has no mention of this nor have I heard this in any mini-gun literature.
Chris

[Bill Hollinger]

Research shows the electric mini or Gatling gun was designed in 1960.

[Bob Seijas]

Hell of a weapon though -- first Spooky and then Spectre, awesome!

[Paul S.]

Bob, you have the family line wrong.
First Spookie - 120

Then Shadow - 116

And then Spectre - 116

I witnessed a fully loaded AC-119 crash on fire into a rice paddy one night. Not a good memory that one.

[fjruple]

Actually Dr. Gatling's electric-powered design received a U.S. Patent #502,185 on July 25, 1893. The idea has been around for a while.

--fjruple