27 Oct 2022 Garand Picture of the Day - 92nd Inf Div

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The Browning design achieved the next level in MG design. Previous designed such as the Maxim required the operator to pull on the belt in order to feed the belt into gun while pulling on the charging handle. Browning eliminated that function in his design. Now once the belt is placed in the gun the belt is fed via the cocking of the charging handle. His design dropped the need for a separate feed block. Simpler and lighter in weight.