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British engineering at its best. Buried for 70 yrs and still work

Browning Machine Guns

That reminds me of the 20mm cannon from the Glacier Girl that was fired after nearly as many years under arctic ice.

The recoil operated US Browning MG started life as a water cooled medium MG in 1917 (Model 1917) and then morphed into the Model 1919 air-cooled MG in 30 US calibre (30/06) as well as your British version firing the rimmed 303 British round. It was more compact than the native British Vickers MG and was probably more easily slipped into those thin Spitfire wings.
 
Designed by John M Browning in America, licensed to the Brits..
John M. Browning designed many of the automatics used in the world..

As a gunsmith I learned a great deal about the Amazing man and his work..
I have shot most of Browning's creations, and remain in AWE of his work..

Sorry to tell ya, Not British but an American design..
Just Licensed to the Brits since they didn't have anything close to this..
 
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