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2 unusual facts about Browning machine gun


Battle of Las Guasimas

The Colt Rapid Firing guns seen in the movie's depiction of the battle were never used in the actual fight as the mules that hauled the disassembled weapons, bolted with the first Spanish fire dumping the guns on the ground and temporarily jamming their firing mechanisms beyond easy field repair.

Browning machine gun

M1921 Browning machine gun, a family of water-cooled machine guns in .50 BMG



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