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Title: Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
Post by: Jamo on December 31, 2012, 08:16:56 AM

Infantry version, but interesting for all that. 47 round magazine. Has the cooling jacket fitted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ene6LievhIE

Title: Re: Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
Post by: lcarroll on December 31, 2012, 12:17:09 PM

Interesting Jamo. Hard to believe a basic .30 Calibre was so effective; a tribute to the pilots and Gunners that used them as the importance of "getting close to your work" is often mentioned. Thanks for posting this.
Cheers,
Lance

Title: Re: Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
Post by: Des on December 31, 2012, 03:43:32 PM

Thanks James for posting this very interesting clip, i love the echo coming off the surrounding hills.

Des.

Title: Re: Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
Post by: Chris Johnson on December 31, 2012, 11:40:12 PM

Very instructive. Especially interesting was in seeing how the magazine was loaded.

Cheers,

Chris

Title: Re: Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
Post by: GAJouette on January 08, 2013, 08:10:33 AM

  James,
Great clip my old friend. I'm somewhat surprised it's not as noisy as the M-60 in 7.62 calibre or the modern Squad Automatic in 5.56 calibre. Thank you for another excellent clip.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette