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Offline Jamo

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Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
« 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
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Re: Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2012, 11:40:12 PM »
Very instructive. Especially interesting was in seeing how the magazine was loaded.

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Re: Video of a Lewis machine gun being fired & loaded
« Reply #4 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.
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