US Caliber .30 M1919A4 / M1919A6 Browning Light Machine Gun
Assistant Gunner carries the M1919A4 LMG with pintle and Traverse and Elevation device attached across the obstacle course at Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, England 1942. He is using shoulder pads under his suspenders to carry the load. The front straps which are normally attached to the cartridge belt, are being used to wrap around the barrel and grip to secure it to his body. Two other paratroopers are necessary to put this LMG into action, a Gunner who carries the tripod and an Ammo Bearer.
Gunners are carrying a tripod over their right shoulder and a wooden ammunition can. The Assistant Gunner is carrying the M1919A4 and the Ammo bearers are carrying a wooden ammo can as well. Other items that would be carried are a spare barrel, oiler, and a spare parts and tool kit. Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, England 1942.
LMG Squad. In addition to Ammo Bearers in the LMG section, every paratrooper would carry some crew served weapon ammunition such as a belt of 30.06, rifle grenades, bazooka rockets, mortar rounds or demolition that could be passed off when needed once on the ground. Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, England 1942.
Two 509th paratroopers are shown carrying the M1919A4 Tripods with a carry strap as they prepare to jump. North Africa 1943
Two 509th paratroopers are shown in a fighting position with a M1919A4 LMG. Note the white cloth ammo belts that have already been used. This M1919A4 and ammunition was dropped by parachute from a modified L-4 Grasshopper flown by 509th Officer, Captain Howland who was a pilot before the war. Venafro, Italy, November 1943
Lt Mike Reuter, B Company Commander stands next to a jeep with a M1919A4 mounted and tied down to the hood for the passenger to operate as they advanced along the narrow roads on the coast of Southern France. August 1944
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