The two Diggers of the Rough Riders were not Gov't guns, but donated by Tiffany of NYC, for his son, an officer in the Volunteers...sadly, he was killed in Cuba. The Italian Navy bought 6,5mm M1914 diggers for shipboard AA service, and also for Coastal Artillery Trains on the Adriatic Coast ( photos show use). There is one confirmed Austro-Hungarian "kill" by AA gunners on the coast near Ancona. Due to the mountainous spine of Italy, the railways on the Adriatic coast ( former Rete Adriatica) were very near the coastline, sometimes only a few hundred metres...Ideal for Railgun Coastal Artillery. BTW, the Italian Czech Legion also got 6,5 M1914, as well as Vickers M1906 guns ( examples in Czech National Museum) The Russian Czech Legion used 7,62 M1914s, and the French Czech Legion used Hotchkisses. Doc AV
Tiffany was not killed in Cuba. That was set forth in the movie The Rough Riders from back in the late 1990s. Tiffany died of a tropical disease at camp wikoff on Long Island New York after the war.
"I have this old gun" - oh yeah I bet there are hundreds of these around hiding in grannies attic- or were passed down from Grandpa Joe who bought it from a magazine ad in 1960
Little people know this. But John Moses Browning was a member of the Church of Jesus Christmas of Latter Day Saints. And he gave us the best firearms the world. Man I love his designs.
That change didn't really improve the design, as the swinging action was built in delay that allowed the firearm to cycle better with less recoil. The change do a straight blowback actually failed initially and a heavy weight needed to be added to slow the recoil. The latter design was actually front heavy, and could not be universally adapted for several cartridges. The swing arm allowed a manufacturer to easily change the caliber of the firearm, and because of when it was built, at a time when both firearm and cartridge development would change yearly, that was more beneficial as a firearm. Only with mass adoption of modern cartridges did it make any sense to go to a design specific to a cartridge. A nation could by the Browning original, and if they changed cartridges later, change their Brownings to match.
The best part is that if it was made before 1899 it is not a gun. So if I could get one made in 1897 or whatever, it would not be a gun, so it would not be a machine-gun. The NFA would not apply, as well as all other gun laws. That would be awesome.
Not really sure if Browning's design had any 'improving' effect necessarily...the modele 1897 Hotchkiss was the more successful gas operated design... developed from earlier independent patents... always wondered why Browning used the lever instead of a more conventional piston... guessing it was because of previous patents...
This was not possible due to Maxim's patent on the gas tube action. The whole design of this model was to avoid infringing on the patent, but Maxim still tried to sue. Browning eventually won out with the support of the patents office.
The two Diggers of the Rough Riders were not Gov't guns, but donated by Tiffany of NYC, for his son, an officer in the Volunteers...sadly, he was killed in Cuba.
The Italian Navy bought 6,5mm M1914 diggers for shipboard AA service, and also for Coastal Artillery Trains on the Adriatic Coast ( photos show use). There is one confirmed Austro-Hungarian "kill" by AA gunners on the coast near Ancona.
Due to the mountainous spine of Italy, the railways on the Adriatic coast ( former Rete Adriatica) were very near the coastline, sometimes only a few hundred metres...Ideal for Railgun Coastal Artillery.
BTW, the Italian Czech Legion also got 6,5 M1914, as well as Vickers M1906 guns ( examples in Czech National Museum) The Russian Czech Legion used 7,62 M1914s, and the French Czech Legion used Hotchkisses.
Doc AV
Tiffany was not killed in Cuba. That was set forth in the movie The Rough Riders from back in the late 1990s. Tiffany died of a tropical disease at camp wikoff on Long Island New York after the war.
"I have this old gun" - oh yeah I bet there are hundreds of these around hiding in grannies attic- or were passed down from Grandpa Joe who bought it from a magazine ad in 1960
Thumbnail is M1909 BenetMercie a Hotchkiss design
Great video. Not sure why this doesn't have more views
1/2 through its production life they improved the design so as to eliminate the swinging arm.
Little people know this. But John Moses Browning was a member of the Church of Jesus Christmas of Latter Day Saints. And he gave us the best firearms the world. Man I love his designs.
That change didn't really improve the design, as the swinging action was built in delay that allowed the firearm to cycle better with less recoil. The change do a straight blowback actually failed initially and a heavy weight needed to be added to slow the recoil. The latter design was actually front heavy, and could not be universally adapted for several cartridges.
The swing arm allowed a manufacturer to easily change the caliber of the firearm, and because of when it was built, at a time when both firearm and cartridge development would change yearly, that was more beneficial as a firearm. Only with mass adoption of modern cartridges did it make any sense to go to a design specific to a cartridge.
A nation could by the Browning original, and if they changed cartridges later, change their Brownings to match.
Shame, no mention of the (probably most extensive) use by Canadian armed forces from the Second Boer War to WW1
And by the Russian empire
Now that is interesting. Never thought I would see the photo of the Polish-Bolshevik War here. @ 5:21
Canadians used at the first battle of Ypres. I’d hate to advance in the general direction of that machine gun, it got a mean bark, look it up.
I heard somewhere the rough riders used a couple of these.
Models bought privately by themselves and chambered in a mauser cartridge, if i remember correctly
Yea, Teddy Roosevelt actually wrote that these things were sorta meh, and were not the most reliable it seems lol
Farmers : woah this is useless
ROFL!!!
Oh, that is way sexy lol. Old Glory military miniatures 25mm Span-Am War series brought me here
The best part is that if it was made before 1899 it is not a gun. So if I could get one made in 1897 or whatever, it would not be a gun, so it would not be a machine-gun. The NFA would not apply, as well as all other gun laws.
That would be awesome.
I need 1000 boxes of those to buy ok
Looks lighter than Vickers and Maxim guns
Not really sure if Browning's design had any 'improving' effect necessarily...the modele 1897 Hotchkiss was the more successful gas operated design... developed from earlier independent patents... always wondered why Browning used the lever instead of a more conventional piston... guessing it was because of previous patents...
cool and neat
Top American Gun🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪💪💪
Here’s your American machine gun in the Spanish-American War.
Great 😊
Theres a picture of one mounted on an elephant's back by Canadian soldiers in 1914
1 gun that shoots 6 calibers? Holy Crack.
Look up the Maxim / Vickers - a cartridge in use in 1910 that it wasn't chambered in is rarity.
Strange that he did not link the power via a cylinder as per modern FN 7.62 etc
This was not possible due to Maxim's patent on the gas tube action. The whole design of this model was to avoid infringing on the patent, but Maxim still tried to sue. Browning eventually won out with the support of the patents office.
The maximum circa 1883
"Rebel armies": The Samoan army defending Samo from the US marines landing on Samoa.
is it the first belt fed weapon?
I'm not sure what exactly is the first, but it wouldn't be the M1895. The Maxim machine gun came before utilizing a simpler blowback operation.
Too bad the thumbnail is a .30 Benet-Mercie M1909
No word about how that thing works. I have expected more than propaganda.
why did the Spanish American war happened?