The Colt-Browning M1895 machine gun with tripod weighs about 36 lbs. Photo courtesy of Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (SA-kuva) The late 19th century was a productive era in firearm design.

John Moses Browning actually created the gas-operated self-loading firearm with his development of what would become known as the Colt Model 1895 "Potato Digger" machine gun. Noticing the ...

This resulted in the Colt-Browning M1895 machine gun, which earned the nickname the “potato digger” due to its unusual operating system. The belt-fed, air-cooled machine gun had a cyclic rate ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Model 1895/14 Colt-Browning ...

Colt Firearms is one of the oldest firearms companies in the United States, ... Browning M1895 (Potato Digger) Colt... (CC BY-SA 3.0) by Hmaag. Year introduced: 1895; ...

Browning .30 M1919 It is hard to imagine any military wanting to use a weapon designed more than 100 years ago —but that is just the case with the M1919, essentially an air-cooled version of the ...

The Colt Model 1911 .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol that John Browning dreamed up more than a century ago remains one of the most beloved sidearms in U.S. military history.