Browning (7.7 mm)

Description

The Browning (7.7 mm) is a Browning M1919 machine gun adapted to fire the British .303 round (7.7 mm) and is seen predominantly on British aircraft.

Note: The one American plane armed with the Browning .303, the SB2U2, has a unique gun with lower accuracy than the ones found on British planes.

General info

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Available ammunition

T - Tracer

Ball - Omni-Purpose

AP - Armour-peircing

I - Incendiary

AP-I - Armour-peircing Incendiary

I-T - Incendiary tracer

Belts:

Default: T · AP · AP-I · Ball · I

Universal: T · AP · AP-I · AP-I · I

Tracers: I-T · AP-I · I-T · AP-I

Stealth: AP-I · AP-I · I

Comparison with analogues

Similar in performance to the American Browning 7.62mm.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• High rate of fire
• Tracer belts are composed entirely of incendiary bullets which are effective at setting fires
• Has higher velocity, accuracy and is less prone to jamming than other LMGs such as the MG 15 and ShKAS
• On planes with Hispano cannons and Browning machine guns, the .303 tracers can be used to aim the 20 mm shells

Cons:

• Pitiful damage against aircraft structures such as spars and skin (same as other LMGs)
• High damage dropoff (same as other LMGs)
• Poor stock belts with relatively high ball round content

History

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See also

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Aircraft machine guns
USA
7.62 mm	Browning · M134 Minigun
12.7 mm	GAU-19 · M2 Browning · M3 Browning
Germany
7.62 mm	MG3
7.92 mm	MG 15 · MG 17 · MG 81
12.7 mm	FN M3P
13 mm	MG 131
USSR
7.62 mm	DA · GShG-7.62 · PKT · PV-1 · ShKAS
12.7 mm	A-12.7 · Berezin UB · TKB-481 · YaK-B
Britain
7.62 mm	FN 60.30 · L8A1
7.7 mm	Browning · Lewis · Vickers E · Vickers K
Japan
7.7 mm	Te-1 · Type 89 · Type 89 'special' · Type 92 · Type 97 navy
7.92 mm	Type 1 · Type 98
12.7 mm	Ho-103 · Ho-104
13 mm	Type 2
13.2 mm	Type 3
China
12.7 mm	QJK99-12.7-1
Italy
7.7 mm	Breda-SAFAT · Lewis
7.92 mm	FN Browning
12.7 mm	Breda-SAFAT · FN M3M · Scotti
France
7.5 mm	Darne 1933 · Fabrique Nationale Mle 38 · FN Browning · MAC 1934 · MAC 1934T · Mle 33 · Mle 1923
7.62 mm	PKA
7.92 mm	FN-Browning M.36 No.3 · FN-Browning M.36 No.4
Sweden
7.7 mm	FN-Browning M.36 No.3
8 mm	Ksp m/22 · Ksp m/22 Fh · Ksp m/22 Fv · Ksp m/22-37 R
12.7 mm	Akan m/39A · Akan m/40 · Akan m/45 · LKk/42
13.2 mm	Akan m/39 · Akan m/39A