The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War–era light machine gun. Designed privately in the United States though not adopted there, the design was finalised and mass-produced in the United Kingdom, [4] and widely used by troops of the British Empire during the war.

2021年8月15日 · The Lewis Machine Gun, with its large cylindrical jacket surrounding the barrel and distinctive top-mounted pan magazine, is one of the most recognizable military arms of all time.

The Lewis gun is a gas-operated, fully automatic weapon designed by COL Isaac Newton Lewis in 1911. It uses a piston rod to retract the bolt upon firing and a detachable pan...

The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War–era light machine gun.

2024年11月6日 · THE Lewis machine gun, known for its distinctive barrel shroud, top-mounted drum magazine, and reliable performance, is one of the most recognizable weapons of the First World War. At 28 pounds, the .303 caliber Lewis was light enough to be carried by a single soldier—unusual for the era.

2019年7月31日 · Gun, Machine, Lewis, .303in, Mark 1 - Original production form with cooling shroud; 47-round pan magazine; sighted to 2,000 yards; adopted October 1915.

2012年10月5日 · The Lewis Gun was the child of a world torn apart by warfare. What do you know about the first machine gun ever to be fired from an aircraft?