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Machine gun, light
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Armes Automatique Lewis; Birmingham Small Arms Company Ltd |
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| Title |
Machine gun, light |
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| Object type | Classification: NM3.7845 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Lewis MK1 light machine gun, circa 1914 Lewis auto gun, Mk 1; Mod. P1914 Pattern; .303 inch calibre; gas operated; with sight .303 Mk VII; complete with bipod and drum magazine AA Batt grip and AA stand clamp markings- on barrel jacket- 35394 - A on magazine housing- A - 25394 - E on magazine housing- NZ (broad arrow) D - 263 on sight housing- 62092 on left body- LEFT 1x B.S.A. on right body- B.S.A. maker’s name- THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS COMPANY LTD - ENGLAND - FOR - ARMES AUTOMATIQUE LEWIS - BELGIUM on magazine- .303 Mk VI and VII - E British proof and view marks; Birmingham marks; Military acceptance marks; NZ Issue marks manufacturer BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company), England for Armes Automatique Lewis, Belgium, c1914 |
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| Date | circa 1914; World War 1, 1914-18-wars; 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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diameter: 205mm |
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| Accession number |
775524 (object number) |
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| Place of creation | Birmingham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 36808 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, W1492 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Lewis MK1 light machine gun, circa 1914 New Zealand issue Lewis .303 in. Mark I machine-gun, World War I. Air-cooled gas-operated .303 inch calibre machine-gun. Made by the Birmingham Light Arms Company (B.S.A.) in 1914. In 1913, after his gun was turned down by American authorities, Colonel I.N. Lewis set up a gun factory in Belgium. Then with the outbreak of war most of his staff fled to Britain and the company continued production at the B.S.A. factory in Birmingham. The Lewis gas-operated air-cooled machine-gun was one of the first light machine-guns and was used by the British, Belgian and Italian armies becoming one of the most important aircraft machine-guns of the war. Indeed the Birmingham factory was soon devoted entirely to the production of Lewis machine-guns. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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