British Home Guard Browning M1917 Booklet
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During the Second World War the British Home Guard were extensively issued American .30 calibre Browning M1917 machine guns. With so many guns in service there needed to be a way of describing, categorising and identifying the weapon’s parts so an identification list booklet was drawn up giving the American and British nomenclature for the gun’s individual parts. Let's take a look! Be sure to check out our accompanying article for this video here - https://armourersbench.com/2021/08/01/british-home-guard-browning-m1917-booklet/ If you enjoy our work please consider supporting us via Patreon, TAB is a viewer supported channel and any help is very much appreciated! We have some great new perks, check out our Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/thearmourersbench You can also now support us with one-time donations via https://ko-fi.com/armourersbench Ever wished all the best gun history content creators were gathered in one place? Check out - https://surplused.com - we're on there! Where to find TAB: https://armourersbench.com https://facebook.com/armourersbench https://ko-fi.com/armourersbench https://www.patreon.com/thearmourersbench https://www.instagram.com/armourersbench https://utreon.com/c/Armourers-Bench https://imgur.com/user/ArmourersBench https://discord.gg/DAjRSBc
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