Britain’s Forgotten Lightweight Machine Gun: Beardmore-Farquhar
Royal Armouries
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32m
Meet the Beardmore-Farquhar, a British light machine gun design that promised to be lighter, cheaper, and more efficient than the famous Lewis Gun… but never made it into service.
In this week’s episode, Curatorial Assistant Joe takes us through its unusual gas-spring system, the trials it faced between 1916 and 1931, and why it ultimately failed to impress.
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