Caption | A .30 caliber Browning water-cooled machine gun and its crew on Iwo Jima, circa Feb-Mar 1945 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Kauffman | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | ||||||||
Identification Code | NH 104281 | ||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Iwo Jima, Japan | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Anonymous says:
19 Jan 2011 06:34:35 PM
According to a good friend of mine, who manned a 30cal MG, there was a reservor for water and they ran out, after urinating in the can. They continued firing until the weapon locked up. He got his second one the next day and the same thing happened. He said, "I never ran out of hand grenades though and kept them lined up in front of me every night cause those GD *** came in every night".
19 Jan 2011 06:34:35 PM
According to a good friend of mine, who manned a 30cal MG, there was a reservor for water and they ran out, after urinating in the can. They continued firing until the weapon locked up. He got his second one the next day and the same thing happened. He said, "I never ran out of hand grenades though and kept them lined up in front of me every night cause those GD *** came in every night".
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25 Feb 2009 08:40:50 PM
how does it work? what keeps the water from boiling in the jacket? what makes the water in the can go up to the barrel. thx