23 items in this album on 2 pages.

Post card featuring Marines drilling with Browning M1917 machine guns, Quantico, Virginia, United States, circa 1918US Marines in Shanghai, China, mid-1937; note M1917 helmets, Thompson submachine gun, M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, and M1917 machine gunA Chinese military police unit during a review, Chongqing, China, 1938, photo 1 of 4A Chinese military police unit during a review, Chongqing, China, 1938, photo 2 of 4
Post card featuring Marines drilling with Browning M1917 machine guns, Quantico, Virginia, United States, circa 1918US Marines in Shanghai, China, mid-1937; note M1917 helmets, Thompson submachine gun, M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, and M1917 machine gunA Chinese military police unit during a review, Chongqing, China, 1938, photo 1 of 4A Chinese military police unit during a review, Chongqing, China, 1938, photo 2 of 4
Polish troops on a Sokół 1000 motorcycle with a Ckm wz. 30 machine gun, 3 May 1938Members of a Polish Army anti-aircraft crew posing with their Ckm wz.30 machine gun, Warsaw, Sep 1939M3A1 Scout Car in exercise, Fort Riley, Kansas, United States, date unknown, photo 2 of 4Norwegian Army machine gun crew with Colt M/29 heavy machine gun, near Narvik, Norway, May 1940
Polish troops on a Sokół 1000 motorcycle with a Ckm wz. 30 machine gun, 3 May 1938Members of a Polish Army anti-aircraft crew posing with their Ckm wz.30 machine gun, Warsaw, Sep 1939M3A1 Scout Car in exercise, Fort Riley, Kansas, United States, date unknown, photo 2 of 4Norwegian Army machine gun crew with Colt M/29 heavy machine gun, near Narvik, Norway, May 1940
US Marines instructing Filipino aviation cadets on the use of a water-cooled .30 caliber Browning machine gun, circa 1941US 75mm gun on exercise, Tennessee, United States, Jun 1941Men of Polish resistance group Jedrusie operating a Ckm wz.30 machine gun, a clone of the Browning M1917 machine gun, date unknownUS Marine Corps officer candidates operating Browning Model 1917 heavy machine guns at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, United States, 1941-1942
US Marines instructing Filipino aviation cadets on the use of a water-cooled .30 caliber Browning machine gun, circa 1941US 75mm gun on exercise, Tennessee, United States, Jun 1941Men of Polish resistance group Jedrusie operating a Ckm wz.30 machine gun, a clone of the Browning M1917 machine gun, date unknownUS Marine Corps officer candidates operating Browning Model 1917 heavy machine guns at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, United States, 1941-1942
Willys MB vehicle armed with 37-mm gun and its crew, Newfoundland, 1942American troops inside a M3 Half-track vehicle during training, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942US Army soldier posing with a Browning M1917 machine gun, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position over a Matanikao River crossing, Guadalcanal, Sep-Oct 1942
Willys MB vehicle armed with 37-mm gun and its crew, Newfoundland, 1942American troops inside a M3 Half-track vehicle during training, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942US Army soldier posing with a Browning M1917 machine gun, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position over a Matanikao River crossing, Guadalcanal, Sep-Oct 1942
American troops guarding a Browning M1917 machine gun post, Cape Gloucester, Jan 1944US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944Members of the US 22nd Infantry Regiment holding the line during heavy fighting near Großhau, Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, 1 Dec 1944. Note the M1917 machine gun and M1 Garand rifles.An US Marine firing a Browning M1917 machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, 19  Feb 1945
American troops guarding a Browning M1917 machine gun post, Cape Gloucester, Jan 1944US Marine Browning M1917 machine gun position, Guam, Jul-Aug 1944Members of the US 22nd Infantry Regiment holding the line during heavy fighting near Großhau, Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, 1 Dec 1944. Note the M1917 machine gun and M1 Garand rifles.An US Marine firing a Browning M1917 machine gun, Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945

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