Those who saw the Soviet film "White Sun of the Desert", will remember what it looks like Lewis machine gun. However, many wondered exactly unusual construction machine gun and asked yourself - why it is such a huge trunk. The time has come to find out - why, as well as to know whether these weapons all is as it seems at first glance.
For those who like to "quick answers", immediately say, that thick "trunk" at the Lewis machine gun system does not really no trunk. This is actually a special casing. And we will understand more now. And we should start with the history of the emergence of this type of weapon. So, as we clearly indicates the name of the machine gun, he made him Isaac Lewis, Colonel US Army Armed Forces. Why is the British machine gun? Yes, all because Isaac is only implemented the project, but he designed a machine gun. The idea of the construction of weapons owned by Englishman Samuel McLean.
It is noteworthy that in the US colonel was unable to promote "his" gun. The command of the army, having familiarized with the project, give it up. As a result, Lewis was released in 1913, resigned and went to Belgium, where he founded the company «Armes Automatique Lewis». It is noteworthy that the first gun moved solely as a heavy machine, and with a water cooling system. However, eventually this idea was abandoned in favor of more advanced at the time of the system: it was decided to equip the weapon forced air cooling system of the barrel. For this and needed housing, which eventually became the hallmark of Lewis machine gun.
The operation of automatic guns is removal of powder gases. The barrel is equipped with a heat sink and the housing. Behind them is a receiver with a cover and feeder, and back plate with the butt. There is a fire control handle (her trigger and bolt carrier). The box set reciprocating action spring. Casing gun goes far beyond the muzzle. Thus your profile, this piece forms the ejector. The system works as follows: the wave of powder gases when firing extends through the housing and creates its inertia depression in the rear part of the ejector. With this happens pulling cold air portions along the trunk under the hood. As a result, cooling occurs.
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Interesting fact: During the Second World War, during the "Battle of Britain" British got from warehouses including the remaining guns Lewis. Most of them are enrolled in the Army and had no cooling jacket. In the end it turned out that even without guns do not experience additional problems with overheating. Thus, the "calling card" of weapons was (as a member) is almost useless. Everything happened exactly, because before the First World War, when RPL was used very widely, arms barely had time to thoroughly test.
As already noted, the first military conflict in which the gun was involved, was the First World War. Baptism of fire arms happened in 1914. In late 1915, the UK approved delivery "Lewis" in Russia. Samples of light machine guns under the British .303 British cartridge is started to supply to the empire in 1916. Just at the time of the revolution in the country it was about 9600 US production of machine guns, and more guns 1860 British production. In the future, the machine gun was actively used during the Civil War.
Interesting fact: Personal guard of a revolutionary anarchist Nestor Makhno called - "Lyuysisty" since these were armed mainly with machine guns.
Machine gun used also during World War II. Its main operators all were Britain and Russia, which became at that time the Soviet Union. In the USSR, Lewis machine guns mainly armed militias.
Interesting fact: In the Soviet film "White Sun of the Desert", dedicated to the events of the Civil War, the Red Sukhov uses the story of Lewis machine gun. In fact, this is not it. For the film used another weapon - a machine gun DT, who was "in costume" by Lewis method of installation on the trunk typical housing.
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