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Nov 11, 2011

Browning machine guns firing after 70 years buried in peat


John Moses Browning designed the guns for the Mk 2 Spitfire.  After 70 years of being buried in peat, they still fire flawlessly.  Click on the link (after the jump) for a video of the test firing.





The WWII guns firing after 70 years buried in peat

An excavation at the site of a 1941 Spitfire crash in a bog in the Irish Republic uncovered huge, remarkably preserved chunks of plane and six Browning machine guns. After 70 years buried in peat could they be made to fire? They certainly could, writes Dan Snow.

Below is from Wikipedia of all the firearms & cartridges that he designed.



The man was a engineering genius.


Wikipedia

Several of Browning's designs are still in production today. Some of his most notable designs include:

Firearms

Cartridges

In addition, the cartridges he developed are still some of the most popular in the world. They include:

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