US Navy MkVI Lewis Gun in .30-06 for the Marines
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via Reddit r/AskReddit thread: What YouTube channels are genuinely worth watching? · 84% confidenceGrounded in adoption records and an original example. Ian McCollum works hands-on with museum and archive examples and cites the design documents; Forgotten Weapons is the standard reference channel for small-arms history.
How the US Navy and Marines adopted the Lewis gun in .30-06 during WW1, and how the gun's mechanism works.
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