Gun, aircraft
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 50 CALIBRE
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.1177.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Arsenals Ltd.
- MODEL
- BROWNING M3
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1L5866
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL; STEEL & ALUMINUM FIRING MECHANISM; RUBBER WIRE CASINGS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 148.0 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 18.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aviation armament
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Canadian Arsenals
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COLD WAR 1950'S - 1960'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
WEAPON MOUNTED IN AVRO CF-100 JET FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 STAMPED LETTERING ON BREECH & CHAMBER: "IL5866"; STAMPED LETTERING ON HEATER: "HEATER GUN 28 VOLTS DC/TYPE AN-J4/FOR CALIBRE 50/MODEL M-3 MACHINE GUN/SPECIFICATION 10 MIL-H-6769/ASSEMBLY DWC NO. 44B25259/ORDER NO. AF-33-600-15824/BOBRICH PRODUCTIONS CORP./BEACON, N.Y."; MFR'S PLATE ON FIRING MECHANISMPARTIALLY MISSING WITH LOWER LEFT CORNER REMAINING: "SER[IAL].../ORDER NO..../THE SPAR[TON].../U.S...."; RAISED LETTERING ON CHARGER: "C-6401".
- Missing
- From CA of 06/12/2003 by Corey Stephen: Yes - no - see condition report
- Finish
- BLACK ACTION, BARREL & WIRE CASING; METALLIC GREY FIRING MECHANISM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Arsenals Ltd., Gun, aircraft, circa 1951, Artifact no. 1970.1177, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.1177.001/
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