Gun, machine

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OBJECT TYPE: 11MM CALIBRE
DATE: 1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0082.001

MANUFACTURER: Colts P.T.F.A. Mfg. Co.
MODEL: VICKERS 1918
LOCATION: Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 17524
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: predom. steel; brass belt feed; oak hand grip on operating lever

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 112.0 cm
Width: 10.0 cm
Height: 14.0 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: Colt
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: Hartford

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1918 TO 1940S
Canada: Unknown
Function: mounted in fixed position for forward firing by Pilot
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering incised and painted at muzzle end of barrel jacket reads: "11 M/M CALIBER/VICKERS AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN/MODEL OF 1918/COLT'S P.T.F.A. MFG CO. HARTFORD, CT, U.S.A./NO. A 1780/1918 INSPR./cont'd. on other side: "17524/U.S.A. PATENT Nos/703859-1902/870497-1907/920832-1908/942167-1909/951999-1910/17524"; number stamped and painted on receiver directly above chamber reads: "17524"
Missing: N/A
Finish: predom. black; brass belt feed; medium brown hand grip on operating lever
Decoration: none

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Colts P.T.F.A. Mfg. Co., Gun, machine, 1918, Artifact no. 1990.0082, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0082.001/

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