Lewis Light Machine Gun

The Lewis gun was designed by an American, Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis. It was one of the first successful air-cooled light machine gun designs, and used an aluminum radiator to pull heat off the barrel. The gun was used extensively in both World Wars.

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Resources

Want more information on the Lewis? The definitive resource is William Easterly’s The Belgian Rattlesnake: