The Lewis Gun weighed 13kg and had a rate of fire of 500-600 rounds/ minute. The distinctive pan magazine holds forty-seven .303 rounds. Its other distinctive feature is the barrel cooling shroud.
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| Lewis Gun Team |
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| Lewis Gunner |
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| Lewis Gunner |
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| No. 2 with spare magazines |
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| No. 2 with spare magazines |
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| Lewis Gun in action. Fred Leist, 1917 |
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| Lewis Gunner, Sergeant Stanley Galton. Garnet Williamson, 1918 |
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| Australians advancing from Villers-Bretonneux, August 8th 1918. Will Longstaff, 1918 |
I added another 54mm Anzac to my growing section from Slave 2 Gaming, and was painting it when I realised it was the No. 2 for a Lewis Gun Team. So I had to dig out, pin, prep and paint the No. 1 in a bit of a hurry to make this blog on time! I'm trying to match my earlier styles, but it is a bit more impressionistic. They need a dusting of antishine.
Lest we forget.
