File:Browning gas-operated pistol protoype.jpg
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English: Prototype gas-operated, locked-breech self-loading pistol made by John M. Browning, US patent No. 580923 (applied 14 September 1895, but not granted until 20 April 1897). This design pistol worked similar to the Colt-Browning machine gun (the “potato digger”). |
| Date | Unknown date |
| Source | Edward Clinton Ezell: Handguns of the World. Military Revolvers and Self-Loaders from 1870 to 1945. Stackpole, ISBN 0-88029-618-6, p. 267. |
| Author | Unknown author for US Army |
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This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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| current | 19:41, 18 March 2020 | | 1,664 × 1,017 (561 KB) | Torana | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|Prototype gas-operated, locked-breech self-loading pistol made by John M. Browning, US patent [https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/d9/55/bf/efbb9c4c5f7749/US580923.pdf No. 580923] (applied 14 September 1895, but not granted until 20 April 1897).<br />This design pistol worked similar to the [[:en:M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun|Colt-Browning machine gu... |
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