Browning M1917 & M1917A1, Westinghouse or Remington
Official wording
U.S., Model 1917 and 1917A1 water-cooled machineguns, mfd. by New England Westinghouse or Remington, cal. 30/06.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade by one of the makers ATF names: “mfd. by New England Westinghouse or Remington”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1917–1919.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- New England Westinghouse; RemingtonBasis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- MachinegunBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- .30-06Basis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1917–1919production; ATF states no dateBasis: estimate ²
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 89 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “M1917 Browning machine gun” ↗, maker: by 30 June 1918 Westinghouse had made 2,500 and Remington 1,600; by the Armistice Westinghouse 30,150 and Remington 12,000
- 2. Wikipedia, “M1917 Browning machine gun” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): Westinghouse and Remington production dated 1917 to the November 1918 Armistice (infobox production 1917–45); the 1919 end is our estimate
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Browning Heavy Machine Gun, water cooled, M1917, 1918, WWI (32916860696).jpg” by National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “M1917 Browning machine gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew-served, belt-fed, water-cooled machine gun that served alongside the much lighter air-cooled Browning M1919. It was used at the battalion level, and often mounted on vehicles. There were two main iterations: the M1917, which was used in World War I and the M1917A1, which was used thereafter. The M1917, which was used on some aircraft as well as in a ground role, had a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. The M1917A1 had a cyclic rate of 450 to 600 rounds per minute.