Rolls Royce .50 Cal Experimental Machine Gun
- Rolls Royce .50 Cal Experimental Machine Gun
Infobox Weapon|is_ranged=yes
caption=
name=Rolls Royce .50 Cal Heavy machine gun
type=Heavy machine gun
origin= United Kingdom
era= WW2
platform= Aircraft?
target= Personnel, light-armored vehicles, aircraft
design_date= 1940-42
production_date= N/A
service= Unknown
used_by= Prototype only
wars= World War II
spec_type= Fully-automatic machine gun
caliber= .50 in (12.7 mm)
range=1,800 m (2,200 yd)
The Rolls-Royce Experimental Machine Gun was a prototype British Heavy Machine Gun, designed by Rolls-Royce in World War 2.
Rolls-Royce commenced design of a heavy machine gun in ealry 1940, intended for use in aircraft. [ Birch 2000, p. 87] . The result was a recoil operated weapon firing .50 Browning cartridges. This was evaluated in March 1941 and proved prone to stoppages[Hogg 1990, p.344] , a revised gas operated weapon being designed and built to try and solve these problems. [ Birch 2000, p.97] . ]As well as the .50 calibre versions, it was planned to modify the gas operated gun to fire the more powerful .55 inch ammunition used in the Boys anti-tank rifle. [ Birch 2000, p.98] . All work on the Rolls-Royce machine guns was abandoned in 1942.
References
*Birch, David. "Rolls-Royce Armament". Derby, UK:Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. 2000. ISBN 1 872922 15 5.
*Hogg, Ian V. and Weeks, John S. "Military Small Arms of the 20th Century". Iola WI: Krause. 7th Edition, 1990. ISBN0-87341-824-7.
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