John moses browning was born in Ogden, Utah, USA from 65438 to 0855. Father Jonathan runs a local gun shop. When I was a teenager, I worked in my father's gun workshop.
1897, browning and his brother jointly founded browning gun factory. At that time, Browning's "breech-loaded single-shot rifle" was patented and mass production began. 1883, a salesman of Winchester Company, the largest gun supplier of the US military, bought a Browning single-shot rifle and sent it to the headquarters for evaluation. Bennett, the company's vice president, won a bonus, spent $8,000 to buy the production patent of the gun, and began to cooperate with Browning.
1897, browning used the energy of the gas in the gun bore as the energy source of automatic loading, and designed an automatic musket, but Winchester refused to mass-produce. Browning came to Belgium's "Gestel National Arsenal" (later FN Company) and became its chief firearms designer. Most of Browning's works are also produced by Belgian FN company.
1900, browning designed the first automatic pistol M 1900. 19 14 A gunman named Prince assassinated Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, which triggered the First World War. Prince was assassinated with a M 1900 pistol.
After that, Browning designed M 19 1 1 semi-automatic pistol, and its high loading capacity and fast magazine quickly became the design standard of modern pistols. This gun became the standard pistol of the United States Army in 19 1 1. After two world wars, Korean War and Vietnam War, it was not until 1986 that the pistol was retired, setting a record for the longest service time. Many countries in the world have copied the M 19 1 1 pistol, with a total output of more than 2.5 million, making it the biggest selling pistol in history.
During World War I, the U.S. Army chose Browning's M 19 18 automatic rifle, which can be fired semi-automatically or fully automatically as a standard weapon to equip the U.S. Army. Produced by FN Company in 1930s, it was named "M 1930 7.92mm Browning Light Machine Gun" and was widely praised as a light machine gun. Browning automatic rifle is one of the main equipment of American infantry in World War II and Korean War.
The first heavy machine gun designed by Browning was the Colt-Browning heavy machine gun. The gun was successfully designed in 1890, and it is the first machine gun in the world that adopts the principle of air conduction. Browning gave this invention to the American Colt Company, 1895. The gun was shaped and equipped with the US Army. 1900, Browning designed a water-cooled heavy machine gun, and in 19 17, it was improved into Ml9l7 Browning heavy machine gun, which became the standard equipment of the US military.
19 18 years, browning developed a 12.7mm heavy machine gun at the request of the us military, which was called 0.50M 192 1 browning heavy machine gun. Using water-cooled barrel, it was later improved to air-cooled barrel machine gun, named M2HB heavy machine gun, which is still equipped in many countries.
1925 browning successfully designed the world-famous 9mm powerful pistol. For the first time, the magazine was discharged side by side, which increased the magazine load from 7-8 rounds to 13 rounds, which was a pioneering work in the 1920s. Since then, most magazines of modern pistols have adopted this form. This kind of gun has been in service in the world for more than half a century.
From 65438 to 0926, Browning died of a heart attack on the production line of Gestalt Arsenal, but his innovative spirit continued. Gestalt National Arsenal has become a world-famous manufacturer of light weapons through continuous innovation.