Talk:Lewis Gun

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97-round magazine

Type 92 with 97-round magazine - 7.7×58mm Arisaka. The Type 92 is a Japanese made clone of the Lewis Gun and were issued to the Imperial Japanese Navy to be mounted on IJN planes during the early parts of World War II. In combat however, the Type 92 was considered inadequate compared to the Type 1 and Type 2 machine guns and the Type 99 cannon. The weapon was also never modified for another caliber thanks to 7.7×58mm Arisaka and .303 British ammunition being extremely identical to each other. Differences between the Type 92 and the Lewis Gun are the flexible mount and distinctive trigger guard.

Japanese watercooled Type 92 - 7.7×58mm R Arisaka.

Lewis Gun, produced by Savage Arms Company, on Light Ground Mount support - .30-06

Soviet twin "Lewis Model 1924" on Tur-6 mounting on TB-1 bomber. "Model 1924" is a Soviet designation of infantry Lewis machine guns, converted for aircraft service.

Lewis Gun with cooling jacket removed - .303 British (Deactivated). This configuration is most commonly associated with the British Home Guard, and are often aircraft Lewis Guns converted for ground usage. This particular gun is fitted with a carry handle.

Discussion

While the confusion is understandable, given the flat pan magazine on top of the receiver, the weapon used on SAS/LRDG jeeps during WWII was the Vickers K machine gun. The weapon was chosen by David Stirling (SAS founder) due to its' availability and the high rate of fire. --Charon68 17:55, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Bren magazine compatibility?

I read somewhere the Bren magazine could be used on the Lewis, but I can't find any information on this. Is this true? It would make sense to design the Bren's magazine to be compatible with the Lewis, but it seems improbable for a conventional box magazine to work with the Lewis' feed mechanism. --Maxman (talk) 19:13, 12 November 2016 (EST)