The
M1919 Browning is a
.30 caliber medium machine gun widely used during the 20th century, especially during
World War II, the Korean War, and the
Vietnam War. An air-cooled development of the standard US machine gun of
World War I, the
John M. Browning-designed
M1917, the M1919 saw service as a
light infantry,
coaxial, mounted,
aircraft, and
anti-aircraft machine gun by the U.S. and many other countries. Although it began to be superseded by newer designs, such as the
M60, in the later half of the century, it remained in use in many North Atlantic Treaty Organization (
NATO) countries and elsewhere for much longer.