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Swedish Kulspruta m/36 Double Browning MGs (Ad-free)
🕑 Added 2025-06-18 12:00:02 +0000 UTCDespite being a neutral power during World War Two, Sweden had a variety of very interesting small arms - like their dual-mount Browning m/36 machine guns. These were originally adopted because the Swedes wanted a heavier medium MG cartridge and didn't think their delayed-blowback Schwarzlose guns could handle it. The cartridge was 8x63mm, pushing a 219 grain projectile at 2500 fps. The m/36 Browning was a water cooled gun, an improvement on the older M1917 design. It not only handled the powerful new round, but it could also be easily swapped to the older 6.5x55mm round to use stocks of existing ammunition (and it would be later adapted to 7.62mm NATO as well). Most of the guns were built as matching pairs for antiaircraft use, with mirrors left and right side feeds and in effective recoil-absorbing cradle mounts.
Special thanks to Bear Arms in Scottsdale, AZ for providing access to this rare pair of guns for today's video!
Comments
RuneBot - Heading of to Basic Training!
Isn't the lead on the sight correct, if the plane is travelling from right to left? If the spider-sight is the front sight, moving the back sight to the right side of the spider sight and aiming on the aircraft, will lead the gun in front of a plane going R to L. Or am I missing something?
TJ
I like how Swedes named their machine gun. Kulspruta can be traslated as bullet hose
Guido Schriewer
that sure is a very fancy example of a mg. interesting caliber choices.
