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M1941 Johnson machine gun — The original uploader was Fab-pe at Portuguese Wikipedia. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

M1941 Johnson machine gun

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The M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun, also known as the Johnson and the Johnny gun, was an American recoil-operated light machine gun designed by Melvin Johnson in the late 1930s. It shared the same operating principle and many parts with his M1941 Johnson rifle and M1947 Johnson auto carbine.

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Specifications

Number built: 9,500
Introduced: 1940
Entered service: 1940
Retired: 1961

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