M1917 MG

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The M1917 Browning in reality.

The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, Korea, and to a limited extent in Vietnam; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew served, belt-fed, water-cooled machine gun that served alongside the much lighter air-cooled Browning M1919. The combined weight of the gun (filled with water) and full magazine of 250 rounds would equate to about 100 lbs (45 kg). It was used at the battalion level, and often mounted on vehicles (such as a jeep).

Battlefield 1

M1917 MG
Kit	Support
Inventory slot	Primary
HUD icon
Progression
To unlock	Low Weight 25 kills with the BAR M1918 Trench 250 Vehicle Damage using Explosives Telescopic 50 kills with the M1917 MG Low Weight 1500 points of suppression with any LMG
Handling
Firemodes	Automatic
Rate of fire	450 RPM
Ammunition
Ammunition type	.30-06 Springfield
Magazine	250 rounds
Reserve	250 rounds
Reload	8.333s
Ballistics
Velocity	820 m/s
Bullet drop	12 m/s²
Effects
Damage	23 - 19 23 (0-11m) 19 (35+m)
Range and Recoil
Recoil	0.260.17 ┴ 0.17
First shot multiplier	1.8
Decrease per second	10.002 (Low Weight) 6 (Telescopic)
Spread
Hipfire	3 (Static) 3.75 (Moving)
Hipfire	3 (Static) 3.75 (Moving)
Zoomed	Low Weight 0.18 (Static) 1.02 (Moving) Telescopic 0.12 (Static)1.02 (Moving)
Zoomed	Low Weight 0.18 (Static) 1.02 (Moving) Telescopic 0.12 (Static)1.02 (Moving)
Increase per bullet	-0.099 (Low Weight) -0.094 (Telescopic)
Increase per bullet	-0.099 (Low Weight) -0.094 (Telescopic)
Decrease per second	8.925 (Static) 3.275 (Moving)
Decrease per second	8.925 (Static) 3.275 (Moving)
Media
Source of statistics	Symthic

This item has a Codex entry: M1917 MG

"An American made, water-cooled heavy machine gun. Introduced in WWI, it would go on to see half a century of service with the American armed forces."

— In-game description

The M1917 MG is a weapon that was introduced in Battlefield 1: Turning Tides expansion for the Support class.

There are two variants of the M1917 MG: Low Weight and Telescopic. The weapon features a 250 round box magazine, which is the largest of all the machine guns in the game.

Low Weight

The M1917 MG Low Weight is the standard variant of the weapon, featuring a bipod attachment. As with other "Low Weight" machine guns, it will gain improved accuracy the longer it is fired without stopping.

Telescopic

The M1917 MG Telescopic is equipped with a bipod and a telescopic scope, offering improved accuracy over long distance.

Trivia

• The M1917 is currently the only weapon which faces to the right in the menus, with all other weapons facing to the left. It also faces the opposite direction in the killfeed, barrel pointing towards the user, rather than towards the victim—a change made to the killfeed at the game's release.