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Originally posted by ericnuyt
Were Browning .50s built under licence by the KNIL Arsenal as well? I knew about the Vickers 7.7, but not the heavier ones. Interesting...
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All this happened before I was born. What I have understood by reading the 12.7 mm guns were bought from FN in Belgium. The AA sight was from Madsen. The upper part of the mount was of Vickers design and the lower constructed by Werkplaats Draagbare Wapenen (WDW) in Bandoeng, where the MGs were assembled.
The Japanese took 94 AAMGs 12,7 mm on Java and I have noticed some 50 on other Islands.
In 1940 the WDW took up production of 81 mm mortars type Stokes-Brandt and thedy could make HMG barrels in 7,7 mm, but did they have tools to make 12,7 mm barrels?
As you know the .50 Colt-Browning was a o used in Overvalwagens (OV). I have noticed that at least one OV was built by the Naval Arsenal in Soerabaja. A source (Krabbedijk) states that totally more than 100 OVs were built, the majority on Cheverolet and a few on Ford chassis.
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Stellan