Review of MANOP 1/35th Scale Colt-Browning M1898 Machine Gun
Set no. A066
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: Unknown
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: Unknown
HISTORY
The Browning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated machine gun that fired from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. Based on a John Browning design dating to 1889, it was the first successful Gas-operated reloading Machine gun.
The Browning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated machine gun that fired from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. Based on a John Browning design dating to 1889, it was the first successful Gas-operated reloading Machine gun.
This set consists of 4 white metal parts: the machine gun and three tripod legs. The detail is very good.
The parts are stapled to a header card inside a cello bag. This card is in all Cyrillic Russian and I haven't a clue what MANOP translates to???
The parts are stapled to a header card inside a cello bag. This card is in all Cyrillic Russian and I haven't a clue what MANOP translates to???
I got this set and 3 other MANOP ones in trade with a modeler in Warsaw many years ago.