Kulspruta m/36
Country: 
SwedenManufacturer: Colt's Manufacturing Company
«Browning M1917 svedese»
Medium machine gunSweden1936Historic
Swedish version of the water-cooled Browning M1917 in 6.5×55, produced under licence at Eskilstuna for fixed defence and ground vehicles.
Medium machine gun//Sweden
ID — KSP-M36
Designation
Kulspruta m/36
Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori (su licenza Colt)
Caliber
6.5×55 mm svedese
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- Sources
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Identity
- Designation
- Kulspruta m/36
- Alias
- Browning M1917 svedese
- Manufacturer
- Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori (su licenza Colt)
- Country
- Sweden
- Year
- 1936
- Category
- Medium machine gun
- Status
- Historic
Ballistics
- Caliber
- 6.5×55 mm svedese
- Muzzle velocity
- 760 m/s
- Rate of fire
- ~500 rpm
- Effective range
- 1000 m
- Maximum range
- 3500 m
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 610 mm
- Overall length
- 980 mm
- Empty weight
- 15 kg
- Loaded weight
- 21 kg
Mechanics
- Operating system
- Rinculo corto di canna
- Bolt / action
- Chiusura a ginocchiera (Browning)
Feed
- System
- Nastro in tela da 250 colpi
- Standard capacity
- 250 rounds
Fire modes
SafeAuto
Historical profile
In the 1930s Sweden acquired the Colt licence for the M1917 and rechambered it in 6.5×55 to unify logistics with the Mauser m/96 rifles and Kg m/21 light machine guns.
It equipped coastal pillboxes, fixed positions and the first Swedish tanks (Stridsvagn m/40), remaining in second-line use until the 1950s when it was replaced by the Ksp 58 (FN MAG).
An air-cooled variant was produced as the Ksp m/42 for infantry and aircraft use.
Variants
Ksp m/36Ksp m/36 strv (carri)Ksp m/42 (aria)
Main users
Sweden
Key components
- ●Stock — Shoulder rest.
- ●Receiver — Weapon body with internal mechanisms.
- ●Grip — Primary grip.
- ●Magazine — Cartridge feed.
- ●Barrel — Guides the projectile.
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