Talk:Lewis Gun

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The article mentions a nine-yard belt, but then goes on to describe two drums as the feed devices. Which is correct? Chris Thompson

Was it used by the Home Guard as per Dad's Army? Rich Farmbrough 08:49, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Not in great numbers - there were not enough. I believe they armed some aircraft in the early part of the war and considerable numbers of ships throughout 217.81.56.150 16:52, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think Home Guard use depends on just when you look. Early on, they were using US-calibre weapons: .30-06 rather than .303 The way my grandfather told the story, the only Lewis gun he saw while in the Home Guard was set up for AA defence at a searchlight.Zhochaka 10:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

What are the sources for this information? There's only one and it's hard to believe all that information came from that one source, and even so, it's not exactly a scholarly source.

Image:12th Royal Scots Lewis gun 04-01-1918.jpg has a clear side-view of the gun, if anyone wants another image. Shimgray | talk | 18:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I've made a couple of minor edits, such as changing "It could fire 550 .303 rounds per minute" to It had a cyclic rate of approximately 550 rounds per minute.

[edit] Star Wars

In the Star Wars movies, Imperial troops were armed with weapons based on the Lewis gun design, not actually the Lewis gun. I ain't never seen a Lewis Gun that could shoot lasers :-\ --Jquarry 05:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Like Han Solo's pistol? What was used on the set could easily have been as real a Lewis gun as you'd see in any movie: it looked real enough on film. But from the fictional POV of course they're not Lewis guns. Zhochaka 10:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

In the view of the Janes Information Goup, the Lewis Gun is Belgian/British. No doubt the designer was American, but only prototypes were produced in America. The Benet-Mercie machien gun was also designed by an American but produced in France, as was the 1874 Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon, but this website describes them as French weapons. Had Belgium not been invaded, it is likely that mass production would have started there, but as it happens, the first mass produced guns were completed in Britain and used by the British Army. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.136.187.100 (talk) 16:55, 2 September 2007 (UTC)