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| The Lewis Gun was issued to units of the Home Guard in World War Two. The Lewis Gun was a light machine gun that used .303 ammunition - the same as the Lee Enfield rifle and the Bren gun. This ammunition compatibility was very useful during live firing exercises. The Lewis gun was air-cooled and could produce a high rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute. However, as this depended on the speed with which its circular magazine (called a pan magazine) could be changed (the magazine held 47 rounds), those who fired the gun used short bursts that tended to limit its rate of fire to 120 rounds a minute. The Lewis machine gun weighed 26 lbs and was designed so that it could be fired by either a left- handed or right-handed firer.
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