The M1941 Johnson machine gun, designed by Melvin Johnson, Jr., was a light machine gun that despite never becoming standard-issue, nonetheless served in small numbers with the United States Marine Corps. The decidedly odd-looking rifle had a few interesting features.
Johnson’s original intent was to create a semi-automatic rifle that could not only give the legendary M1 Garand a run for its money, but replace it. You can read about his other fascinating firearm here. In addition to a semi-automatic rifle, Johnson also designed and built a fully-automatic machine gun that was in some ways similar to the Browning Automatic Rifle.
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