October. 7, 1944 Brig. Gen. Dis trict GH. Drewry Chief Springfield Ordnance Dist. 95 State Street Springfield, 3, Mass. Dear General: Supplementing of World be may tions letter of and World War War. 1 summarized Following the 2 have been reviewed. termination of World War 1, were filed by the Brownings tively. During this period and and spent a substantial two or three months part of in each. his time year ana aid, and technical research and assistance work, Browning These contribu- follows: as Mr. vented the Cal. .50 machine gun and the .37 mm. cannon sive work in connection with the development thereof. eering the to. relative 50 September advise that pursuant to the request in your Letter: of services contribued by Browning to Coltts during the this will matter, S eptember 26 the period my John Browning in- and did very extenPatent applications patents issued in 1927 and 1925 respec-— until his death in 1926, Mr. John Brownfede at the Colt factory furnished to Colt'!s information development and in commection in the averaging pert Ae) S very substantial with production the by engin- Colt's of these guns. Fabrigque Nationale dtArmes de Guerro maintained a eye research laboratory for the Brownings in Belgium and much of Mr. John Browning's time was spent at that laboratory in development. work on these guns and of course at his principal place of business at Ogden, Utah. After the death of Mr. John Browning, Mr. V.A. Browning and Mr. Marriner Browning the ford frequently further to came development In 1934 on confer with to and Hartford and improvement rendered assistance of guns. these to Colt's in numerous occasions the Browning people came to HartMr. Georbe Webb, now Director of Research and Develop- ment, and other men in the Sngineering Department. Marriner Browning had developed a light machine Gun Tests were made which were satisfactory but the gun At that time Mr. T-1O Caliber .50. as'a matter of fact was not subsequently standardized by the U.S..Ordnance Department. in August and September 1938 Mr. V.. A. Browning came to. Hartford in connec-— tion with the .37 mm gun and with the Colt representatives was present at Aberdeen throughout the tests thereon made at that time. On Several occasions in 1941 both Mr. V.. A. Boowning and Mr. Marriner Browning were in Hartford with a proposed new tyoe paratroop small rifle. @xtensive study was had and experimental work done in, con- nection therewith, and wnodifications were made to meet the United. States |