Lewis (7.7 mm) - Revision history

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== Description ==
''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell about the history of the devekopment and combat using of the weaponry and also about it's features. Make a air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''

=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===

== General info ==
''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''

=== Available shells ===
''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it iconcerns autocanons or machine guns, so write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''

=== Comparison with analogues ===
''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''

== Usage in the battles ==
''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''

=== Pros and cons ===
''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''

'''Pros:'''
*

'''Cons:'''
*

== Historical part ==
''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be big one, take it into a separate article and add a link to it by using the "main" template. In the end be sure to include references to sources.''

== Media ==
''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''

== Read also ==
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example,''
* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
''ETC.''

== Sources ==
''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
* ''topic on the official game forum''
* ''page on the Wikipedia''
* ''page on aircraft or gorund forces encyclopedia''
* ''other literature''

{{Aircraft machine guns}}

[[Category:Aircraft machine guns]]

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+{{Navigation-First-Line|'''Fighters'''}}{{Specs-Link|gl_832}}&nbsp;(Defensive)
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 === Pros and cons ===
-''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
+<!--''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''-->
 '''Pros:'''
 * Does not overheat quickly
 '''Cons:'''
 * Smaller magazine does not enable sustained fire compared to contemporaries
 == History ==

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 == History ==
-The Lewis Gun is one of the most famous light machine guns of World War I. Invented by United States Army Colonel Issac Newton Lewis in 1911, the gun was rejected by the Army due to either political differences or being unreliable. Retiring from the Army, Lewis left the United States and set up the Armes Automatique Lewis company in Belgium. He got his first order from the Belgian Army in 1913, and a year later, World War I led to the British Birmingham Small Arms company to produce the guns under license. With its distinctive long barrel-shroud and pan drum magazine, the Lewis is unusual for using a clock-style spiral spring for the action instead of a coiled recoil spring.
+<!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
-The Lewis is also notable for being the first gun to be fired from an aircraft. On June 7th, 1912, a Wright Model B flyer was fitted with a Lewis and fired by Captain Charles Chandler. For both British and French aircraft, it was weapon mounted in the gunners and observers position or to supplement the [[Vickers E (7.7 mm)|Vickers E]]. A lightweight, air-cooled and high capacity design, the Lewis gun's only drawback was being open-bolt making synchronization to fire through a propeller arc a difficult task. For use on aircraft, the Lewis has the distinctive barrel shroud removed due to the lower temperatures found at altitude and a much larger 97 round pan drum magazine. The Vickers F.B.5. "Gunbus", the world's first purpose-built fighter aircraft, and later models of aircraft would resolve the synchronization issues by using a pusher configuration where there is no propeller to fire through. Examples include the Airco D.H. 2, Royal Aircraft Factory, F.E.2 and F.E.8. Other alternatives methods were used during World War I. Two early production models of the Bristol Scout C were fitted Lewis guns mounted on the right side of the fuselage that fired outwards at a 30 degree angle. Another more common solution was to use the Foster mounting where the Lewis gun was placed on the top wing of the biplane such as on the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 and the French Nieuport 11 Bebé and Nuieport 17 fighters. After World War I, the Lewis would continue to see as an aircraft weapon for a few years in the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm, but it would be phased for the [[Browning (7.7 mm)|Browning .303]] or [[Vickers K (7.7 mm)|Vickers K]]. The Italians would see some use of the Lewis into World War II with their [[S.M.79 (Family)|S.M.79 Spaverio]] bomber series and the Japanese used a licensed variant designated the [[Type 92 (7.7 mm)|Type 92]].
+The Lewis is also notable for being the first gun to be fired from an aircraft. On June 7th, 1912, a Wright Model B flyer was fitted with a Lewis and fired by Captain Charles Chandler. For both British and French aircraft, it was mounted in the gunners and observers position or to supplement the [[Vickers E (7.7 mm)|Vickers E]]. A lightweight, air-cooled, and high capacity design, the Lewis gun's only drawback was being open-bolt making synchronization to fire through a propeller arc a difficult task. For use on aircraft, the Lewis has the distinctive barrel shroud removed due to the lower temperatures found at altitude and a much larger 97-round pan drum magazine. The Vickers F.B.5. "Gunbus", the world's first purpose-built fighter aircraft, and later models of aircraft would resolve the synchronization issues by using a pusher configuration where there is no propeller to fire through. Examples include the Airco D.H. 2, Royal Aircraft Factory, F.E.2 and F.E.8. Other alternatives methods were used during World War I. Two early production models of the Bristol Scout C were fitted with Lewis guns mounted on the right side of the fuselage that fired outwards at a 30 degree angle. Another more common solution was to use the Foster mounting where the Lewis gun was placed on the top wing of the biplane such as on the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 and the French Nieuport 11 Bebé and Nuieport 17 fighters. After World War I, the Lewis would continue to see use as an aircraft weapon for a few years in the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm, but it would be phased for the [[Browning (7.7 mm)|Browning .303]] or [[Vickers K (7.7 mm)|Vickers K]]. The Italians use the Lewis into World War II with their [[S.M.79 (Family)|S.M.79 Sparverio]] bomber series and the Japanese used a licensed variant designated the [[Type 92 (7.7 mm)|Type 92]].
 == Media ==

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 '''Pros:'''
+*
 '''Cons:'''
+*
 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
+The Lewis Gun is one of the most famous light machine guns of World War I. Invented by United States Army Colonel Issac Newton Lewis in 1911, the gun was rejected by the Army due to either political differences or being unreliable. Retiring from the Army, Lewis left the United States and set up the Armes Automatique Lewis company in Belgium. He got his first order from the Belgian Army in 1913, and a year later, World War I led to the British Birmingham Small Arms company to produce the guns under license. With its distinctive long barrel-shroud and pan drum magazine, the Lewis is unusual for using a clock-style spiral spring for the action instead of a coiled recoil spring.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
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 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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-{{Navigation-First-Line|Bombers}}{{Specs-Link|s_81_ar125}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1936_italy|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1936|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_iar_italy|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_iar|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1937|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1939_italy|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1939|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1941_italy|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1941|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1942|short}} (Defensive)
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 ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''
-=== Available shells ===
+=== Available ammunition ===
-''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''
+''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''
 === Comparison with analogues ===
-''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''
+''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.''
 == Usage in battles ==
-''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
+''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
 === Pros and cons ===
-''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
+''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
 '''Pros:'''
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 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.''
+''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
 == Media ==
-''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''
+''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
 == See also ==
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 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 == Description ==
-''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''
+''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.''
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
-<!--''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.''-->
+<!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
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-{{Navigation-First-Line|Bombers}}[[S.81]] (defensive){{-}}[[S.M.79 AS]] (defensive){{-}}[[S.M.79 AS (Germany)|▀S.M.79 AS]] (defensive){{-}}[[S.M.79 B]] (defensive){{-}}[[S.M.79 B (Germany)|▀S.M.79 B]] (defensive){{-}}[[S.M.79 bis/N (Germany)|▀S.M.79 bis/N]] (defensive)
+{{Navigation-First-Line|Bombers}}{{Specs-Link|s_81_ar125}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1936_italy|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1936|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_iar_italy|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_iar|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1937|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1939_italy|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1939|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1941_italy|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1941|short}} (Defensive){{-}}{{Specs-Link|sm_79_1942|short}} (Defensive)
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 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
-* ''encyclopedia page on weapon;''
+* ''encyclopedia page on the weapon;''
 * ''other literature.''