Browning M1918 tripod.

[phoenix]

Here are a few pictures of the rare Browning m1918 tripod for the M1917 browning water cooled gun.These tripods wre supposed to be an improvement on the earlier M1917 design, but they proved unpopular and were difficult to use.This was fortunate for the British who aquired large numbers of them for the home guard.This tripod has an Enfield E in a D mark on it.
Pete.

[Peter Wells]

That's a really nice tripod and very modern in appearance.

Lucky bugger

Cheers

[phoenix]

The best part, is that the gun that went with it, was supposedly thrown in a lake on a country estate. The owner who had been the officer in charge of the local Home Guard unit, had kept it and was using it to shoot pidgeons! Following complaints to the local Police, he finally had it dumped in the ornamental lake and the tripod ended up with the lawnmowers,Pete.

[britplumber]

Pete, Is this the one that was on ebay a few years back, found in the groundkeepers shed? Wish I'd the money to bid on it!

[phoenix]

Yes it is, we have done some research to try and narrow down the estate, as the gun may be still in the lake.The estate was in Leicestershire. The under bidder was BMG parts in the US.