US HMG team, Colleville sur Mer.

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A US Heavy Machine Gun Team moves along the beach under the cliffs at Colleville sur Mer, Fox Red Sector, Omaha Beach. They belong to one of the three Heavy Weapon Companies of the 16th RCT, probably Mike Company. The soldier closest to the camera carries ammunition in metal tins, while the gunner who is in front of him carries the water cooled M1917 gun itself.

The abandoned equipment they are walking past was probably left by L Company, 3rd Bn, 16th RCT of the 1st ID when it landed on the beach earlier in the day before assaulting German troops in position Wn16 over the beach.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_Browning_machine_gun