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The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") [14] [15] is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning. While similar to Browning's M1919 Browning machine gun , which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, the M2 uses Browning's larger and more powerful .50 BMG (12.7 mm ...
The M45 Quadmount was a towed anti-aircraft gun consisting of four .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns mounted in pairs on either side of an armored open-top gunner's compartment with electrical laying.
The gun weighed 79 lb (36 kg) without water, was 56 in (1.4 m) long, and had a 36-inch (0.91 m) long barrel. The gun was mounted on a pedestal mount with three horizontal legs. It had a 500-650 rounds per minute rate of fire. Development continued and the M1921A1 was replaced by the water-cooled .50-caliber M2 Browning in 1933. Ground and ...
The M15 half-track, officially designated M15 Combination Gun Motor Carriage, was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on a half-track chassis used by the United States Army during World War II. It was equipped with one 37 millimeter (1.5 in) M1 autocannon and two water-cooled .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 Browning heavy machine guns.
All branches of the U.S. Armed Forces still use the heavy machine gun, which has remained largely unchanged in both appearance and function since World War I. Why the M2 Browning Has Been the U.S ...
AN/M2 (also spelled as AN-M2) is a US military designation from the WW2 era that was used by multiple aircraft guns. AN/M2 may refer to: .30 in (7.62 mm), AN/M2, a version of the M1919 Browning machine gun meant for aircraft use.50 in (12.7 mm), AN/M2, a version of the M2 Browning machine gun meant for aircraft use
With assistance from firearms engineers at Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, [9] Belgium, the Model 1919 was completely re-engineered into the .30 caliber AN/M2 (Army-Navy) aircraft machine gun (not to be confused with the .50 caliber AN/M2 or the 20mm AN/M2, the two other primary US aircraft weapons of WWII). The .30 in M2/AN Browning was widely ...
The M16 multiple gun motor carriage, also known as the M16 half-track, was an American self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon built during World War II.It was equipped with four .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in an M45 Quadmount. 2700 were produced by White Motor Company from May 1943 to March 1944, with 568 M13 MGMCs and 109 T10 half-tracks being converted into M16s as well.