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The 13.2 mm FN Browning was developed by FN as an improved version of the Browning.50 in (12.7 mm) air-cooled MG53 aircraft machine gun. Improvements to the original design included: making the weapon lighter, increasing the rate of fire and offering it in not just 12.7×99mm Browning, but also 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss, [10] the latter cartridge effectively being a 12.7×99mm Browning cartridge ...
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 ...
A dual gun pedestal mount of the Free French Navy. The Hotchkiss 13.2 mm machine gun (French: Mitrailleuse Hotchkiss de 13,2 mm), also known as the Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun (Mle 1929, Mle 1930, etc.), was a heavy machine gun, primarily intended for anti-aircraft use, designed and manufactured by French arms manufacturer Hotchkiss et Cie from the late 1920s until World War II, which saw ...
The introduction of this new design did not however stop continued use and production of the 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss "Long" cartridge by countries whom had already adopted it and in 1939 the cartridge saw new interest on the export market due to the newly developed 13.2 mm FN Browning aircraft machine gun, which was offered in both 12.7 × 99 mm ...
The Type 3 was derived from the .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning but chambered for the slightly larger 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss round, the same cartridge as the Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun and the Imperial Japanese military's licensed version, the Type 93 heavy machine gun. Despite the small difference in calibers, it was possible to use M2 Browning ...
Hotchkiss 13.2 mm machine gun; K. ... M1917 Browning machine gun; MG 01; MG 08; MG 11; MG 18 TuF; MG 131 machine gun; Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13 ...
M2 Browning; M2 Stinger; M1917 Browning machine gun; M1918 Browning automatic rifle; M1919 Browning machine gun; M1941 Johnson machine gun; Madsen machine gun; Maxim M/32-33; Maxim–Tokarev; MG 08; MG 13; MG 15; MG 17 machine gun; MG 30; MG 34; MG 42; MG 45; MG 131 machine gun; MG 151 cannon; Mitrailleuse d'Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm
One of her 40 mm twin-gun mounts had been damaged beyond repair by the collision and both mounts were replaced by single guns protected by gun shields. She returned to Toulon on 26 April and then, together with Le Malin, Le Terrible made a show the flag cruise to northern Europe in May. On 1 January 1947, the 10th LCD was combined with the 4th ...