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The .50 AN/M2 light-barrel aircraft Browning used in planes had a rate of fire of approximately 800 rounds per minute and was used singly or in groups of up to eight guns for aircraft ranging from the P-47 Thunderbolt to the B-25 Mitchell bomber, which in the last J-version of the Mitchell could have up to fourteen M2s firing forward for ground ...
Rate of fire is the frequency at ... as well as the Browning M2.50 caliber heavy ... Another factor influencing rate of fire is the supply of ammunition. At 50 ...
The .50 BMG (.50 Browning Machine Gun), also known as 12.7×99mm NATO, and designated as the 50 Browning by the C.I.P., [1] is a .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber cartridge developed for the M2 Browning heavy machine gun in the late 1910s, entering official service in 1921.
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Multiple-gun mounts were developed for the M2 Browning because the M2's rate of fire (450–550 rounds per minute) for a single gun was too low for anti-aircraft use. [ 2 ] The M45 found use throughout the war as a land-based weapon, particularly during the Battle of the Bulge .
The XM806 weighed about 63 pounds (29 kg) less (49% lighter), had 60% less recoil than the M2, [1] [2] and had a greater rate of fire than the failed previous attempt to replace the M2, the XM312. The XM806 did however have a considerably slower rate of fire than the M2. [3] The XM806 also had improvements to user safety and was easier to ...
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 aircraft air-cooled versions of the M2 were also adopted in 1934.
A profile of a Merkava Mk 4M tank, armed with an IMI 120 mm gun, a M2 Browning.50-cal, ... This gun has a maximum rate of fire of 9 rounds/min, and a range in excess ...