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  2. M2 Browning - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. M1921 Browning machine gun - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. .50 BMG - Wikipedia

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    This gun was later developed into the M2HB Browning, which, with its .50 caliber armor-piercing cartridges, went on to function as an anti-aircraft and anti-vehicular machine gun, capable of penetrating 0.9 inches (23 mm) of face-hardened armor steel plate at 200 meters (220 yd), [6] 1 inch (25 mm) of rolled homogeneous armor at the same range ...

  5. Why the M2 Browning Has Been the U.S. Military’s Favorite Gun ...

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    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 ...

  6. M45 Quadmount - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. John Browning - Wikipedia

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    John Moses Browning (January 23, 1855 [1] – November 26, 1926) was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. [2]

  8. Browning machine gun - Wikipedia

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    Browning machine guns are a family of machine gun designs by John Browning, a prolific weapon designer. These include: M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun, based on a design dating to 1889, was the first successful gas-operated machine gun to enter service. [1] M1917 Browning machine gun, a family of water-cooled machine guns in .30-'06

  9. M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun - Wikipedia

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    Most Marlin M1917 and M1918 guns saw use in aircraft as defensive armament—however, as they retained the original M1895 "potato digger" ordnance's closed bolt firing cycle, these Marlin guns, weighing only some 25 pounds (11.34 kg) apiece, [26] versus the standard Vickers gun's 33 pound (15 kg) figure for aviation use, could readily be used ...