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The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") [13] [14] 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 Red Ball Express truck gets stuck in the mud during World War II, 1944. 1971 AM General M35A2 with winch and camouflage cargo cover. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 6×6 truck was a standard class of medium duty trucks, designed at the beginning of World War II for the US Armed Forces, in service for over half a century, from 1940 into the 1990s.
Over time it evolved into a family of specialized vehicles. It inherited the nickname "Deuce and a Half" from an older 2½-ton truck, the World War II GMC CCKW. The M35 started as a 1949 REO Motor Car Company design for a 2½-ton 6×6 off-road truck. This original 6-wheel M34 version with a single wheel tandem was quickly superseded by the 10 ...
See also Ma Deuce. fifty-cal. Fighting Hole – A defensive position dug into the ground; can be dug for one Marine, a pair, or a weapon crew; formerly known as a "foxhole" by the Army. Marine Corps is "firing hole" "Forward Firing Position" should be considered.
Jayson Tatum shared the details of the adorable on-court conversation he had with his son, Deuce, after the athlete won his first NBA championship. Moments after Tatum, 26, and the Boston Celtics ...
Seven years ago, a small Massachusetts town purchased a majestic 1886 mansion for the bargain price of $1.75 million, saving it from demolition — but residents still don’t know what to do with ...
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Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, or Deuce, a 1950s American interceptor aircraft; 502nd Infantry Regiment (United States), nicknamed The Deuce; Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, United States Marine Corps, nicknamed The Deuce; Browning M2 (Ma Deuce) .50 heavy machine gun; GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck, nicknamed Deuce and a Half, or just Deuce.