M2 Browning - Wikipedia
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
Browning M2 Machine Gun — Gun That Won the War - Browning
2017年3月21日 · Though Browning died in 1926, he provided his nation with nearly all its World War II machine guns, its automatic rifle and its foremost sidearm. But he did something even grander. Browning’s magnificent M2 machine gun—chambered in the .50 Browning Machine Gun (BMG) cartridge—gave America and her allies the priceless gift of global air ...
Military Weapons: The M2 Browning .50-cal - Warfare History …
Arising out of the fertile mind of inventor John M. Browning, the M2 .50-caliber machine gun was an adaptation of the smaller .30-caliber type. At right, GIs in France on a halftrack with a .50-caliber.
Unsung: The AN/M2 .50-cal. Machine Gun in World War II
2021年1月4日 · From Pearl Harbor until the Japanese surrender, the AN/M2 .50-cal. Browning machine gun served in the air, on land and at sea, and was a part of every major American battle in every...
Ma Deuce — The M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun - The Armory Life
3 天之前 · Details on the M2. The belt-fed M2 .50-caliber machine gun is a short-recoil design. That means the barrel and bolt remain locked together as a unit at the moment of firing. The barrel cycles back with the bolt for a short distance before they …
‘Ma Deuce’ — How the M2 Browning Became America’s Machine …
2022年12月9日 · The M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun has touched the battlefields of every major American conflict since the Second World War. Over the decades, the M2 — affectionately known among troops as “Ma Deuce” — has proved to be a highly versatile weapon.
The .50-cal. Browning Machine Gun—The Gun That Won The War
2017年2月23日 · Browning’s magnificent M2 machine gun—chambered in the .50 Browning Machine Gun (BMG) cartridge—gave America and her allies the priceless gift of global air superiority. Nothing else came...
M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun - Specifications - GlobalSecurity.org
2013年1月16日 · The Browning M2 .50 caliber (12.7mm) machine gun is an automatic, belt-fed, recoil operated, air-cooled, crew-operated machine gun. The M2 is crew transportable with limited amounts of...
Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun - Aviation History
The Browning M2 is a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine gun and entered service towards the end of World War I. It is a heavy-duty machine gun designed by John Browning and was first introduced as the M1921.
The M2 .50 cal: Over 80 years of service and counting
2009年2月28日 · It is a scaled-up version of an older Browning design, the M1917 .30 cal water-cooled machine gun, and, like its predecessor, early variants of the M2 were also water-cooled. Since its first...