Nov 12, 2024 · The gun’s range, reliability and penetration are what made the weapon so popular for so long. A crewman of a river patrol boat scans the river bank during patrol in Vietnam. A twin M2 machine gun is mounted on the boat. Image: D.S. Dodd/U.S. Navy Details on the M2. The belt-fed M2 .50-caliber machine gun is a short-recoil design.

50 cal machine gun is good if it’s the final word legendary or the assassins 50 cal is a close second I’d say. I prefer the legendary tesla rifle more (can’t remember exactly which variant right now it’s been a while) it’s semi auto but you can fire it in rapid succession and it does way more damage per hit.

Feb 17, 2024 · Is it just me or does .50 cal with exploding bullets do more dps than say, "final word" or any other non exploding bullet. 50 cal. The reason I ask this is because those cards say it only effects non-explosive heavy weapons. If I can use this .50 cal with exploding bullets have no need for those cards and I can free up 9 points.

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Jul 27, 2021 · I main a .50 cal and this is just my personal opinion. Each star, best to worst, effects after that don't really matter much to me. First star: AA, Vampires, Quad, Bloodied Second Star: FFR, 25AD, E Third star: 15 reload, 50% break (especially if it's explosive), 90% RW, 250 DR while reloading

Mar 15, 2022 · I have enough materials to make 1,620 5mm rounds, I also have already 805 rounds of 5mm for the Gatling gun. But at the same time I have a vampire’s 50 cal machine gun (It’s effects are bullets explode for area damage, and gain brief health regeneration when you hit an enemy), I also have enough to make around 2,500 rounds of .50 cal for ...

Jul 15, 2022 · A 7.62x51 cartridge weighs 1/3 a 50 BMG cartridge, ie you can carry 3 times as much ammo for an M240 as an M2. On a foot patrol you are going to want as much ammo as you can have. There is not too many scenarios in infantry on infantry engagement where you would get an advantage by having a 50 BMG machine gun vs a 7.62x51.

Nov 12, 2024 · I do remember ammo in 50 round boxes for loading/reloading the 85 that were a pain in a**. This was when I was in 1/68 Armor 8th Inf div Germany 1965. The 85 was dual rate of fire 850/900 rpm on high and around 450/500 rpm on low.

Jul 7, 2019 · Yes I run a mutated sneak build - chameleon marsupial bird bones herbivore healing factor - with a berserkers 50 cal hunting rifle sniper the 59 cal machine gun and a power fist. The 50 cal machine gun is more my backup plan for bigger hordes and scorchbeasts

May 18, 2017 · The .50 M2 Browning was not used with high regularity as a sniper rifle (with scope attached and in a semi-automatic or single-shot firing mode) out in the field very much, because as u/Daymandayman said, it was a pretty heavy beast of a gun, so lugging one around by hand to use and was set up as a dedicated, outfitted, sniper rifle while on patrol was rather …