2015年10月17日 · Historians to this day debate and struggle as to how best categorize the M2 carbine. More powerful than a submachine gun, it can be considered an assault rifle, despite it …

On 26 October 1944, in response to the Germans' widespread use of automatic weapons, especially the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle, the select-fire M2 carbine was introduced, along …

While not a tack-driver in semi-auto, it’s perfectly adequate for its intended combat purpose. Then, with a simple flick of the thumb, it becomes a machine gun! And it’s no “chug-master” like the …

2020年6月30日 · Late in 1944 it began issuing fully automatic M2 Carbines to Marines and U.S. Army soldiers. Therein, however, lies the controversy: can a fully-automatic “carbine” properly …

2017年3月23日 · The M2 Carbine was a mechanically simple modification of the M1 Carbine to allow fully automatic fire. The fire prototypes of the M1 Carbine had actually been selective-fire …

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 …

2020年10月26日 · Originally fielded at the end of World War II, the M2 saw action in the Korean War and beyond, into the 1970s. The M2 Carbine’s origin dates back to October 1940 when …

"The carbine M2 is the same as the M1 except for differences in design of certain components and the addition of others ... which permit the M2 to deliver either semiautomatic or full …

2018年6月13日 · The M2 Carbine was an branch of the storied M1 tree with its own origins found in May of 1944. Whereas the M1 Carbine was only capable of semi-automatic-fire-only, the M2 …

2014年2月3日 · Despite its 12" blade of 0.250"-thick 1095 steel, the TOPS El Chete comes in at only 29.5 ozs. with a balance and ergonomics that help it make quick work of clearing shooting …