Today the M2 serves as an infantry crew-served heavy machine gun, as a remote-controlled external coaxial gun on Merkava main battle tanks, as the main weapon on the Samson RCWS, and as a secondary weapon on Israeli Sea Corps gunboats and missile boats.

The Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun, Heavy barrel is an automatic, recoil operated, air-cooled machine gun with adjustable headspace and is crew transportable with limited...

By the start of World War II, the M2 was the standard weapon for U.S. fighter and bomber aircraft, tanks and scout cars, and the primary antiaircraft weapon for naval vessels. As might be imagined, though, the needs of a two-ocean war made for a voracious demand for the M2, which only grew as the conflict went on.

2022年12月16日 · The powerful M2 Browning .50 caliber heavy machine gun entered development following orders from Gen. John J. Pershing in World War I, and it has remained a timeless weapon that armies can count on. From World War II to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the M2 delivers the perfect combination of versatility, range and lethal potential.

2024年11月12日 · The primary weapon used to accomplish that second goal was the AN/M2 .50-caliber machinegun. Employing AN/M2 machine guns, a Martin PBM Mariner attacks a small Japanese cargo vessel off the coast of China in 1945.

2023年8月31日 · The Navy uses M2 machine guns as deck-fired weapons to repel small boats, aircraft, and drones, while the Air Force uses them from the HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter, and in a base defense...

2017年3月21日 · One of his most enduring and effective designs is the heavy machine gun that proudly bears his name, the awesome .50 Browning – also known to millions of servicemen and women as the “Browning M2” or simply the “Ma Deuce.” The Browning .50 caliber was on the cover of the July 1945 issue of The American Rifleman, as WWII drew to a close. NRA photo.

The M2 fires the devastating .50 BMG round out to an effective range of over a mile. The weapon can take on soft-skinned vehicles and light armour. It can punch through concrete walls and chew up a forest.

2023年8月10日 · The type served in fixed and flexible mountings within fighter and bomber aircraft of the US Army Air Force (as the AN/M2) while also being the weapon of choice in combat vehicles including tanks. The machine gun functioned extremely effectively in the anti-aircraft/anti-armor role and could decimate personnel unfortunate enough to cross its ...

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...