The Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun is better known as the 'Ma Duce' to those who have had the pleasure of firing this heavy barrel machine gun. In 1919 John M. Browning developed the M2 .50 cal as an anti-aircraft weapon. The M2 was first introduced into the United States Military in 1933 and is used by many militaries through out the world today. Since 1933 there have been little changes made to this weapon system. The BMG (Browning Machine Gun) is a crew served, belt fed, air-cooled, recoil
John Moses Browning who is often referred to as the “Father of modern firearms” was born in Ogden, Utah on January 23, 1855. The younger John Browning was well suited for his soon to be chosen field of firearms manufacturer as his father Johnathan had been a gunsmith for many years with many original firearm designs of his own. This afforded John Browning the opportunity to be exposed to the art of gunsmithing early on, and his ingenuity and God given abilities were quickly compounded by the invention
mobility. The M5A1 got the name “light tanka” because of its light armor. This was a major deficiency for a combat vehicle. This tank was equipped with four guns. A .30 caliber bow gun, .30 caliber coaxial machine gun, and 37 mm main gun and a .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine gun. A .30 caliber was originally going to be used for the anti-aircraft gun but the .50 caliber worked better. It had a two speed gear box coupled to two drive shafts from four speed transmission. This giving the tank eight speeds
When we hear the word “war”, we do not typically imagine soldiers fighting their enemies with spears, swords, or crossbows. Generally, we think of soldiers fighting with modern guns, cannons, and other different types of firearms. However, back in the ancient times, most soldiers only fought with various types of spears, swords, and axes. Back in these ancient times, no one had any idea about fire arms. In fact, firearms were not even invented until the 14th century in China, after their discovery
deploy countermeasures. This countermeasures ranged from aircraft, motorized gun turrets, and anti-aircraft artillery, these countermeasures would later become the foundation to more modern day air defense systems. In the earlier stages of this conflict, both sides deployed weapons such as the 37MM Automatic Air Defense Gun M1939 (61-K), the 85MM Air Defense gun M1939 (52-K), 100MM Air Defense gun KS-19, and the 90MM Gun M1/M2/M3. These systems were developed and deployed during the World War II (WWII)
interested I the history of firearms. Learning and reading about the evolution that the firearms industry has encountered is literally mind blowing. Also the thought of where it will continue to go is even more interesting. My goal is to be like John Browning and become the next future genius gunsmith firearms inventor. If you are interested in learning more about the history of firearms there is tons of video's on YouTube that are very great and extremely knowledgeable. I would recommend this to my fellow
largest amphibious invasion of the Pacific campaign also known as the “Operation Iceberg “and the last major campaign of the Pacific war. There were more troops put ashore, more bombs dropped, more supplies transported, more ships were used, more naval guns fired against shore targets than any other campaign in the Pacific. After the battle was over there were more people died during the Battle of Okinawa than all those killed during the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The American forces involved
wave me in. So I started to crawl, but as soon as I started to move they started to shoot my direction with a M2 Browning machine gun. Then hank took out a pistol and shot every last one of them. “How many were there grandpa.” “Only like ten or fifteen” I started to crawl toward the trench again. When I made it to the trench Hank was dropping a grenade in the barrel of their artillery gun. He yelled, “Get
proficient in battle. In the midst of these hundreds of years, while many technological advances demonstrated to be efficient in battle, the machine gun was one of the most significant advancements in technology that changed the face of warfare through its transformation of operations and strategy. During the civil war before the introduction of the machine guns, union soldiers predominantly used smoothbore muskets. “The rifle’s low muzzle velocity and consequent high parabolic trajectory made for