M2 Browning

Firearms

The M2 Browning, also called the Browning .50-caliber machine gun or “Ma Deuce”, is a heavy machine gun designed near the end of World War I by John Browning. It uses the .50 BMG (12.7 mm) cartridge and has served against infantry, light armored vehicles, watercraft, fortifications and low-flying aircraft. Used by the United States since the 1930s, it is the primary heavy machine gun of NATO countries.

Cartridge: .50 BMG (12.7 mm)
Designer: John Browning
Official U.S. infantry designation: Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Flexible

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Article: M2 Browning (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q218932
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