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(I haven't seen any source that says that B-17s used anything other than M2s. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15667)
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==Browning M3==
==Browning M2 Aircraft==


All of the gunners on Memphis Belle use the .50 caliber [[Browning M3 heavy machine gun|Browning M3 Aircraft]] to defend their B-17F bomber against German fighter planes.  As the plane tries to make it home, the gunners are ordered to throw out their Brownings in order to make the damaged bomber lighter to land. Also used in the wings of the USAAF P-51 Mustang fighters.
All of the gunners on Memphis Belle use the .50 caliber [[Browning_M2#Browning_M2_Aircraft|Browning M2 Aircraft]] to defend their B-17F bomber against German fighter planes.  As the plane tries to make it home, the gunners are ordered to throw out their Brownings in order to make the damaged bomber lighter to land. Also used in the wings of the USAAF P-51 Mustang fighters.
[[Image:M2aircraft.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Browning M2 Aircraft .50 BMG]]
[[Image:M2aircraft.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Browning M2 Aircraft .50 BMG]]



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The following weapons were used in the film Memphis Belle:

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Memphis Belle (1990)



Browning M2 Aircraft

All of the gunners on Memphis Belle use the .50 caliber Browning M2 Aircraft to defend their B-17F bomber against German fighter planes. As the plane tries to make it home, the gunners are ordered to throw out their Brownings in order to make the damaged bomber lighter to land. Also used in the wings of the USAAF P-51 Mustang fighters.

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Browning M2 Aircraft .50 BMG

Flare Pistol

Used by the Commander at the USAAF Base in Britain to signal the B-17 Flying Fortress planes landing.

MG131 machine guns

Although mounted in the wings on the Messerschmit Bf-109 fighter planes, These are used to attack the fleet of USAAF B-17 bombers raiding Bremen in Germany.