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Revision as of 21:22, 19 December 2009

The Browning M2 .50 caliber Machine Gun is a improved version on the Browning Model 1921 .50 caliber Machine Gun. The M2 was developed in 1932 as a joint effort by the Army as a heavy barrel ground gun and the Navy as a water cooled Anti-Aircraft gun. The light weight version developed for aircraft and also used on PT Boats were developed in the late 1930. All three versions were used during World War II by the United States and it's Allies. The M2 Heavy Barrel and M2 Aircraft have seen continued service into the 21st century.

In the film industry the M2 Browning has been used in several configurations M2 Heavy Barrel Ground Gun, M2 Water Cooled Anti-Aircraft Gun, M2 Light Weight Aircraft Gun and as a Mocked Up Russian DShK heavy machine gun.


Browning M2 Heavy Barrel

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Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG
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Browning M2HB on M3 tripod - .50 BMG.

Specifications

  • Length: 61.42 inches
  • Barrel Length: 45 inches
  • Weight:
  • :Gun: 84 pounds
  • :M3 Tripod (Complete): 44 pounds
  • :Total: 128 pounds
  • Muzzle Velocity: 2930 feet per second
  • Maximum effective range: 2000 meters with tripod mount
  • Maximum range: 4.22 miles
  • Maximum effective range: is 1,830 meters
  • Cyclic rate of fire: 450-550 rounds per minute










Browning M2 Aircraft

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Browning M2 Aircraft .50 BMG

Specifications

  • Length: 56.25 inches
  • Barrel Length: 36 inches
  • Weight:
  • :Gun: 61 pounds
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  • Muzzle Velocity: 2840 feet per second
  • Maximum effective range: 2,200 meters
  • Maximum range: 7,400 meters
  • Cyclic rate of fire: 780-850 rounds per minute





Browning M2 Water Cooled

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Browning M2 .50 Water Cooled

Specifications

  • Length: 65.93 inches
  • Barrel Length: 45 inches
  • Weight:
  • :Gun: 100.5 pounds
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  • Muzzle Velocity: 2935 feet per second
  • Maximum effective range: 2,400 meters with tripod mount
  • Maximum range: 6,770 meters
  • Cyclic rate of fire: 450-600 rounds per minute





The Browning M2 appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 Mounted on tanks 2001
To Hell and Back Audie Murphy Himself M2HB, mounted on M4 Sherman tank 1955
Hell Is for Heroes Stock Footage of an M2HB mounted on a tank 1962
The Green Berets M2 Aircraft, tripod-mounted 1968
The Tuskegee Airmen U.S. Army Air Force pilots M2 Aircraft, mounted in B-17 Flying Fortress and P-51 Mustang 1995
Tora! Tora! Tora! U.S. military personnel M2 Water Cooled, mounted on U.S. Navy vessels 1970
Memphis Belle U.S. Army Air Force crews M2 Aircraft, mounted in B-17 Flying Fortress 1990
Patton U.S. Army soldiers M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 1970
Battle of the Bulge U.S. Army soldiers M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 1965
Pearl Harbor U.S. military personnel M2 Aircraft, mounted in B-25 Mitchell and P-40 Warhawk & M2HB, with sights removed and in twin Naval anti-aircraft mounting 2001
Rambo Sylvester Stallone John Rambo M2 Aircraft, mounted on truck and fitted with Barrett M82-style muzzle brake and gun shield 2008
Rambo Junta soldiers M2 Aircraft, mounted on truck and boats and fitted with Barrett M82-style muzzle brake and gun shield 2008
Rambo Sylvester Stallone John Rambo M2HB, mounted on Burmese pirate boat 2008
Black Hawk Down U.S. Army Rangers and Somali militiamen M2HB, vehicle-mounted 2001
Toy Soldiers Colombian terrorists M2HB, tripod-mounted 1991
It's a Wonderful Life Todd Karns Harry Bailey M2 Aircraft 1946
Blood Diamond Government soldiers M2HB, vehicle-mounted 2006
Behind Enemy Lines Serbian soldiers M2HB, vehicle-mounted 2001
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection Michael Gross Burt Gummer M2HB, M45 quadmount 2001
Courage Under Fire Denzel Washington Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling M2HB, mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams 1996
Courage Under Fire Tim Ransom Captain Boylar M2HB, mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams 1996
Courage Under Fire U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams 1996
Waterworld "Smokers" M2 Aircraft, M45 quadmount 1995
War of the Worlds U.S. military personnel M2HB, vehicle-mounted 2005
The War of the Worlds U.S. military personnel 1953
The Terminator Human resistance fighter M2HB, with spade grips removed 1984
Terminator 2: Judgement Day M2HB, seen in hidden weapons cache 1991
Cradle 2 the Grave Anthony Anderson Tommy M2HB, mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams 2003
Cradle 2 the Grave Ron Yuan Laser Technician M2HB, twin anti-aircraft mounting 2003
Full Metal Jacket U.S. Marines M2HB, mounted on M41 Walker Bulldog tanks 1987
Jarhead U.S. Marines M2HB, mounted on U.S. Marine Corps vehicles, with and without gun shields 2005
The Core M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2003
The Kingdom Saudi military personnel M2HB, vehicle-mounted 2007
The Siege U.S. Army soldier M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army Humvee 1998
The Day the Earth Stood Still U.S. Army soldier M2HB, mounted on jeep 1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2008
Jurassic Park III U.S. Marines M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Vehicles 2001
The Incredible Hulk U.S. military personnel M2HB, mounted on U.S. military Humvees 2008
Die Another Day Will Yun Lee Colonel Tan-Sun Moon M2HB, disguised as fictional heavy weapon mounted on North Korean hovercraft 2002
Death Race M2HB, mounted on several vehicles in single and twin mountings with gun shields 2008
The Longest Day German soldiers M2HB, M45 quadmount 1963
The Longest Day French Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on M4 Sherman tank 1963
The Story of G.I. Joe A U.S. Army soldier M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army truck 1945
The Story of G.I. Joe Robert Mitchum Lt. Bill Walker M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army truck 1945
The Siege of Firebase Gloria U.S. Marines M2HB, tripod-mounted 1989
The Bridge at Remagen U.S. Army soldiers M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 1969
The Bridge at Remagen U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 1969
The Hunters Chinese P.L.A. soldiers M2HB, mounted on Chinese P.L.A. half-track 1958
Dragon Wars: D-War U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2007
The Devil's Brigade U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on M47 Patton tanks 1968
A Walk in the Sun U.S. Army soldiers M2 Aircraft, quad-mounted on U.S. Army half-track 1945
A Walk in the Sun U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army half-track 1945
They Were Expendable U.S. Navy sailors M2 Aircraft, twin Naval anti-aircraft mounting on U.S. Navy PT boats 1945
28 Weeks Later U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, tripod and vehicle-mounted 2007
Iron Eagle Enemy soldiers M2HB, tripod and vehicle-mounted 1986
Commando M2 Aircraft, seen on a wall in a hidden weapons vault 1985
Transformers U.S. military personnel M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2007
Transformers Brawl M2HB, twin-mounted on the turret of Brawl's tank form 2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen U.S. military personnel M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2009

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Over There U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2005
Over There Josh Stamberg Lt. Alex "Underpants" Hunter M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army Humvee 2005
Tour of Duty
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Fom the Stories of Stephen King Green Army Men
Rat Patrol M2 Aircraft, mounted on jeep 1966 - 1968
McHale's Navy M2 Aircraft, mounted on PT73 1962 - 1966
Baa, Baa Black Sheep M2HB, M2 Aircraft mounted in F4U Corsairs 1976 - 1978
The Unit U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army Humvees 2006 - 2009
Ultimate Force / Charlie Bravo M2HB, tripod-mounted 2002 - 2008

Video Games

Game Title Mods Passwords Release Date
Battlefield 2 M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2005
America's 10 Most Wanted Mounted sentry guns
007: Nightfire M2HB Available in multiplayer mode only, with certain weapon sets 2002
007: Agent Under Fire M2HB 2001, 2002
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator M2 Aircraft, twin naval and B-17 tail gun mountings 2003
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun M2HB & M2 Aircraft, twin mounted on U.S. Navy vessels 2003
ArmA: Armed Assault M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2007
Operation Flashpoint M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2001
Battlefield: 1942 M2HB, vehicle and tripod-mounted 2002
Call of Duty: United Offensive M2HB vehicle and tripod-mounted & M2 Aircraft 2004
Call of Duty: Finest Hour M2HB, vehicle-mounted 2004
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One M2HB, tripod-mounted 2005
Call of Duty: World at War M2 Aircraft, mounted on PBY Catalina 2008
Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts M2HB, mounted on M10 tank destroyers in cutscene, non-playable 2008
Far Cry M2HB, vehicle mounted 2004
Far Cry 2 M2HB, vehicle, tripod and monopod mounted 2008
Steel Beasts M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2000
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad M2HB, vehicle-mounted 2003
Combat Mission: Shock Force M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2007
Project I.G.I M2HB 2000
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth M2HB 2005, 2006
America's Army M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2002
Fallout 2: Tactics Hip-fired (unmounted) 2001
Timesplitters: Future Perfect M2HB 2005
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat M2HB 2006
Left 4 Dead 2 M2HB, tripod-mounted 2009

Anime

Film Title Character Note Date
Patlabor: The Movie 2 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers M2HB, Mounted on JGSDF tanks 1993
Blood+ M2HB, tripod-mounted 2005 - 2006

Animation

Film/TV Show Actor Character Note Date
The Iron Giant U.S. Army soldiers M2HB, mounted on M41 Walker Bulldog tanks 1999
The Incredibles Brad Bird Edna "E" Mode Browning M2HB-based Turrets 2004
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