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* Ground Gun version at the airfield in ''[[Baa, Baa, Black Sheep]]''
* Ground Gun version at the airfield in ''[[Baa, Baa, Black Sheep]]''


* Aircraft version mounted in a B-17 Flying Fortress in ''[[The Tuskegee Airmen]]'' (1995)


=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===

Revision as of 03:14, 26 January 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 Machine Gun.


Specifications

Browning M2 Heavy Barrel

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Browning M2 .50 Heavy Barrel
  • Browning M2 Heavy Barrel Machine Gun.
  • 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 .50 Aircraft
  • Browning M2 Aircraft Machine Gun.
  • 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
  • Browning M2 Water Cooled Machine Gun.
  • 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


Used In

Film

  • Aircraft version mounted on the Tanks in Patton
  • Mounted on U.S. Army B-25 Mitchell bombers and P-40 Warhawk fighters in Pearl Harbor
  • U.S. military personnel and Cuba Gooding Jr. as Petty Officer Doris Miller in Pearl Harbor (Gooding using them in a twin naval anti-aircraft mounting)
  • Mounted on U.S. military vehicles in The Core
  • Disguised as fictional heavy weapons on North Korean hovercraft in Die Another Day
  • Mounted on U.S. Army M41 tanks and in U.S. Air Force F-86 fighters in The Iron Giant


Television

Video Games

  • 007: Nightfire (available in multiplayer mode only, with certain weapon sets)