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Browning M2
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
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
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
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 |