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Browning M2

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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.

Specifications

Type: Heavy Machine Gun

Caliber: .50 BMG

Capacity: varies

Fire Modes: Fully Automatic (450-550 RPM [M2HB])/(780-850 RPM [M2 Aircraft])/(450-600 RPM [M2 Water Cooled])


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

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.
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Browning M2 M51 Quad Mounted System .50 BMG

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 Mounted on tanks 2001
To Hell and Back Audie Murphy Himself Mounted on M4 Sherman tank 1955
Hell Is for Heroes Stock Footage of an M2HB mounted on a tank 1962
Rambo Sylvester Stallone John Rambo Mounted on Burmese jeep 2008
Black Hawk Down U.S. Army Rangers and Somali militiamen Mounted on humvees and technicals 2001
Toy Soldiers Colombian terrorists Mounted on M3 tripod 1991
Blood Diamond Government soldiers Vehicle-mounted 2006
Behind Enemy Lines Serbian soldiers Vehicle-mounted 2001
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection Michael Gross Burt Gummer In M45 quadmount 2001
Courage Under Fire Denzel Washington Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams 1996
Courage Under Fire Tim Ransom Captain Boylar Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams 1996
Courage Under Fire U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams 1996
War of the Worlds U.S. military personnel Vehicle-mounted 2005
The War of the Worlds U.S. military personnel 1953
The Terminator Human resistance fighter With spade grips removed 1984
Terminator 2: Judgement Day Seen in hidden weapons cache 1991
Cradle 2 the Grave Anthony Anderson Tommy Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams 2003
Cradle 2 the Grave Ron Yuan Laser Technician In twin anti-aircraft mounting 2003
Full Metal Jacket U.S. Marines Mounted on M41 Walker Bulldog tanks 1987
Jarhead U.S. Marines Mounted on U.S. Marine Corps vehicles, with and without gun shields 2005
The Core Mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2003
The Kingdom Saudi military personnel Vehicle-mounted 2007
The Day the Earth Stood Still U.S. Army soldier Mounted on jeep 1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2008
The Incredible Hulk U.S. military personnel Mounted on U.S. military Humvees 2008
Die Another Day Will Yun Lee Colonel Tan-Sun Moon Disguised as fictional heavy weapon mounted on North Korean hovercraft 2002
Death Race Mounted on several vehicles in single and twin mountings with gun shields 2008
The Longest Day German soldiers In M45 quadmount 1963
The Longest Day French Army soldiers Mounted on M4 Sherman tank 1963
The Story of G.I. Joe U.S. Army soldier Mounted on U.S. Army truck 1945
The Siege of Firebase Gloria U.S. Marines Mounted on M3 tripod 1989
The Bridge at Remagen U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 1969
The Hunters Chinese P.L.A. soldiers Mounted on Chinese P.L.A. half-track 1958
Dragon Wars: D-War U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2007
The Devil's Brigade U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on M47 Patton tanks 1968
A Walk in the Sun U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on U.S. Army half-track 1945
28 Weeks Later U.S. Army soldiers Tripod and vehicle-mounted 2007
Iron Eagle Enemy soldiers Tripod and vehicle-mounted 1986
Transformers U.S. military personnel Mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2007
Transformers Brawl Twin-mounted on the turret of Brawl's tank form 2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen U.S. military personnel Mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2009
Apocalypse Now Frederic Forrest Jay 'Chef' Hicks Mounted on Navy PBR 1979
Apocalypse Now Sam Bottoms Lance Johnson In twin naval mounting on Navy PBR 1979
The Eagle Has Landed U.S. Army Rangers Mounted on armored vehicle 1976
20 Million Miles to Earth Italian soldier Mounted in a tank 1957
Home of the Brave U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on Humvees 2006

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Over There U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2005
Over There Josh Stamberg Lt. Alex "Underpants" Hunter Mounted on Humvee 2005
Tour of Duty U.S. Army soldiers Vehicle-mounted 1987 - 1989
The Unit U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on Humvees 2006 - 2009
Ultimate Force / "Charlie Bravo" Ross Kemp Sgt. Henno Garvie Mounted on M3 tripod 2002 - 2008
The Andromeda Strain US Army Soldiers Mounted on (fake) M1126 Stryker 2008
Criminal Minds / "Distress" Somali Militiamen Mounted on pickup truck 2005 - ????

Video Games

Game Title Mods Passwords Release Date
Battlefield 2 Mounted on M1A2 Abrams, Leopard 2A6, Challenger 2, Humvee, and Desert Patrol Vehicle 2005
Project Reality Mounted on M3 tripod, Humvee, M1A2 Abrams, Merkava tank, M113 APC, M1126 Stryker, and Land Rover jeep 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 Tripod-mounted 2001, 2002
ArmA: Armed Assault Mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2007
Operation Flashpoint Mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2001
Battlefield: 1942 Vehicle and tripod-mounted 2002
Call of Duty: United Offensive Vehicle and tripod-mounted 2004
Call of Duty: Finest Hour Vehicle-mounted 2004
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Mounted on M3 tripod 2005
Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts Mounted on M10 tank destroyers in cutscene, non-playable 2008
Medal of Honor: Underground 2000
Far Cry Vehicle mounted 2004
Far Cry 2 Vehicle, tripod, and monopod-mounted 2008
Steel Beasts Mounted on U.S. military vehicles 2000
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad Vehicle-mounted 2003
Combat Mission: Shock Force Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2007
Project I.G.I 2000
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth 2005, 2006
America's Army Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 2002
Conflict: Vietnam Mounted on tank 2004
Fallout 2: Tactics Hip-fired (unmounted) 2001
Timesplitters: Future Perfect 2005
Left 4 Dead 2 Heavy Machine Gun, Mounted on M3 tripod 2009
Marines: Modern Urban Combat Mounted on M3 tripod and Humvees 2010

Anime

Film Title Character Note Date
Patlabor: The Movie 2 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers Mounted on JGSDF tanks 1993
Black Lagoon Colombian Mafia Mounted on an SUV 2010
Blood+ Tripod-mounted 2005 - 2006

Animation

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


Browning M2 Aircraft

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Browning M2 Aircraft .50 BMG

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Green Berets Tripod-mounted 1968
The Tuskegee Airmen U.S. Army Air Force pilots Mounted in B-17 Flying Fortress and P-51 Mustang 1995
Memphis Belle U.S. Army Air Force crews Mounted in B-17 Flying Fortress 1990
Patton U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 1970
Battle of the Bulge U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 1965
Pearl Harbor U.S. military personnel Mounted in B-25 Mitchell and P-40 Warhawk 2001
Rambo Sylvester Stallone John Rambo Mounted on truck and fitted with Barrett M82-style muzzle brake and gun shield 2008
Rambo Junta soldiers Mounted on truck and boats and fitted with Barrett M82-style muzzle brake and gun shield 2008
It's a Wonderful Life Todd Karns Harry Bailey 1946
Waterworld "Smokers" M45 quadmount 1995
The Siege U.S. Army soldier Mounted on Humvee 1998
Jurassic Park III U.S. Marines Mounted on Amphibious Assault Vehicles 2001
The Story of G.I. Joe Robert Mitchum Lt. Bill Walker Mounted on truck 1945
The Bridge at Remagen U.S. Army soldiers Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles 1969
A Walk in the Sun U.S. Army soldiers Quad-mounted on half-track 1945
They Were Expendable U.S. Navy sailors In twin Naval anti-aircraft mounting on PT boats 1945
The Canterville Ghost (1943 Film) Robert Young 1943
Commando Seen on a wall in a hidden weapons vault 1985

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Rat Patrol Mounted on jeep 1966 - 1968
McHale's Navy Mounted on PT73 1962 - 1966
Baa, Baa Black Sheep Mounted in F4U Corsairs 1976 - 1978

Video Games

Game Title Mods Passwords Release Date
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator In twin naval and B-17 tail gun mountings 2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive Mounted on P-47 Thunderbolts and B-17 Flying Fortress 2004
Call of Duty: World at War Mounted on PBY Catalina 2008

Animation

Film/TV Show Actor Character Note Date
The Iron Giant U.S. Air Force pilots Mounted on F-86 Sabre fighters 1999

Browning M2 Water Cooled

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Browning M2 Water Cooled - .50 BMG

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Tora! Tora! Tora! U.S. military personnel Mounted on U.S. Navy vessels 1970
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Tugboat Crewman Fitted with side-mounted drum ammo boxes and mounted on tugboat 2008