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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: 12.7 mm machine guns, M2 Browning machine gun, .50 BMG, M1917 Browning machine gun, Heavy machine gun, DShK, KPV heavy machine gun, Ckm wz.30, CIS 50MG, GAU-19, Breda-SAFAT machine gun, NSV machine gun, MG 11, XM312, Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun, 12.7x108mm, Afanasev A-12.7, Kord machine gun, Breda M37, Vickers .50 machine gun, M45 Quadmount, M85 machine gun, 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun, PM M1910, Berezin UB, MG 131 machine gun, XM806, Slostin machine gun, Yak-B 12.7mm machine gun, 6P62, Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun, Rheinmetall RMG.50, Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun, Zastava M77B1, Rolls-Royce .50 Cal Experimental Machine Gun, Fiat-Revelli Modello 1935, MG 18 TuF, ZB-50, MAC-58, Zastava M87, Ho-103 machine gun, Zastava M02 Coyote, FN BRG-15, TDI Disraptor, M1921 Browning machine gun, Type 77 Heavy Machine Gun, W85 Heavy Machine Gun, Type 3 machine gun. Excerpt: The M2 Machine Gun, Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun, is a heavy machine gun designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. It is very similar in design to John Browning's earlier M1919 Browning machine gun, which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge. The M2 uses the larger and more powerful .50 BMG cartridge, which was named for the gun itself (BMG standing for Browning Machine Gun). The M2 has been referred to as "Ma Deuce," or "the fifty" in reference to its caliber. The design has had many specific designations; the official designation for the current infantry type is Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Flexible. It is effective against infantry, unarmored or lightly armored vehicles and boats, light fortifications, and low-flying aircraft. The Browning .50 caliber machine gun has been used extensively as a vehicle weapon and for aircraft armament by the United States from the 1920s to the present day. It was heavily used during World War II, the ...
