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Question of the Day: Browning M2 “Ma Deuce” – Greatest Machine Gun Ever Made?
The Truth About Guns ^
| 11/20/17
| Robert Farago
Posted on 11/20/2017 1:11:01 PM PST by Simon Green
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To: Mathews
"Only if you keep it lubed with some CLP, otherwise it turns into a single shot breech loader that has to be cocked each round." And don't forget that improper head space can have you shouting, "Medic."
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:02:44 PM PST
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: Simon Green
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:08:03 PM PST
by
lacrew
To: Simon Green
Only thing better than the M2 is the GAU-8.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Innovative. Deadly. And served as our prototype for the M60.
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:11:22 PM PST
by
LouAvul
(The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
To: SnuffaBolshevik
Nothing beats the butterfly back plate!
Edit: Except for the crankfire I just found out about:
http://www.crankfiresystems.com/CrankfireProducts.php
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:11:33 PM PST
by
lacrew
To: Simon Green
Son was Fire Control officer in Navy for 6 years, he’d bring me brass occasionally from everything from .50 to 20mm.....not in volume, just a single of each caliber......
He did this all day and got paid for it.
Got a Mechanical Engineering degree on GI Bill, finishing OCS now, has been selected for pilot school - his goal since 8 years old........
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:11:52 PM PST
by
Arlis
To: Simon Green
It’s great but it is moose to lug around. Definitely a vehicular mounted weapon.
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:15:13 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Simon Green
Best Ever.
The Americans feared the German 88.
The Germans feared the American .50.
Audie Murphy. The Rat Patrol. Legendary.
It was on account of the exceptional range and devastating power of the M2/M3 that the US lagged behind the rest in developing cannon armament for jets.
A P-47 with eight fifties was a flying tank.
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:15:28 PM PST
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyonse's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: Mariner
One needs a lot of spare barrels. They droop a little when they get red hot.
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posted on
11/20/2017 2:31:53 PM PST
by
eldoradude
(It doesn't matter how many it takes, the lightbulb has already been stolen.)
To: redcatcherb412
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posted on
11/20/2017 3:45:37 PM PST
by
Wu
(Excuse me while I kiss the sky......)
To: Simon Green
Nyet. KPV eet Mother Dva for lunch.
Dzon Brovning very smart man. Maybe 12.7mm make good toothpick.
Semyon Vladimirov ees genius. He think, "12.7mm good, then 14.5mm better".
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posted on
11/20/2017 3:47:06 PM PST
by
Rinnwald
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The MG42/8mm Mauser won’t first immobilize and then disassemble a thin-skinned vehicle. The Ma Deuce/.50 BMG will.
And in the right hands, a Ma Deuce will put one though the lower brain housing group of a VC from 2500 yards.
To: Simon Green
Without question. Used on the ground and in the air.
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posted on
11/20/2017 5:53:38 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
To: antidisestablishment
B-17 “Kill Zone.”
Thanks!
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posted on
11/20/2017 6:08:18 PM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Rinnwald
You got a point.
Is that Ruskie gun as mobile and versatile?
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posted on
11/20/2017 6:58:22 PM PST
by
Wildbill22
( They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton William Abramsp)
To: Big Red Badger
The B-17 gunners were so good with their Ma Deuces that WWII fighter pilots lobbied to not count their kills!
Master Sergeant Michael Arooth, 8th Division of the Army Air Force, 527th Bombardment Squadron Company, 379th Bombardment Group hold the best record of any gunner in Air Force history. He is officially credited with shooting down at least 17 enemy planes in 14 missions, though he probably downed more than 20.
SSgt Arooth's B-17, "Ol Gappy" flew more missions than any other B-17. In typical government fashion, the aircraft was abandoned to the bone yard and eventually scrapped.
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posted on
11/20/2017 7:08:07 PM PST
by
antidisestablishment
( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
To: antidisestablishment
Love T hose Photos...
Thanks!
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posted on
11/20/2017 8:27:59 PM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: lacrew
To: Rinnwald
To: Wildbill22
Is that Ruskie gun as mobile and versatile?Nyet and nyet.
Ees bigger boom. Like vodka.
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posted on
11/21/2017 6:21:56 AM PST
by
Rinnwald
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