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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: Rinnwald
Both the 14.5 and the .50 were intended to be anti-tank weapons.
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11/21/2017 6:26:02 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
To: AppyPappy
Wikipedia sez both have a SLAP (sabot light armor penetrator) round available. The 14.5mm being made by the Chinese. Both will do a number on most vehicles on the battlefield.
Uhh...I mean Da!
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11/21/2017 8:21:40 AM PST
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Rinnwald
To: DJ Taylor
Oh yeah... Head space and timing. Two very important checks on this weapon. Has to be rechecked after it gets hot too.
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11/21/2017 8:22:46 AM PST
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Mathews
(Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
To: Wu
MG42 had great rate of fire, but a much smaller anti personnel 8mm round. M2 could shoot through buildings, vehicles, trees etc. 1-2k away and render it them to trash and anyone in or behind them.
Warm fuzzy feeling was an M113 APC pulling up to the line of a rice paddy letting loose with M2 and 2 M60's after being pinned down.
To: yarddog
YEP; the MG-42 was easy to tote and you could hide it behind a block wall or in a fighting hole, then you just had to wait.
WHILE MA DEUCE CHEWED THROUGH YOUR COVER AND ATE YOU ALIVE.
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11/22/2017 11:51:01 PM PST
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5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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