Question of the Day: Browning M2 “Ma Deuce” – Greatest Machine Gun Ever Made?

The Truth About Guns ^ | 11/20/17 | Robert Farago

[AppyPappy]

Both the 14.5 and the .50 were intended to be anti-tank weapons.

[Rinnwald]

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!

[Mathews]

Oh yeah... Head space and timing. Two very important checks on this weapon. Has to be rechecked after it gets hot too.

[redcatcherb412]

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.

[5th MEB]

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.