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Posted on 11/14/2015 10:19:14 AM PST by Chode
Edited on 11/14/2015 10:24:59 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
How Long is an M2HB .50 Good For?
Nobody really knows, but this one came in to the Anniston Army Depot for conversion. They’d already stamped it M2A1 (as can be seen in this close-close-blow-up, along with the original maker marks of “Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg Co, Hartford”) when they realized it wasn’t just any M2 heavy machine gun. It was older than the oldest one they had kept as a museum display! Serial Number 324 was probably made in 1921 or 1922, and had never been overhauled before.
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interesting stuff
Ma Deuce Rock&Roll
About 3000 meters?
heh heh heh... pretty much
LTC Thurman would have been chewing both of their asses off for firing the MaDeuce withOUT using the sights. He stressed that firing the M2 like they are doing was just wasting ammo and that if you used the sights on it you could hit your target quicker and destroy it with less ammo. What is interesting that he was telling us the truth, our gunnery scores on the training range went up significantly.
The was JB Thurman, DSC, the older brother of General JD Thurman
They can store it here for another 100+ years if they want to;)
hell yeah!
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