Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Ma Deuce — The M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/m2-browning-50-caliber-machine-gun/.
Ma Deuce — The M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun
- Thread starter Mike H.
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Smiledon#57
Alpha
I remember the day I failed to follow the correct steps in disassembly of the 50 cal. Took me several hours to get it right, and I never made that mistake again.
bc22wm
Custom
"Though the weight and recoil were a bit much, they actually did ride on pedestal mounts atop standard jeeps."
I know for a fact that firing live ammo from atop of 13 tons of recycled beer cans (M113) will rattle that beast but good. Trying to drive a jeep while Ma was spitting must have been some trick.
There is nothing like the feeling of pushing your chest right up onto the handles of Ma and depressing those butterfly's. You can feel the power roll right through you from your boots to your steel pot.
I know for a fact that firing live ammo from atop of 13 tons of recycled beer cans (M113) will rattle that beast but good. Trying to drive a jeep while Ma was spitting must have been some trick.
There is nothing like the feeling of pushing your chest right up onto the handles of Ma and depressing those butterfly's. You can feel the power roll right through you from your boots to your steel pot.
USMC6094
Custom
The Merchant Marine ship I rode to the invasion of Iraq in 03 had 4 .50s on pedestals as part of our defense set up.
Three of them were WWII produced guns, made by Fridgedaire..........
And if memory serves, DOD has been searching for a replacement, for more than a quarter century......
Three of them were WWII produced guns, made by Fridgedaire..........
And if memory serves, DOD has been searching for a replacement, for more than a quarter century......