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    by John Browning. While similar to Browning's M1919 Browning machine gun, which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, the M2 uses Browning's larger and...
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    The M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and...
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    .50 BMG (redirect from .50 Browning)
    The .50 BMG (.50 Browning Machine Gun), also known as 12.7×99mm NATO, and designated as the 50 Browning by the C.I.P., is a .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber cartridge...
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  • light monoplane M2 high-speed tractor, a military aircraft tug M2 Ball, ammunition M2 Browning, a heavy machine gun in use since the 1920s M2 carbine, a select-fire...
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    patent 1,578,638 Browning Superposed over/under shotgun U.S. patent 1,618,510 FN and Browning Hi-Power pistol U.S. patent 1,628,226 M2 Browning machine gun...
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    M1917A1 (.30-'06) Browning M1918A2 (.30-'06) Browning M1919A4/A6 and family (.30-'06) M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun (LMG) (.30-'06) Browning M2HB (.50 BMG)...
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  • (7.62 mm), AN/M2, a version of the M1919 Browning machine gun meant for aircraft use .50 in (12.7 mm), AN/M2, a version of the M2 Browning machine gun meant...
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    Retrieved 2011-09-27. Calculated: 4,700 sq ft * (0.3048 ft/m)2 = 436.644288 m2 "A380 Prestige Specifications" (PDF). Airbus. Archived from the original (PDF)...
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  • response to a request by the U.S. military for a replacement for the aging M2 Browning heavy machine gun, and as a complement to the heavier XM307 Advanced...
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  • M1903 Springfield M1917 Browning machine gun M1917 Enfield M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle M1919 Browning machine gun M2 Browning M2 mortar M20 recoilless...
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  • Rolls-Royce during World War II. Britain wanted to equip aircraft with the Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun by buying direct from America, but since this...
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    transporting them on foot. Examples include the Maxim machine gun and M1917 Browning machine gun. The modern definition refers to "heavy caliber" machine guns...
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    The M2 Bradley, or Bradley IFV, is an American infantry fighting vehicle that is a member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family. It is manufactured by...
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    United States relied heavily on tracer ammunition for the defensive Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns on its heavy bombers such as the B-24 Liberator...
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    cal (7.62 mm) and one .50 inch (12.7 mm) Browning machine gun mounted in a fixed turret; another .30 cal Browning was mounted on the hull front. The T2E1...
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  • front) Browning M1918 Madsen machine gun (Home front) Hotchkiss M1922 (Home front) Browning M1919 Hotchkiss M1914 Browning M1917 Browning M2 MG 08 (Home...
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  • also known for modifying several of John Browning's firearms designs, including the 1931 Baby Browning and Browning Hi-Power pistols. In 1921, the French...
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  • basis of the much more common Browning M1919 machine gun, used by US forces throughout World War II, as well as the Browning M2 .50 caliber heavy machine...
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    loading: 69.12 lb/sq ft (337.5 kg/m2) Power/mass: 0.073 hp/lb (0.120 kW/kg) Armament Guns: 10 × .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M2/ANs in remote-controlled turrets...
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    Service ceiling: 29,600 ft (9,020 m) Armament Guns: 10× .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns Bombs: 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) Related development B-17 Flying...
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  • Browning machine guns are a family of machine gun designs by John Browning, a prolific weapon designer. These include: M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun...
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  • under his son Harold. During World War II, the company made parts for Browning M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun and for the Enfield No. 4 rifle under contract...
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  • employment of various company-level heavy weapon systems, including the Browning M2 heavy machine gun (HMG), the C16 Automatic Grenade Launcher System (AGLS)...
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    light-barrel Browning AN/M2 guns in a pair of "fuselage packages", conformal gun pods each flanking the lower cockpit, each pod containing two Browning M2s. By...
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  • modification of the .30-caliber AN/M2 aircraft machine gun. The Stinger was a man-portable modification of the AN/M2 — primarily mounted by various contemporary...
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    Hathcock set the record for the longest sniper kill. He used an M2 .50 Cal Browning machine gun mounted with a telescopic sight at a range of 2,500 yd...
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    Production versions were to be equipped with a pair of .50 caliber Browning M2 machine guns in a tail turret designed by Emerson Electric Company and...
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    between medium machine guns like the M1919 Browning machine gun and heavy machine guns like the Browning M2 became clearer. New designs largely abandoned...
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    Shacklady 2000, p.420 Morgan and Shacklady 2000, p.490 Price 2010, p. 196. Brown 1989, p. 168. Seafire IIc performance Robertson 1973, pp.194–196 Morgan...
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    is owned by FN Browning Group, which is in turn owned by the regional government of Wallonia. The Herstal Group also owns the Browning Arms Company and...
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