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4 unusual facts about M2 Browning


French destroyer Volta

This was a version of the American .50 caliber M2 Browning re-chambered to use the standard French 13.2 mm ammunition and with its rate of fire increased to 1000 rounds per minute.

Orca-class patrol vessel

Two of the craft were temporarily fitted with .50-cal machine guns for port security during Op PODIUM the Canadian Forces' support of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Oshkosh L-ATV

It can be fitted with various weapons including an M240 machine gun, an M2 .50 caliber machine gun, a Mk 19 grenade launcher, and a BGM-71 TOW missile depending on mission requirements.

Reconnaissance by fire

M2 Browning machine guns also used the tactic when traveling through areas not completely cleared of enemy forces.


Botswana Defence Force

MG-42\59) MMG for the SK-105A-1 Kurassier LT, the US 7.62mm M1919A4 MMG, and the .50BMG M2 Browning HMG.


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