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2009-05-20 Science & Technology

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-20 15:28|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 An amazing weapon. Stand to the side and mind the position of the bolt when removing the backplate. Those driving spring rods do not take prisoners.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-05-20 15:48|| 2009-05-20 15:48|| Front Page Top

#2 John Moses Browning was one hell of a designer.

Posted by Mike 2009-05-20 16:18|| 2009-05-20 16:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Why don't they have multiple fire rates - fast for aircraft, slow for camels a mile away? Also, I'm curious. Do they have some kind of recoil stabilization mechicanism system for while on auto fire?

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-05-20 16:19|| 2009-05-20 16:19|| Front Page Top

#4 She's a heavy lady Richard, so recoil isn't as bad as one might think. You've got a pedestol and pintle mount (pictured in the graphic). The smaller piece of gear to the rear is the T&E (traverse and elevation) mechanism. A heavy tripod is used in the ground firing move. A sandbag or two on each foot of the tripod pretty well stabilizes your weapon. Three to five round bursts will keep you on target. It will fire single shot and an entire suite of night vision equipment is available as well. Barrels can be changed out pretty quickly but one must check and set the headspace and timing prior to firing. A simple gauge is used for this purpose. The M2 is highly respected by the US Army Infantryman and Marine.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-05-20 17:21|| 2009-05-20 17:21|| Front Page Top

#5 He's right, as big and heavy as she is, once set up she's dream to fire. My son's at age 5 and 7 put 100 rnds each down range, sitting cross legged behind the tripod! And as Besoeker said, it is all about headspace and timing! I'm sure the M2 will always be in our Army.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-05-20 17:44|| 2009-05-20 17:44|| Front Page Top

#6 I love this old son of a gun.

My favorite weapon, nothing calms your nerves in combat more than the chug chug chug of a 50 cal.

As for the sniper option....the M2 has these two screws in the top of the receiver that protect tapped fittings to screw in a telescopic sight. The jarheads used this feature to pick off ChiCom soldiers in Korea.

Just goes to show you that a good solid simple design well made with good materials is timeless...kinda like an old Mercedes Diesel.

BTW, I still have a scar on my left hand from clearing a jammed 50 in combat. Seems I tried to load it, charge it and fire it all at the same time with my hand in the way....

Love this thing. We could end this mess in Afghanistan if we just gave one of these to every grunt in the field and gave him enough ammo.....

Posted by James Carville 2009-05-20 18:58|| 2009-05-20 18:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Great weapon, also used by naval security detachments and small craft.

They're also pretty good against water-borne targets as well.

Posted by Pappy 2009-05-20 23:17|| 2009-05-20 23:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Pretty good against a samuri sword as well, as I recently saw on you tube. One day I'd love to fire one.

Posted by Kofi Claitle6576 2009-05-20 23:55|| 2009-05-20 23:55|| Front Page Top

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