Sunday 30 April 2017

The most Hammerican gun ever

Hi everybody !
Today I'm going to talk about The most Hammerican gun ever. Of course it's famous half inch mg named like this not working american tank , yup , I'm talking about M2 Browning. It's in service since 1932 so I think it's a good construction. Take a look :
History:
USA joined the WW1 almost without machineguns. Colt made one in 1918 , but nobody was intressed in M1921. Only navy and air service bought some (Navy bought version coolled by water(M1924) and the air service bought the version coolled by the air (M1921)). In 1932 colt wanted to cut production cost so he developed M2. They were and are used in air , navy , armoured forces and infantry. Also it had QBC system (quick barell change) system. Later it was modified and the weight has been reduced to 27kg. It's used everywhere where you need machinegun. It's mounted on vehicles since ever m, little comparison :
            Willys , WW2
           Humvee , present


Also , it's often used as a dual machinegun , usually on ships :
Technical thingies :
Production start : 1932
Weight: 38 kg
Lenght: 1650mm
Barell lenght: 1140mm
Caliber : 0.5 inch
Theoretical fire rate: 550 rds/min
Bullet speed : 858m/s
max range : 4000 m
As you see it's pretty big , also it shoots with very big bullets , but I can't find good picture for ammo.
So , in my posts in this month , I didn't give you any video , so here you go :
So that's all for today (yeah , ammo is on the video) , I hope you enjoyed it , and see you next time !
//The Typical Loner

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