Before the Browning M2, there was a series of Colt commercial .50 caliber machine guns. The .50 BMG (12.7x99mm) cartridge began development in 1918, and after the end of the war Colt and John Browning ...

In the long lineage of American infantry weapons, everything eventually fades away. The M1 Garand, a rifle that defeated fascism, is now a museum piece. The M14 had a brief, troubled run before being ...

A U.S. paratrooper fires a M2 50 cal machine gun at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 26, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The M2 has its roots in World War I. One of the most important weapons in the U.S. military arsenal is also one of the... Here’s What You Need to Remember: Barrett is ...

There are very few weapons in history that have earned the respect or seen the service life of the Browning M2 For over a century, this high-caliber machine gun has provided American forces with ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Browning M2 heavy machine gun—“Ma Deuce” or “50-cal” to the troops—casts a long shadow over U.S. military history. When Lauren Bacall Wellington served during the ...