50-caliber machine gun was mounted on every variation of vehicle, airplane and warship in the US military. The rest they say is history as by World War II an M2. The M2 receiver was designed to allow it to be assembled into various configurations for ground, naval, aircraft and vehicle use. By 1933 the M2 was adopted and put into production. Most importantly, the receiver was designed to be a single base-unit which could be configured in seven different variations, depending upon platform and purpose. Green continued with the project, and made many advancements. Now Browning passed away in 1926, but others like S.H. Later A1 and E2, among other models were developed. 50-caliber M1921 machine guns were being tested. Velocity was improved to over 2,700 fps, and soon experimental prototype. Needless to say it didn't meet any criteria.īy 1921 lots of improvements were made in no part thanks to Browning and others studying the German 13.2mm Gewehr Mod 1918 anti-tank rifle. They were slow with a 500 rounds per minute rate of fire and a muzzle velocity of just 2,300 feet per second. The first prototypes were not a resounding success however. In conjunction with Winchester, the new firearm would use a scaled up version of the standard issue. His plan was to start by enlarging his 1917. While others started in 1917 the famed designer John M. The arrival of armored vehicles and heavier aircraft brought forth a call for new weapons to deal with them, as the US Army had nothing effective against either. Now if you are not familiar with the history of the M2, affectionately called “Ma Deuce”, its life started at the tail end of World War I. That low of a production number would have it in the original 1933 run by Colt (although FN in Belgium has been making them continuously since 1933) for an amazing run of 87 years! 50 caliber machine gun bearing the serial number 324 arrived from an active duty unit for maintenance and an upgrade to the M2A1 configuration. There was a recent discovery at the Anniston Army Depot, where various small arms for the US Army are refurbished and upgraded before returning to unit armorers. Yet every so often something is found that defies expectation and makes one rethink old notions. Such is the nature of a firearm used in military service. When it comes to “longest serving”, it would be hard to rummage through inventories and find an exceedingly old piece. It's common when someone refers to a subject like the best service pistol or longest serving rifle that they are talking about a certain model of firearm and not an individual unit.
0 kommentar(er)
