#M2 machine gun

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Green Lama #5 (May, 1945).  Cover by Mac Raboy.

The Green Lama was a character that originally appeared in the pulp magazine Double Detective in 1940.  He made 14 appearances in that magazine, while concurrently appearing in Prize Comics.  In 1943 he gained his own self-titled comic book, along with more superhero-type abilities and costume.  The book lasted for 8 issues, published by his creator and writer, Kendall Foster Crossen.

Despite some misinformation on the Interwebs, the Green Lama is NOT in the public domain.  Crossen kept the copyright to the character, which is maintained by his family.

By the way, I speak from personal experience when I say there’s no way that G.I. on the Green Lama’s back could possibly hold and fire a .50 cal machine gun as depicted.  Not unless he was superhuman as well (he’s NOT the Lieutenant Hercules listed on the cover).

First of all, holding the barrel while firing is a great way to lose your hand.  I’m not talking burn, I’m talking incineration.  Those barrels get hot real quick!  So much so that gunners are trained to only fire the weapon in 3 shot-bursts, lest the barrel overheat and melt.  I saw my share of barrels turn cherry red due to overzealous gunners.  Once that happens the barrel begins to warp and melt, which could lead to it blowing up in your face if you continue to fire.  That’s why gunners are assigned a spare barrel, which you’re supposed to switch out every so often so you don’t overheat/damage either barrel.

Second, those weapons are HEAVY.  The fully-assembled weapon, including the tripod, weighs over 120 pounds!  Add to that the massive kick you get from every banana-sized round fired, and you’d have to be Superman (or at least Housman) to hold it like the guy on the cover.

Or maybe I’m just making too much of a comic book cover.

[historicalfirearms]

Turkish Heavy Machine Guns in Ukraine

Turkey has provided a huge range of military equipment to Ukraine, in this video we'll look at Turkish-made M2 heavy machine guns and an unusual rotary grenade launcher in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Check out the accompanying article here.

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M2 50 cal Belt Fed vs Steel Body Plates

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Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association Pageant of Steam Show 2023 Tractors and vendors.

Shenandoah Valley Steam and Gas Engine Association (svsgea.org)

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Three Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in the left wing of an F4U-1 Corsair fighter, Aug 11, 1942

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Armorers carry six Browning AN-M2 .50-caliber machine guns and belts to a parked P-51 Mustang ➤➤ P-51 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/I7lnh6tb1HA

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Night-vision footage of a Ukrainian AAA team engaging a Russian attack drone with a pickup-mounted M2 Browning .50 heavy machine gun.

[tanksandbeyond]

An M15 CGMC from the 834th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of the US Army protecting Yomitan Airfield, Okinawa, June 7th, 1945.

The M15 CGMC (Combination Gun Motor Carriage) was an anti-aircraft vehicle based on the M3 half-track platform, produced from 1942 to 1944 by the White Motor and Autocar companies. Unlike its counterparts, the M13 MGMC and M16 MGMC, the M15 had a 37mm M1 autocannon, giving the vehicle greater range for firing at aircraft. On either side of the 37mm gun were two 12.7mm M2 Browning machine guns. Similar to many Allied anti-aircraft platforms, their role never truly came about due to the Allies maintaining air superiority, especially in the last few years of the war, and as such often found a role as infantry support vehicles.

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North American P-51 Mustang

Powerplant: 1 x Packard V-1650-7 Merlin 12 cylinder liquid cooled engine, 1,490 hp (Built under license from Rolls Royce.)

Cruise speed: 362mph

Armament: 6 x .50 caliber AN/M2 Browning machine guns

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An SAS Jeep in the deserts of North Africa, 1943. These Jeeps were armed to the teeth, with this example being equipped with three Vickers K machine guns and an Browing .50 caliber. Note that the .50 cal is the AN/M2 variant, which was designed for aircraft use and had a much higher rate of fire. The SAS used these Jeeps for run and gun raids against enemy installations

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YouTube Says No Full Auto - Here’s an M2 .50 Cal Heavy Machine Gun

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Coast Guard Headcanons

Coast Guard’s Team Spirit is white and mini versions of various weapons found on different classes of cutters. These include .50 caliber (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns and a Bofors 57 mm gun. Coastie also has the hull armor of a cutter that sticks out from his sides. When in a more relaxed mood, the guns retract into his body.

Their white hull cutters are the largest in numbers and do the duties the Coast Guard are mainly known for (search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, security, etc.)

Despite having way fewer people than branches of the DOD, he can still muster enough strength to easily rip the hatches off submarines.

A lot of these HCs are mainly going to have aspects from Nikko Ortiz’s Coast Guard, so if you haven’t seen him you’re going to be confused.

A lot of the innocence and naivety is an act, like how some of his colleagues behave. He mainly does it to be underestimated and have others drop their guard.

His civvie-mode and work-mode attitudes differ wildly as a result.

Take the scuba goggles he always wears at your own risk.

Mention illegal substances and/or drugs around him and Coastie will go full metal jacket in a way that even Marines will be impressed by. Sooo…watch out, Colorado.

Can speak Spanish consistently after learning by osmosis through various drug interdictions.

Out of the other branches, Coastie is the best at using a sniper rifle. After all, he can snipe from moving helicopters.

Coastie loves swimming in the ocean, though he can’t dive as deep as Navy can. Navy, by contrast, can dive to inhuman depths with ease.

Despite doing so many missions at sea, the Coast Guard doesn’t have any undersea rescue capabilities. The Navy, on the other hand, does have submarines.

why does CG5 - Duolingo (song) give me Coastie vibes

[novankenn]

Perfection - A Homecoming (Ch3)

Joan: It's in the truck. You have any bags?

Joan eyed the two rucksacks at Jaune and Pyrrha's feet.

Pyrrha: Just what's here.

Joan: Grab 'em and let's get going... it's a long bumpy ride to Perfection.

Jaune and Pyrrha grabbed their bags, and quickly fell into step behind Joan. It wasn't a long walk off the landing field and into the parking lot. Pyrrha stopped in her tracks at the sight of the "truck".

Pyrrha: That's the "truck"?

Joan: Quite the sight ain't she.

Pyrrha: It is... but what is it?

Jaune: This girl here, is a repurposed M113 armoured troop carrier.

Pyrrha: And you guys call that a truck? It has tracks, and a machine gun!

Joan: Best for getting where we're going, and don't knock the M2... it's saved our asses more than once.

Pyrrha: From what?

Joan: Grimm, Shriekers, and that one time with a graboid...

Pyrrha: Shriekers? Graboid? Are those types of grimm?

Jaune: Shit Joan! I was going to try and ease her into it, and you go and drop that on her! You ass!

Joan: Well sorry, Mister I'm too good to call my family, because I ran off like a scalded cat!

Jaune: I had to!

Joan: BULLSHIT!

Jaune: really? REALLY? What was I going to do here? Waste away up in Perfection, maybe get in with a local gal from Ansel... knock her up and start a family?

Joan: If you weren't so dense and oblivious you would have seen plenty of girls that would have loved for you to do just that to them!

Pyrrha: Ah guys?

Jaune: Fuck you! I have dreams!

Joan: Screw you and your dreams! You ran out on us! If you had been here like you should have been maybe... maybe...

Jaune: Don't you even TRY...

Pyrrha: JAUNE! JOAN!

Joan / Jaune: WHAT?

Pyrrha: Take a deep breath, and let it out slowly. You've both said we have a long trip yet, and it would be a much better one if you two weren't about to kill each other.

Joan: Shit! Shit! Shit!

Jaune: Okay. Okay.

Pyrrha: I can tell there is some stuff that you two need to settle, but and this is just a suggestion, it would be better to do that in private?

Joan: You right. You want your kit Jaune? It's in the back.

Jaune: Okay, thanks.

Pyrrha watched Jaune move around to the back of the truck, and drop the ramp, before climbing inside. Joan took that time to move up closer to her.

Joan: Pyrrha, I'm sorry you had to see that, I am. Things are a little...

Pyrrha: It's okay. This is a stressful time for you all, and I won't pretend to understand, but I'm a good listener if you ever feel like just talking.

Joan: Thanks. Might take you up on that. There is something you really should know and understand, okay?

Pyrrha: Okay, and that is?

Joan: If things start getting weird, and Jaune or I tell you to do something, don't argue, don't question... just do it. Okay?

Pyrrha: Okay? Can I know why?

Joan: You'll live longer, and maybe get a chance to actual snag my dense idiot of a brother.

Pyrrha's face bloomed crimson, and she struggled to will it away before Jaune could notice.

Jaune: You wanted me to drive right Joan?

Pyrrha was a little shocked to see Jaune in his "kit" as he exited the truck. He was now wearing a plate-carrier with a tactical vest over his hoodie, and also had a sidearm strapped to his right thigh.

Joan: You have the keys... remember?

Jaune: Alright. Mount up!

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