$18,000 in 2012 price on machinegunprices.com
original .30 caliber - less if altered to other calibers
$600 open market price (used)
Browning M 1917 machine gun
The BAR machine gun is recommended for its accuracy and portability whereas with the browning you sacrifice these qualities for greater fire rate, ammo capacity and bullet penetration. Actually, the Browning Automatic Rifle (aka Browning Machine gun) IS the BAR; they are one and the same. BAR is an acronym for Browning Automatic Rifle.
On the top of the turret it had one browning m2 50. cal machine gun in the turret it had one 75mm tank gun and one browning 30. cal machine gun and in the body it had another browning 30. cal machine gun
Browning m1917 water cooled browning m1919 air cooled browning m2 .50 caliber machine gun
light machine gun is the m249 a medium machine gun is the m240 and the heavy machine gun is the browning m2 50. cal machine gun
I believe it was John Browning ??
John Browning
An M2 is a machine made back in WWII by John Browning Hence the name Browning Machine gun, John Browning was the gun maker which the united states still uses today such as the M1911 and the M2.
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browning shot gun hold 5 441
The 12.7x99mm/Caliber .50 cartridge used in rifles such as the Barret M82, MacMillan Tac-50, and others, as well as in the M2 machine gun is known as the .50 BMG - not the weapons themselves. BMG stands for "Browning Machine Gun", as the cartridge was developed for the Browning M2 machine gun.
John Moses Browning