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Dates of Manufacture Browning M2 Heavy Machine gun serial number 66418?
A Browning M2 Heavy Machine gun with a 66418 serial would have been manufactured around 1958. Over 3 million M2 .50 cal machine guns have been manufactured.
What weapon shoots the farthest?
As rifles go, the 50 BMG shoots the farthest with accuracy. The BMG stands for Browning Machine gun. This is the standard 50 caliber machine gun bullet used today as the model M2. The rifle is available as a bolt action or semi-automatic version. It is used for specialized long distance sniper missions.
When did John M Browning invent the machine gun?
John M. Browning's invention of the machine gun began with a seemingly commonplace event that occured in the fall of 1889 when he, his brothers and some friends were at a weekly shoot at the Odgen Gun Club. While a friend, Will Wright, was shooting, Browning happened to notice that the weeds, 10 feet in front of Wright and to his left, were blown forward each time he fired. At that moment, Browning realized that the gases emitted from the barrel could be harnessed to fire a gun automatically.John and his brothers quickly went back to the shop where John demonstrated with an old lever-action Winchester 73 rifle that a block could be propelled across the shop just by the gases coming from the barrel. The next day, Browning took that same rifle and with the help of his brothers, Matt and Ed, modified it with a "flapper," which allowed the bullet to pass through but harnessed the gases to move a lever arm that was connected to push rod going back to the modified trigger and lever arm. When the gun was fired, the flapper activated the lever arm, moving the push rod, which cocked the gun and pulled the trigger. The cycle was rapidly repeated, emptying the gun in seconds.However, that was not enough for John Browning. He made several more prototypes before patenting the gas-operating principle on January 6, 1890. Some 18 months later, Browning filed two more patents on August 3, 1891, covering two completely different automatic guns. The first patent, used a small turbine, to harness the gas at the end of the barrel. The other patent covered the entire mechanism of his first machine gun. Then, on July 11, 1892, Browning filed another new patent, this time covering a third principle that employed a hole drilled in the barrel, to use the gases behind the bullet before the gun left the barrel. On November 7, 1892, Browning filed another patent to cover his second machine gun. It used a hole drilled near the muzzle to power a piston that actuated the gun's mechanism. Browning fired four more patent applications between March 1893 and July 1895. He also filed another patent in December 1894 covering the development of gas ports in machine guns.Development of the machine gun was easier than finding a market for it. Eventually, Colt produced Browning's first machine gun as the Colt Model 1895 Automatic Machine Gun. Browning patented his .30 caliber machine gun in July 1901 and the Browning Automatic Rifle in 1910, but it wouldn't be until 1916 that the U.S. Government took an interest in them as part of the run up to World War I that they were actually mass produced. However, the War Department decided it also needed a .50 cal machine gun. However, instead of consulting Browning, they attempted to rechamber the .30 cal machine gun and, in the process, they lost valuable time because it didn't work. They went to Browning, who came to the conclusion right away that a different system was needed for a .50 caliber. This gun used a recoil mechanism and an oil buffer that handled the increased caliber. Browning finished the gun relatively quickly, but it didn' clear the government test at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland until November 15, 1918--four days after World War I ended.Browning also upscaled his automatic machine gun designs, at the request of the U.S. Government. He made several aircraft cannon in a variety of sizes. including 27 mm and 37 mm. However, after the First World War, the U.S. Government was no longer interested in machine gun development. John Browning died in 1926, but his machine guns would be produced in huge quantities for World War II. Every machine gun mounted on U.S. tanks, planes and ships were Brownings. Ten to each plane were also mounted on Royal Air Force Spitfires and Hurricanes. German Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering said in a secret memo uncovered after the war that if the Luftwaffe had the Browning machine gun that the Battle of Britain would have turned out differently. Russian planes equipped with Browning 20 mm machine guns also devastated the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front. The Browning .50 caliber is still in use by the U.S. military to this day.Note that while the above is interesting and informative, John Browning did not actually invent the machine gun.The gas-operated blowback mechanism that is the foundation of all machineguns was invented by Hiram Maxim in 1884. Practically all early machineguns except for Browning's were derived from Maxim's design - Browning's design uses a different mechanism, though the principle is the same. Virtually all machineguns used up through the WW1 were either direct copies of the Maxim design, or derivatives made from it. Browning's design was not popular with militaries until the US Army re-evaluated it in 1917 (when it needed new machineguns to go with sending troops to France).
How do you use a machine gun?
At it's most basic, you attach the ammunition feeding device, which can be a belt, a magazine or a clip, charge the gun and press or pull the trigger. The way a machine gun is used depend on what type of a machine gun it is and what attachments and controls it has. Machine guns are generally divided into light and heavy. The FN Minimi/M249 is an example of a Light Machine Gun (LMG), and the Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun is an example of a heavy machine gun. Machine guns can be portable or mounted. Mounts can be mobile or stationary. Machine guns can also be mounted on vehicles, boats and planes. LMG are used to provide fire support for a team of soldiers and are usually carried by one solder. The amminition is split among the rest of the team. Vehicle mounted machine guns can be a secondary defensive weapon, like on a tank, or the main armament, like on some airplanes.
What US military issue rifle is used to site in a .50 caliber machine gun?
Those are post cold war "fads", and are equipment for the 21st century military; see US Army small arms (21st century) websites. M147.62mm Rifle - - - - - You sight-in a M2 Browning with the M2 Browning itself.
Who designed the 50 cal machine gun?
John Moses Browning
Who made the tripod machine gun that was used in world war 2?
Browning m1917 water cooled browning m1919 air cooled browning m2 .50 caliber machine gun
How many guns did the Sherman tank have?
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
What does bmg in bmg rifle stand for?
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.
What is the world's most powerful light machine gun mmg medium machine gun and hmg heavy 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
What is the maximum effective range of the 50 caliber Browning Machine gun?
1500-2000 meters
What is the strongest machine gun?
Russian .60 caliber. There is also a Chinese version. More powerful than the US .50 Browning, it is a true Heavy machine gun.
Who made the first 50 cal machine gun?
The Browning M2 was first fielded in 1921 - some 12 years before the British fielded their Vickers .50 machine gun, and some 17 years before the Soviets fielded the DsHK machine gun.
What is BMG?
Browning Machine Gun .50 cal. Army M-2 "Ma Deuce" Big Motherf@#%*ing GUN LOL!
How far can a machine gun fier?
Depends on the machine gun. The US M60 has an effective range of 1,100 meters. The Browning M2 .50 cal has an effective range of 2,000 yards.
Dates of Manufacture Browning M2 Heavy Machine gun serial number 66418?
A Browning M2 Heavy Machine gun with a 66418 serial would have been manufactured around 1958. Over 3 million M2 .50 cal machine guns have been manufactured.
How much does a mini machine bb gun cost?
Anywhere from $50-$250
