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The lightest machine gun of the 12.7x99mm or .50 BMG calibre is the XM312 Machine Gun. It is a still a tripod mounted weapon, weighing a good 19 kilos while mounted on a tripod. This is an extremely low weight in comparison to the 58 kilogram predecessor of the XM312, the M2HB/M3 tripod. LW50MG, as it will be known in the US Army, is based on the XM307 25mm Grenade Machine Gun, giving it roughly half the rate of fire of a standard M2HB.
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What 2 machine guns can you find on a tank?
45 caliber Machine Gun and 50 caliber machine gun
What is the most dangerous gun?
50. caliber machine gun....period
What is the plating on the 50 caliber machine gun?
Phosphating
How do you clear a 50 caliber machine gun with a partially open bolt?
See link below to the US Army Field Manual on the Caliber .50 M2 Machine Gun.
What is the heavist machine gun?
50 caliber for US forces
What is the highest caliber machine gun?
The highest caliber machine gun in standard use is the .50 Cal. Gatling guns are used in 20mm caliber. XXXXXXXXX Russia and China use a heavy machine gun larger than the .50 cal BMG- it is the Vladmirov KDV (for the Russians), in caliber 14.5mm x 115.
What is the combat load for the M2 50 caliber machine gun?
1000
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.
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 a 50 calibre gun?
A 50 caliber gun, or more properly, a .50 caliber gun is a firearm having an internal bore diameter of 1/2 or .50 of an inch.
What size were the bullets fired from an American machine gun in world war 2?
American Heavy Machine Guns in WW2 fired .30 caliber rounds. The .50 caliber machine gun was 0.50 caliber which is 1/2-inch diameter and about 2 inches long. The shell before firing is about 6 inches in length.
