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For over a century the M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun, known affectionally among troops as "Ma Deuce," has been the staple small arms weapon in the United States military arsenal. While certain ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Browning M2 heavy machine gun—“Ma Deuce” or “50-cal” to the troops—casts a long shadow over U.S. military history. When Lauren Bacall Wellington served during the ...

Meet the M2 Browning: It’s a great machine gun, but it’s very heavy. And the U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for something lighter. It would be hard to fill the shoes of what many soldiers ...

One weapon has continually served the U.S. Armed Forces on land, at sea, and in the air for 105 years: the M2 heavy machine gun. First developed in 1918, the M2 has been in steady service throughout ...

Marines operating an M2 Browning machine gun mounted on a tripod at Khe Sanh Combat Base, Vietnam. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) For over a century the M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun, known ...