50 Caliber versus 14.5 MM Machine guns. The comparison between a .50 caliber (12.7mm) machine gun and a 14.5mm heavy machine gun involves several factors including bullet size, muzzle velocity, range, ...

The Army is revving up development and delivery of advanced targeting technology for its .50-cal machine gun to increase precision, widen the mission envelope and destroy challenging targets such ...

The Origin Story The AN/M2 .50-cal. machine gun had its origins in John M. Browning’s Model of 1917 .30-cal. machine gun. Its short-recoil-operated, belt-fed design was a success on the ...

I dont see why you cant make at least a .50 cal 'zip gun' style with a old barrel, fun toy although good luck finding that barrel and the .50 cal ammo to fire.<P>also, its probably vey illegal to ...

Marines tested one of the vehicles, equipped with a .50 cal. mounted on a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station, or CROWS, to see how squads can benefit from having a heavy machine gun in their ...

The Army is creating a new, lightweight version of its iconic .50-cal machine gun designed to better enable Soldiers to destroy enemies, protect convoys, mount weapons on vehicles, attack targets ...

One of the most long-lived firearms in the U.S. military arsenal is the M2 .50-cal. Browning Machine Gun, which has been in service for nearly 100 years.

The .50-Cal can fire up to 600-rounds per minute out to ranges of 7,000 yards, with an ideal attack range of 2,000 yards, Army information specifies. Precision-guided weaponry, such as JDAMs from ...