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 ...

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.

Your next belt of .50 caliber ammunition could weigh 10 to 20 pounds less than it does now, if industry representatives are able to meet the needs of a recent Marine Corps request. (Cpl. Aaron S ...