Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. Just purchased from a private collection, this is an incredible Browning AN/M2 Machine Gun parts set, partly assembled into a display gun. The right hand side plate has been destroyed per BATF requirements, cut away with a flame torch. The original barrel deactivated by welding up the chamber, and welded into the barrel trunion. The barrel jacket still looks to be intact, and has a rotating bushing for mounting into an aircraft setup.
Many of the original internal components, including the bolt, barrel extension, and lock / buffer group were removed prior to deactivation, and we believe them to be intact. The top cover looks to be intact as well, and cocking handle assembly and frame parts look to be intact. There is no back plate included. All of the included parts are shown in the pictures.
The right hand side of the receiver still has the complete original markings under the feed tray over the patent numbers:
U.S. NO. 1190518 GVT. INSP. FJA
BROWNING MACHINE GUN, CAL. 50M2
MANUFACTURED BY
SAVAGE ARMS CORPORATION
UTICA, N.Y. U.S.A.
A very impressive display piece, which would make an incredible addition to any collection. Ready to display!
The M2 Machine Gun, Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun, is a heavy machine gun designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. It is very similar in design to John Browning's earlier M1919 Browning machine gun, which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge. The M2 uses the larger and more powerful .50 BMG cartridge, which was named for the gun itself (BMG standing for Browning Machine Gun). The M2 has been referred to as "Ma Deuce", or "the fifty" in reference to its caliber. The design has had many specific designations; the official designation for this WWII infantry type is Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2. It is effective against infantry, unarmored or lightly armored vehicles and boats, light fortifications, and low-flying aircraft.
The M2 machine gun was widely used during World War II, and in later postwar conflicts, as a remote or flexible aircraft gun. For fixed (offensive) or flexible (defensive) guns used in aircraft, a dedicated M2 version was developed called the .50 Browning AN/M2. The "AN" stands for "Army/Navy", since the gun was developed jointly for use by both services (unusual for the time, when the delineations between the Army and Navy were much stricter, and relations between armed services were often cool, if not outright hostile[citation needed]). The AN/M2 had a cyclic rate of 750–850 rounds per minute, with the ability to be fired from an electrically operated remote-mount solenoid trigger when installed as a fixed gun. Cooled by the aircraft's slip-stream, the air-cooled AN/M2 was fitted with a substantially lighter 36-inch (91 cm) length barrel, reducing the weight of the complete unit to 61 pounds (28 kg), which also had the effect of increasing the rate of fire. The official designation for this weapon was Browning Machine Gun, Aircraft, Cal. .50, AN/M2 (Fixed) or (Flexible). The B-17G Flying Fortress heavy bomber was armed with up to 13 AN/M2 guns in both turreted and flexible positions, with only the later versions of the B-25J Mitchell medium bomber, field-fitted with solid metal noses carrying more AN/M2 guns. These could carry from 14 to 18 M2s, mostly aimed forward for attack duties, including two guns on the forward-located dorsal turret of the B-25H and J models.
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