Item Description
Original Items: Only One Set Available. This is an excellent condition genuine U.S. World War Two military issue M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun Tripod. This is the seldom found early model with brass ring dial and 1943 Dated Brass Data Plate.
The tripod has its original brass data plate that reads:
NO. 38370 H.M.R.
MOUNT, TRIPOD,
CAL .50 M3
COLSON CORP 1943
The top head of the tripod is stamped 195/BET. Various stamps, both stamped and raised, appear on various parts of the locations. Features brass cuff for pintle and fully functional legs, cross bar and welded feet. It is complete, functional and in excellent condition. The tripod appears to have had a period depot repaint at one time or another, with the brass data plate and ring dial being painted directly over. One could easily remove the paint from these areas if one desired.
This is perfect for registered full auto Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun or Semi-Auto conversions. WWII M2 Tripods are virtually non-existent, especially early versions, such as this one, and almost never in this excellent condition.
The M3 tripod is a weapon mount used on the M2HB Browning machine gun and the Mk 19 grenade launcher. The M3 tripod has a total weight of 20 kilograms (44 pounds). The M205 tripod, formerly the XM205, is intended to replace it.
Specifications
The M3 tripod is designed for portability but due to its solid metal construction weighs in at 20kg (44lb). When fully extended it measures 14"(35.56cm)high by 61 1/2"(156.21cm)wide by 76"(193.04cm)long. When collapsed it measures 48 1/2"x 8"x 7" (123.19cm x 20.32cm x17.78cm). It has a total traverse range of 425mils with the T&E mechanism (traversing and elevating mechanism) and 6,400 mils without it. The maximum elevation is 100mils and the maximum depression is 250mils with the T&E mechanism. Without the T&E Mechanism, the tripod can angle the weapon at 285 mils up or 335 mils down from zero
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