Browning M2

The Browning M2 .50 caliber Machine Gun is a improved version on the Browning Model 1921 .50 caliber Machine Gun. The M2 was developed in 1932 as a joint effort by the Army as a heavy barrel ground gun and the Navy as a water cooled Anti-Aircraft gun. The light weight version developed for aircraft and also used on PT Boats were developed in the late 1930. All three versions were used during World War II by the United States and it's Allies. The M2 Heavy Barrel and M2 Aircraft have seen continued service into the 21st century.

In the film industry the M2 Browning has been used in several configurations M2 Heavy Barrel Ground Gun, M2 Water Cooled Anti-Aircraft Gun, M2 Light Weight Aircraft Gun and as a Mocked Up Russian DShK heavy machine gun.

Specifications

Type: Heavy Machine Gun

Caliber: .50 BMG

Capacity: varies

Fire Modes: Fully Automatic (450-550 RPM [M2HB])/(780-850 RPM [M2 Aircraft])/(450-600 RPM [M2 Water Cooled])

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The Browning M2 appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:

Browning M2 Heavy Barrel

Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG

Browning M2HB on M3 tripod - .50 BMG.

File:US WW2 M2HB Browning cal .50 machine-gun, on an M35 skate rail AFV mount.jpg

Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2			Mounted on tanks	2001
To Hell and Back	Audie Murphy	Himself	M2HB, mounted on M4 Sherman tank	1955
Hell Is for Heroes			Stock Footage of an M2HB mounted on a tank	1962
Rambo	Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo	M2HB, mounted on Burmese pirate boat	2008
Black Hawk Down		U.S. Army Rangers and Somali militiamen	M2HB, vehicle-mounted	2001
Toy Soldiers		Colombian terrorists	M2HB, tripod-mounted	1991
Blood Diamond		Government soldiers	M2HB, vehicle-mounted	2006
Behind Enemy Lines		Serbian soldiers	M2HB, vehicle-mounted	2001
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection	Michael Gross	Burt Gummer	M2HB, M45 quadmount	2001
Courage Under Fire	Denzel Washington	Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling	M2HB, mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	1996
Courage Under Fire	Tim Ransom	Captain Boylar	M2HB, mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	1996
Courage Under Fire		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	1996
War of the Worlds		U.S. military personnel	M2HB, vehicle-mounted	2005
The War of the Worlds		U.S. military personnel		1953
The Terminator		Human resistance fighter	M2HB, with spade grips removed	1984
Terminator 2: Judgement Day			M2HB, seen in hidden weapons cache	1991
Cradle 2 the Grave	Anthony Anderson	Tommy	M2HB, mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	2003
Cradle 2 the Grave	Ron Yuan	Laser Technician	M2HB, twin anti-aircraft mounting	2003
Full Metal Jacket		U.S. Marines	M2HB, mounted on M41 Walker Bulldog tanks	1987
Jarhead		U.S. Marines	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Marine Corps vehicles, with and without gun shields	2005
The Core			M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles	2003
The Kingdom		Saudi military personnel	M2HB, vehicle-mounted	2007
The Day the Earth Stood Still		U.S. Army soldier	M2HB, mounted on jeep	1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	2008
The Incredible Hulk		U.S. military personnel	M2HB, mounted on U.S. military Humvees	2008
Die Another Day	Will Yun Lee	Colonel Tan-Sun Moon	M2HB, disguised as fictional heavy weapon mounted on North Korean hovercraft	2002
Death Race			M2HB, mounted on several vehicles in single and twin mountings with gun shields	2008
The Longest Day		German soldiers	M2HB, M45 quadmount	1963
The Longest Day		French Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on M4 Sherman tank	1963
The Story of G.I. Joe		A U.S. Army soldier	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army truck	1945
The Siege of Firebase Gloria		U.S. Marines	M2HB, tripod-mounted	1989
The Bridge at Remagen		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	1969
The Hunters		Chinese P.L.A. soldiers	M2HB, mounted on Chinese P.L.A. half-track	1958
Dragon Wars: D-War		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	2007
The Devil's Brigade		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on M47 Patton tanks	1968
A Walk in the Sun		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army half-track	1945
28 Weeks Later		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, tripod and vehicle-mounted	2007
Iron Eagle		Enemy soldiers	M2HB, tripod and vehicle-mounted	1986
Commando			M2 Aircraft, seen on a wall in a hidden weapons vault	1985
Transformers		U.S. military personnel	M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles	2007
Transformers		Brawl	M2HB, twin-mounted on the turret of Brawl's tank form	2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen		U.S. military personnel	M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles	2009
Apocalypse Now	Fredric Forrest	Jay 'Chef' Hicks	M2HB, single mounted on Navy PBR	1979
Apocalypse Now	Sam Bottoms	Lance Johnson	M2HB, double hand mounted on Navy PBR	1979

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Over There		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	2005
Over There	Josh Stamberg	Lt. Alex "Underpants" Hunter	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army Humvee	2005
Tour of Duty
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Fom the Stories of Stephen King		Green Army Men
The Unit		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army Humvees	2006 - 2009
Ultimate Force / Charlie Bravo			M2HB, tripod-mounted	2002 - 2008

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Passwords	Release Date
Battlefield 2	M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles		2005
America's 10 Most Wanted	Mounted sentry guns
007: Nightfire	M2HB	Available in multiplayer mode only, with certain weapon sets	2002
007: Agent Under Fire	M2HB		2001, 2002
ArmA: Armed Assault	M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles		2007
Operation Flashpoint	M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles		2001
Battlefield: 1942	M2HB, vehicle and tripod-mounted		2002
Call of Duty: United Offensive	M2HB vehicle and tripod-mounted & M2 Aircraft		2004
Call of Duty: Finest Hour	M2HB, vehicle-mounted		2004
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	M2HB, tripod-mounted		2005
Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts	M2HB, mounted on M10 tank destroyers in cutscene, non-playable		2008
Far Cry	M2HB, vehicle mounted		2004
Far Cry 2	M2HB, vehicle, tripod and monopod mounted		2008
Steel Beasts	M2HB, mounted on U.S. military vehicles		2000
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad	M2HB, vehicle-mounted		2003
Combat Mission: Shock Force	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles		2007
Project I.G.I	M2HB		2000
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth	M2HB		2005, 2006
America's Army	M2HB, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles		2002
Fallout 2: Tactics	Hip-fired (unmounted)		2001
Timesplitters: Future Perfect	M2HB		2005
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat	M2HB		2006
Left 4 Dead 2	M2HB, tripod-mounted		2009

Anime

Film Title	Character	Note	Date
Patlabor: The Movie 2	Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers	M2HB, Mounted on JGSDF tanks	1993
Blood+		M2HB, tripod-mounted	2005 - 2006

Animation

Film/TV Show	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Iron Giant		U.S. Army soldiers	M2HB, mounted on M41 Walker Bulldog tanks	1999
The Incredibles	Brad Bird	Edna "E" Mode	Browning M2HB-based Turrets	2004

Browning M2 Aircraft

Browning M2 Aircraft .50 BMG

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Green Berets			M2 Aircraft, tripod-mounted	1968
The Tuskegee Airmen		U.S. Army Air Force pilots	M2 Aircraft, mounted in B-17 Flying Fortress and P-51 Mustang	1995
Memphis Belle		U.S. Army Air Force crews	M2 Aircraft, mounted in B-17 Flying Fortress	1990
Patton		U.S. Army soldiers	M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	1970
Battle of the Bulge		U.S. Army soldiers	M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	1965
Pearl Harbor		U.S. military personnel	M2 Aircraft, mounted in B-25 Mitchell and P-40 Warhawk & M2HB, with sights removed and in twin Naval anti-aircraft mounting	2001
Rambo	Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo	M2 Aircraft, mounted on truck and fitted with Barrett M82-style muzzle brake and gun shield	2008
Rambo		Junta soldiers	M2 Aircraft, mounted on truck and boats and fitted with Barrett M82-style muzzle brake and gun shield	2008
It's a Wonderful Life	Todd Karns	Harry Bailey	M2 Aircraft	1946
Waterworld		"Smokers"	M2 Aircraft, M45 quadmount	1995
The Siege		U.S. Army soldier	M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army Humvee	1998
Jurassic Park III		U.S. Marines	M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Vehicles	2001
The Story of G.I. Joe	Robert Mitchum	Lt. Bill Walker	M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army truck	1945
The Bridge at Remagen		U.S. Army soldiers	M2 Aircraft, mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	1969
A Walk in the Sun		U.S. Army soldiers	M2 Aircraft, quad-mounted on U.S. Army half-track	1945
They Were Expendable		U.S. Navy sailors	M2 Aircraft, twin Naval anti-aircraft mounting on U.S. Navy PT boats	1945
Commando			M2 Aircraft, seen on a wall in a hidden weapons vault	1985

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Rat Patrol			M2 Aircraft, mounted on jeep	1966 - 1968
McHale's Navy			M2 Aircraft, mounted on PT73	1962 - 1966
Baa, Baa Black Sheep			M2 Aircraft mounted in F4U Corsairs	1976 - 1978

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Passwords	Release Date
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator	M2 Aircraft, twin naval and B-17 tail gun mountings		2003
Call of Duty: World at War	M2 Aircraft, mounted on PBY Catalina		2008

Browning M2 Water Cooled

Browning M2 .50 Water Cooled

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Tora! Tora! Tora!		U.S. military personnel	M2 Water Cooled, mounted on U.S. Navy vessels	1970