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.

Browning M2 M51 Quad Mounted System .50 BMG

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2			Mounted on tanks	2001
To Hell and Back	Audie Murphy	Himself	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	Mounted on Burmese jeep	2008
Black Hawk Down		U.S. Army Rangers and Somali militiamen	Mounted on humvees and technicals	2001
Toy Soldiers		Colombian terrorists	Mounted on M3 tripod	1991
Blood Diamond		Government soldiers	Vehicle-mounted	2006
Behind Enemy Lines		Serbian soldiers	Vehicle-mounted	2001
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection	Michael Gross	Burt Gummer	In M45 quadmount	2001
Courage Under Fire	Denzel Washington	Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling	Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	1996
Courage Under Fire	Tim Ransom	Captain Boylar	Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	1996
Courage Under Fire		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	1996
War of the Worlds		U.S. military personnel	Vehicle-mounted	2005
The War of the Worlds		U.S. military personnel		1953
The Terminator		Human resistance fighter	With spade grips removed	1984
Terminator 2: Judgement Day			Seen in hidden weapons cache	1991
Cradle 2 the Grave	Anthony Anderson	Tommy	Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	2003
Cradle 2 the Grave	Ron Yuan	Laser Technician	In twin anti-aircraft mounting	2003
Full Metal Jacket		U.S. Marines	Mounted on M41 Walker Bulldog tanks	1987
Jarhead		U.S. Marines	Mounted on U.S. Marine Corps vehicles, with and without gun shields	2005
The Core			Mounted on U.S. military vehicles	2003
The Kingdom		Saudi military personnel	Vehicle-mounted	2007
The Day the Earth Stood Still		U.S. Army soldier	Mounted on jeep	1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	2008
The Incredible Hulk		U.S. military personnel	Mounted on U.S. military Humvees	2008
Die Another Day	Will Yun Lee	Colonel Tan-Sun Moon	Disguised as fictional heavy weapon mounted on North Korean hovercraft	2002
Death Race			Mounted on several vehicles in single and twin mountings with gun shields	2008
The Longest Day		German soldiers	In M45 quadmount	1963
The Longest Day		French Army soldiers	Mounted on M4 Sherman tank	1963
The Story of G.I. Joe		U.S. Army soldier	Mounted on U.S. Army truck	1945
The Siege of Firebase Gloria		U.S. Marines	Mounted on M3 tripod	1989
The Bridge at Remagen		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	1969
The Hunters		Chinese P.L.A. soldiers	Mounted on Chinese P.L.A. half-track	1958
Dragon Wars: D-War		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	2007
The Devil's Brigade		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on M47 Patton tanks	1968
A Walk in the Sun		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army half-track	1945
28 Weeks Later		U.S. Army soldiers	Tripod and vehicle-mounted	2007
Iron Eagle		Enemy soldiers	Tripod and vehicle-mounted	1986
Transformers		U.S. military personnel	Mounted on U.S. military vehicles	2007
Transformers		Brawl	Twin-mounted on the turret of Brawl's tank form	2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen		U.S. military personnel	Mounted on U.S. military vehicles	2009
Apocalypse Now	Fredric Forrest	Jay 'Chef' Hicks	Mounted on Navy PBR	1979
Apocalypse Now	Sam Bottoms	Lance Johnson	In twin naval mounting on Navy PBR	1979
The Eagle Has Landed		U.S. Army Rangers	Mounted on armored vehicle	1976
20 Million Miles to Earth		Italian soldier	Mounted in a tank	1957

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Over There		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	2005
Over There	Josh Stamberg	Lt. Alex "Underpants" Hunter	Mounted on Humvee	2005
Tour of Duty		U.S. Army soldiers	Vehicle-mounted	1987 - 1989
The Unit		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on Humvees	2006 - 2009
Ultimate Force / "Charlie Bravo"	Ross Kemp	Sgt. Henno Garvie	Mounted on M3 tripod	2002 - 2008
The Andromeda Strain		US Army Soldiers	Mounted on (fake) M1126 Stryker	2008
Criminal Minds / "Distress"		Somali Militiamen	Mounted on pickup truck	2005 - ????

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Passwords	Release Date
Battlefield 2	Mounted on M1A2 Abrams, Leopard 2A6, Challenger 2, Humvee, and Desert Patrol Vehicle		2005
Project Reality	Mounted on M3 tripod, Humvee, M1A2 Abrams, Merkava tank, M113 APC, M1126 Stryker, and Land Rover jeep		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	Tripod-mounted		2001, 2002
ArmA: Armed Assault	Mounted on U.S. military vehicles		2007
Operation Flashpoint	Mounted on U.S. military vehicles		2001
Battlefield: 1942	Vehicle and tripod-mounted		2002
Call of Duty: United Offensive	Vehicle and tripod-mounted		2004
Call of Duty: Finest Hour	Vehicle-mounted		2004
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	Mounted on M3 tripod		2005
Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts	Mounted on M10 tank destroyers in cutscene, non-playable		2008
Medal of Honor: Underground			2000
Far Cry	Vehicle mounted		2004
Far Cry 2	Vehicle, tripod, and monopod-mounted		2008
Steel Beasts	Mounted on U.S. military vehicles		2000
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad	Vehicle-mounted		2003
Combat Mission: Shock Force	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles		2007
Project I.G.I			2000
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth			2005, 2006
America's Army	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles		2002
Conflict: Vietnam	Mounted on tank		2004
Fallout 2: Tactics	Hip-fired (unmounted)		2001
Timesplitters: Future Perfect			2005
Left 4 Dead 2	Heavy Machine Gun, Mounted on M3 tripod		2009
Marines: Modern Urban Combat	Mounted on M3 tripod and Humvees		2010

Anime

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

Animation

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

Browning M2 Aircraft

Browning M2 Aircraft .50 BMG

Film

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

Television

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

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Passwords	Release Date
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator	In twin naval and B-17 tail gun mountings		2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive	Mounted on P-47 Thunderbolts and B-17 Flying Fortress		2004
Call of Duty: World at War	Mounted on PBY Catalina		2008

Animation

Film/TV Show	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Iron Giant		U.S. Air Force pilots	Mounted on F-86 Sabre fighters	1999

Browning M2 Water Cooled

Browning M2 Water Cooled - .50 BMG

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Tora! Tora! Tora!		U.S. military personnel	Mounted on U.S. Navy vessels	1970