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| Land, Sea, or Air; Ma Deuce is always there... sorry |
The original M2 was an upgraded version of the Browning Model 1921 which was the .50 caliber version of the Browning M1917. The Browning M2 HB (Heavy Barrel) machine gun is mounted on almost every vehicle from World War II to the war in Afghanistan, (if it ain't broke, don't fix it eh?) but of course it has had some modifications. The barrel is Air-Cooled (meaning that the barrel is cooled by just the air) but older versions of the MG mainly on naval vessels had a large water jacket that would hold water pumped from a tank, they did this on other machine guns back then like the Vickers, this wasn't as adaptable compared to just a regular barrel shroud. Oh and the barrel shroud is not "a shoulder thing that goes up." (*shudder*)
Other than on various modes of transportation the M2 is used in MG nests for light fortifications or as AA guns. Before the use of the .50 BMG, most airplanes were generally fitted with machine guns that were around .308, .30-06, or 7.92mm. There is a considerable size difference between them and the fifty. The M2 was also designed to be belt fed from either side of the receiver, this allows two M2s to be fired side by side, while all the used shells are ejected out the bottom so there isn't any interference from flying brass.
This modeled firearm is just placed on a standard M3 tripod and features the generic Spade grip. I gave it a stainless barrel shroud as opposed to the standard blued one. I had the hardest time trying to figure how to make a low-poly barrel shroud, ended up figuring something out.
Why did I model a Browning M2HB? Why not.
-Mike
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