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For decades, the U.S. military’s M240 medium machine gun has proven its worth, but now the Army is looking for something new. The Army’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget includes a project dubbed the ...

The Browning M2 has outlasted nearly every weapon of its era. Born in the late 1910s and perfected during World War II, the .50 BMG “Ma Deuce” became the go-to heavy machine gun for U.S. forces. It ...

U.S. Army Infantrymen Spc. Morgan Panlilio and Sgt. Zachary Payne, assigned to 10th Mountain Division, Task Force ARMADILLO, collaboratively operate an M240B, in Syria, June 9, 2025. (U.S. Army photo ...

The Browning M2 entered U.S. service in 1921 and remains operational today despite predating jets, radar, helicopters, and modern armored warfare. U.S. military attempts to replace the M2 repeatedly ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Massive stopping power and a bullet-proof design keeps “Ma Deuce” in the fight. The venerable M2 Browning machine gun was first developed during World War I. The Great ...

Few weapons have defined the tempo of modern warfare quite like the machine gun. It isn’t a new concept by any means, with the notion of rapid fire volleys being something dating back to the Age of ...

On January 26, 1945, near Holtzwihr, France, 2nd Lt. Audie Murphy climbed onto a burning tank destroyer and used its .50-caliber machine gun against advancing German infantry. The official Medal of ...