@@osteazo yeah if you don’t keep up with maintenance with cleaning and setting the head space and timing and have a shitty armorer then yeah I can see it needing lube and jamming and having a slow rate of fire
@osteazo at least there's no more headspace timing on the new gen m2. I will say I preferred the mk19, you have to have the magic touch to that squirrelly thing operational, goes down more than the m2.
Machine guns are used in 5 to 8 round bursts with a second or two between for sustained rates of fire, either this was to train using cyclic rate of fire to cover a retreat(mag dump for the less informed) or had a special case reason to run it like that
@@jakegrube9477As someone who has participated in many dozens of gunnery courses/trainings (admittedly I'm only qualified on the 249 and 240, but the concept is the same) I can tell you exactly the reason why this gunner isn't firing in bursts: he's purposefully trying to burn through ammo. The paperwork and logistics of trying to turn in unused ammo after a range/training day is an absolute f***ing nightmare. Absolutely every single round of ammo has to be accounted for, and the 89Bs will keep you scouring the field for hours for the slightest discrepency. It is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay less of a headache to just burn through all of the excess ammo that has been signed off for than to try and return said ammo. I have seen guys literally turn M2 barrels glowing red just trying to burn excess .50 cal ammo rather than go through the process of turning ammo back in.
John Browning really rolled up, dropped two of the most successful firearms in American history, arguably human history, and just dipped. The M2 and the M1911 are literally so old our great grandfathers probably used them when they were still new, and they're still with us.
Great weapon if you could see what your hitting through muzzle flash and particulates, like the GAU 21 doesn't bounce around but the they still use the old style mounting in the feild
Nahh bro you’re absolutely right… my grandpa RIP🙏🏾 was in the Mexican military and as a sargento he was issued a 45-70 lever action rifle and inc she got out he was rocking a 45 1911.. it’s been a long time since he’s had it but we got to shoot it on the ranch for new years and it still ran like a champ
The 0.5 Browning was one of the weapons that I had used during my 2.5-year National Service duty as an armoured infantry soldier. This is my favourite in firing but not in cleaning it, and certainly not during all vehicle breakdown drills. Thanks for stirring up my fond memories.
In case anyone was curious sustained rate on the m2a1 is a 6-9 round burst with a 10-15 second pause < 40 rpm barrel change at end of day and rapid is 6-9 round burst with a 5-10 second pause > 40 rpm barrel change at half of day. Hot barrel is 200 rounds or more in 2 minutes or less, if it’s deemed hot by the a-gunner, after a long continuous burst or it’s been less then 15 minutes since being deemed a hot barrel. This is most likely an admin dump and his overhand charging made me die a little inside. Over 8 years as a 0331 with CAAT plt we know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two
@@user-dq2jq2qt8c yes but he’s (probably) referring to the fact that there’s Browning 50 cals from the 30’s and 40’s are still in service to this day. AK’s are still in production and have been improved on over time. These brownings changed very little if any. We dropped the MG3 and so many other machine guns throughout the decades. But the Browning 50 Cal still being used is crazy to think about.
I love firing the M2 and have worked on them and all military weapons when I worked for the department of defense for 30 years on the Army base Fort Drum New York I loved that job😊
Mowing the lawn, trimming hedges, Pest Control, felling trees, making acceleration holes in the car, putting the woodpecker out of work, showing directions for people who got lost, making holes in Swiss cheese and giving my German grandpa PTSD, this thing can do it all
Accuracy isn’t important when you’re chucking that much lead downfield. Hell, just the sound of that being fired in your direction is enough to turn most armies around.
I was in Armor. We fired short bursts to not overheat the barrel. We never had a dirty .50 cal like this. We unmounted the Crew Served Weapon, field stripped it, and cleaned it with LSA.
I was on the .50 cal. Team in the guards. Truck mounted. It was very casually organized. Just keep the barrel between two safety posts and let er rip! I couldn’t hit shit, but I had a shit eating grin on my face the whole time! Like a drug. One of the highlights of my 20 years in.
It has a lot of kick. But it’s mounted ,so it doesn’t hurt. But it makes you hold on tight. I think it would be very accurate with an experienced gunner operating it. Once a year qualifying is not enough!
Don't know if there is an editing glitch or not but with a MA Duece you have to charge it twice to position the first round for firing. Edit; Watching it again, the placement of the first round would only require charging it once.
Never charge the weapon overhand. There’s a retention pin that has a cotter pin in the path of the charging handle and it will shred your knuckles every time; even with gloves.
Small point most people miss... 3/4th the way through the video, after reloading and before firing. You can see him push the 50, right, tight and down, before he began to fire... 50's way of adequete shoulder pressure... ~ 0331 Marine Machine Gunnner
@treyebillups8602 no when u change barrels there is a headspace and timing guage that has a fire and no fire side. The timing is a knob inside the gun at the top...u take off the back of it where the handles and trigger at abd its there. The knob u twist it and the barrel u gotta tighten it or loosen it its not just screw the barrel in all the way n start shooting. Each guage goes in and the fire side needs to fire no fire side not be able to fire so u gotta do 4 checks with the guage minimum. Once I get the timing set it will stay good fir a while so u only have to mess with the barrel. I got it down to a point where I'd screw the barrel in all the way and then loosen it 2 or 3 clicks and that was the correct head space.
It still blows my mind that after nearly 100 years and all the insane advances in technology, that this gun is still going strong and used by most armies around the world!
I can't ever forget my first introduction to to this gun. Walking through a valley in Brecon and our instructors wanted us to know the sound of rounds flying close over head at night without warning and with shit loads of tracers.
That would be the thirty caliber version. M1917. M2 was invented I think in 1921. My best guess is the US manager in ahold of the German Tankgewehr rifle during the war. The bullets were about thirteen point two millimeters bigger than anything else at the time. So they reverse engineered them an invented the fifty caliber round.
@@Darth234Ravenous.50 had been around for a hot minute. The M2 specifically had been developed as anti-aircraft gun, and it was really only the Coast guard that was using it early on when it was still water-cooled
This gun wasnt invented until after ww1. It was finally put in service in 1933. They did however have the m1917 chambered in 30-06 which was a water cooled version of the m1919, which is the same thing, just with an air cooled jacket instead. The US marines were still using the outdated browning m1917 in the battle of guadalcanal in ww2.
I went shooting at a shooting range on Hwy 6 and Westheimer Road years ago with my boss. He brought a 50 caliber rifle that we carried it in two long cases. After assembling it with the tripod, firing that thing was scary due to the concussion and noise it made. The bullet itself could be used as a weapon because of the size.
Glad to see were reinvesting in the Philippines! Need to open more bases there. Partly bc I'm retiring w/ my wife there and need a BX/PX/NEX to hit up!
I operated a 50 the whole time I was in the Marines and Army. Marines we humped it to the position. In the Army I operated it from atop an armor personal carrier!
If you noticed he set the ammo in the tray the normal way then grabbed the link and pulled it over and it clicked. That movement is what the first charge normally does. This allowed him to charge it once and be ready to go. The edit was likely just the time between loading and engaging. Watch again closely as he loads.
It's a very common misconception that the M2 50 "NEEDS" to be charged twice. If you watch the video closely you can clearly see him put the belt into position and engage the extractor on the first round. This allows you to only need to charge it one time. If you do not position the belt under the extractor, then yes you do need to charge it twice, once to position the round and once to feed the round.
When I was in the army, my vehicle was the M578. It was fitted with a .50 cal. I never fired it or qualified with it. I certainly cleaned the crap out of it. 😅
If you say "GET SOME", accuracy increases by 30% automatically
This comment is underrated lmao we gotta get this to at least 1k likes
😂
FULL METAL JACKET (1987)
I watch these videos and scream "get some" like a complete maniac while in my apartment.. my neighbors probably think I'm a scitzo nutcase 😂😂😂
@@anthonycharles8920 Cause you probably are.....ME TOO 🤣🤣🤣
“Yes officer, it’s for self defense”
Damn right it is commie
American self defense be like😂
You bet
Only in Texas 😂
Yes officer, it's mounted on the back of my truck with protective steel panels for self-defense.
That thing is 100 years old. Such a magnificent piece of engineering.
91 years but still true
Just goes to show you, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
@@TheMrDariusit breaks a lot tho ask anyone that used one in Afghanistan it constantly jammed and needed lube
@@osteazo yeah if you don’t keep up with maintenance with cleaning and setting the head space and timing and have a shitty armorer then yeah I can see it needing lube and jamming and having a slow rate of fire
@osteazo at least there's no more headspace timing on the new gen m2. I will say I preferred the mk19, you have to have the magic touch to that squirrelly thing operational, goes down more than the m2.
When they tell you "We're not taking any of this ammo back with us."
Finally they're using it as a machine gun instead of short bursts
The ATF must've not been looking.
money
Machine guns are used in 5 to 8 round bursts with a second or two between for sustained rates of fire, either this was to train using cyclic rate of fire to cover a retreat(mag dump for the less informed) or had a special case reason to run it like that
@@jakegrube9477As someone who has participated in many dozens of gunnery courses/trainings (admittedly I'm only qualified on the 249 and 240, but the concept is the same) I can tell you exactly the reason why this gunner isn't firing in bursts: he's purposefully trying to burn through ammo.
The paperwork and logistics of trying to turn in unused ammo after a range/training day is an absolute f***ing nightmare. Absolutely every single round of ammo has to be accounted for, and the 89Bs will keep you scouring the field for hours for the slightest discrepency. It is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay less of a headache to just burn through all of the excess ammo that has been signed off for than to try and return said ammo. I have seen guys literally turn M2 barrels glowing red just trying to burn excess .50 cal ammo rather than go through the process of turning ammo back in.
@@Coole501 i forgot about that part lmao
Why do I hear cash register sound!?!😂
bc thats 10000 down the drain lol
3,50$ each round
Because the links are falling down on metal.
@@giuseppedanieli7878$3 for 1 round*
That’s just the money wasting
I love that he actually says "On the way!"
Years ago I saw a bumper sticker from some machine gun squadron(?) in some branch of the military. Their motto:
ACCURACY BY VOLUME
John Browning really rolled up, dropped two of the most successful firearms in American history, arguably human history, and just dipped. The M2 and the M1911 are literally so old our great grandfathers probably used them when they were still new, and they're still with us.
Hiram Maxim
Great weapon if you could see what your hitting through muzzle flash and particulates, like the GAU 21 doesn't bounce around but the they still use the old style mounting in the feild
Nahh bro you’re absolutely right… my grandpa RIP🙏🏾 was in the Mexican military and as a sargento he was issued a 45-70 lever action rifle and inc she got out he was rocking a 45 1911.. it’s been a long time since he’s had it but we got to shoot it on the ranch for new years and it still ran like a champ
Woahhhh don’t forget about the BAR
@@lukycharms9970 BAR was great but it wasn't legendary like the M2 and the M1911
“Fuck everything in that direction”
That’s my kind of weapon
Fr
ITS GOT A GOOD SPREAD!!! Like bill burr would say 😂😂😂😂
@@bobsacamano8041 lol..that Sprreeeeaad
É mesmíssima arma de rambo4
enemy sniper be like: pew
The 0.5 Browning was one of the weapons that I had used during my 2.5-year National Service duty as an armoured infantry soldier. This is my favourite in firing but not in cleaning it, and certainly not during all vehicle breakdown drills.
Thanks for stirring up my fond memories.
In case anyone was curious sustained rate on the m2a1 is a 6-9 round burst with a 10-15 second pause < 40 rpm barrel change at end of day and rapid is 6-9 round burst with a 5-10 second pause > 40 rpm barrel change at half of day. Hot barrel is 200 rounds or more in 2 minutes or less, if it’s deemed hot by the a-gunner, after a long continuous burst or it’s been less then 15 minutes since being deemed a hot barrel. This is most likely an admin dump and his overhand charging made me die a little inside. Over 8 years as a 0331 with CAAT plt we know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two
AIRBORNE!
Some Filipino guy walking around 1000 meters away: “what’s that noi-“
"PUTANGI--"
@@asian_slav1851Hahaha 🤣 Takbo mga tropa ambush 🤭🤣🤣🙏❤️
Wtf is the usa doing in Philippines?
The Filipino guy is thinking about dead Chinese sleeper cells from 100 meters away
@@juancorzo5081shootin dirt obviously
You know you made a great gun when it lasted more than 100 years. In today's kids language, W Browning
I still have my grandads gold trigger automatic shotgun
There are a lot of examples of old guns, AK is already using by 80 years, DShK for 90 years, MG42 aka MG3 for 80 years
@@user-dq2jq2qt8c yes but he’s (probably) referring to the fact that there’s Browning 50 cals from the 30’s and 40’s are still in service to this day. AK’s are still in production and have been improved on over time. These brownings changed very little if any. We dropped the MG3 and so many other machine guns throughout the decades. But the Browning 50 Cal still being used is crazy to think about.
Maxium guns too
You must be kidding. Ak - 80 years?
Dude just cleared 5 acres in 30 seconds😂
I love firing the M2 and have worked on them and all military weapons when I worked for the department of defense for 30 years on the Army base Fort Drum New York I loved that job😊
“What are you going to do with a .50 caliber machine gun?”
“Anything I want!”
The correct answer is yes. 😅😊🔥👍💪🗽🦅🇺🇸
Mowing the lawn, trimming hedges, Pest Control, felling trees, making acceleration holes in the car, putting the woodpecker out of work, showing directions for people who got lost, making holes in Swiss cheese and giving my German grandpa PTSD, this thing can do it all
@@target4all766 comedy gold brother man. 😃😁
Sound 90%
Vibration 100%
Accuracy -10%😂
You listen like movie .😂
Accuracy isn’t important when you’re chucking that much lead downfield. Hell, just the sound of that being fired in your direction is enough to turn most armies around.
It's more accurate than what you think, and soldiers have good control of recoil mainly due to their strength and shit
They are mostly used to suppress, you want accuracy get a rifle lol. No way I'm popping my head up hearing that thing throwing led over my head 😵
you do know that machine guns are mainly for suppressing fire right?
I was in Armor. We fired short bursts to not overheat the barrel. We never had a dirty .50 cal like this. We unmounted the Crew Served Weapon, field stripped it, and cleaned it with LSA.
The ultimate weapon with no further elements to develop. Will be easily loved for the next 100 years
The Browning 50 cal is so masterpiece! 🗿👑
I was on the .50 cal. Team in the guards. Truck mounted. It was very casually organized. Just keep the barrel between two safety posts and let er rip! I couldn’t hit shit, but I had a shit eating grin on my face the whole time! Like a drug. One of the highlights of my 20 years in.
Sweet!
is it inaccurate?
@@frog6581 from what I see in the video and from what OP is telling us, I would say it is hard to keep your aim when spraying it.
It has a lot of kick. But it’s mounted ,so it doesn’t hurt. But it makes you hold on tight. I think it would be very accurate with an experienced gunner operating it. Once a year qualifying is not enough!
If you can't hit shit with it, you need more training. This thing is an automatic marksman weapon in the right hands.
"Gonna have me some fun, gonna have me some fun."
Old ma deuce. She don't mess around , she don't let you down.
German veteran: “GET DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!💀💀💀”
Yeah and "rünter mit die Höse"😂
Seeing how this is happening in the Philippines, it would be a Japanese veteran saying that.
@@chiefslief1886Dont try to speak german if you butcher it like that.
😂
Goddamn that thing sounds beautiful
crazy pfp
Weirdo
@@Omarfromafar3based pfp, ☪️ = evil
@@Omarfromafar3based pfp, Christ is King
Greatness doesn't retire, they become "Fortified Defensive Measures!"
Don't know if there is an editing glitch or not but with a MA Duece you have to charge it twice to position the first round for firing.
Edit; Watching it again, the placement of the first round would only require charging it once.
Damn, this game is so realistic looking.
Its not a game
@@jennymurphy9727it's just a joke dude
That. That's what it should sound like. Well done.
AMAZING GUN !!! 😮👍👍
Brings back memories.
Never charge the weapon overhand. There’s a retention pin that has a cotter pin in the path of the charging handle and it will shred your knuckles every time; even with gloves.
Had to scroll way too far down to find the first comment about this 😂😂
I was looking too 🤣🤣
Absofreeginleuty Bruh😊
Great headspace and timing! That sounds immaculate.
No more manual headspace and timing its fixed
this is the M2A1
I remember having my head space and timing guage on 550 and would loop it thru my belt loop...never lost one thank God 😆
@@joehatten9171 still got mine in my office from Iraq
I actually thought that it was shooting at a faster cyclic rate than I remember from when I was a gunner.
So this is where all my taxes go, just so some guy can have fun
Small point most people miss... 3/4th the way through the video, after reloading and before firing. You can see him push the 50, right, tight and down, before he began to fire... 50's way of adequete shoulder pressure... ~ 0331 Marine Machine Gunnner
The hardest crew serve weapon to keep up in a firefight, but when working. No one stands a chance.
Yup I was a .50 cal gunner during mounted missions. The head space and timing is what alot of people don't know about.
@@joehatten9171 what are headspace and timing? are they a problem unique to the m2?
@treyebillups8602 no when u change barrels there is a headspace and timing guage that has a fire and no fire side. The timing is a knob inside the gun at the top...u take off the back of it where the handles and trigger at abd its there. The knob u twist it and the barrel u gotta tighten it or loosen it its not just screw the barrel in all the way n start shooting. Each guage goes in and the fire side needs to fire no fire side not be able to fire so u gotta do 4 checks with the guage minimum. Once I get the timing set it will stay good fir a while so u only have to mess with the barrel. I got it down to a point where I'd screw the barrel in all the way and then loosen it 2 or 3 clicks and that was the correct head space.
@treyebillups8602 all the other guns don't have a gage like that only the m2 .50 cal full auto.
@@treyebillups8602 ruclips.net/video/n_PDLcZ0W8Q/видео.htmlsi=hEndeZakEnxl8S57
- Private. Do you see that valley over?
- Yes, Sargent.
- I don't like it.
- Annihilating Valley now.
Bad ass machine
Wonderful pink mist Machine
And they said a perfect Wife doesn’t exist.
It still blows my mind that after nearly 100 years and all the insane advances in technology, that this gun is still going strong and used by most armies around the world!
That’s a beast !!!
Thanks..my dad served there in ww2 told me about melting the barrel on 50 cal. Defending the airstrip
I can't ever forget my first introduction to to this gun. Walking through a valley in Brecon and our instructors wanted us to know the sound of rounds flying close over head at night without warning and with shit loads of tracers.
I remember them very well during my Army deployment to Vietnam in 1967....57 years ago.
So cool to see you load it
I got to fire that when I was in the Army. You just use those tracer rounds to aim. It was a blast holding on to that beast
Imagine storming an American trench in WW1 only to hear this and see your Comrades get chopped in pieces.
Didn't have these is ww1
That would be the thirty caliber version. M1917. M2 was invented I think in 1921. My best guess is the US manager in ahold of the German
Tankgewehr rifle during the war. The bullets were about thirteen point two millimeters bigger than anything else at the time. So they reverse engineered them an invented the fifty caliber round.
@@Darth234Ravenous Nope, 12.7 had been around, but the specific 12.7 BMG (Browning Machine Gun) was invented alsongside/ similar timeframe as the M2
@@Darth234Ravenous.50 had been around for a hot minute. The M2 specifically had been developed as anti-aircraft gun, and it was really only the Coast guard that was using it early on when it was still water-cooled
This gun wasnt invented until after ww1. It was finally put in service in 1933. They did however have the m1917 chambered in 30-06 which was a water cooled version of the m1919, which is the same thing, just with an air cooled jacket instead. The US marines were still using the outdated browning m1917 in the battle of guadalcanal in ww2.
Amazing camera quality 👍🏽👍🏽
Correct way charge is underhanded grip
Reminds me of Rambo 2008
Got to love the sound of democracy being spread!!!
The sound of defense spending too
The sound of idiots
Lol funny. But we a constitutional Republic. Only democrats call it democracy.
Can you hear that bubbling sound? Great
I remember those days, good times.
A true beast ! 😳
If you’re a small arms aficionado, military in particular, the .50 is the cat’s meow. What a sound, what a round.
I went shooting at a shooting range on Hwy 6 and Westheimer Road years ago with my boss. He brought a 50 caliber rifle that we carried it in two long cases. After assembling it with the tripod, firing that thing was scary due to the concussion and noise it made. The bullet itself could be used as a weapon because of the size.
The Philippines ain't getting taken over this time 😎
me when my child says “goo goo ga ga” and doesn’t say “I will bring you a beer every time you request beautiful kind sir”:
12.7 лучший контраст. 👍 Супер пулемёт!
Наш русский ДШК не хуже его)))
@@user-sd3yw4og5eMG-42 ist das beste Maschinengewehr.
Doom! Doom! Doom! Is the sound you're about to hear. Also yelling, "Get some!" Does raise accuracy by 30%. It cools the barrel 25% faster.
Glad to see were reinvesting in the Philippines! Need to open more bases there.
Partly bc I'm retiring w/ my wife there and need a BX/PX/NEX to hit up!
Old but gold
When your neighbor is a drone nerd.
It's so much better at night. Tracer rounds look heavenly at night
Ahhh what a glorious sound 😍
Good Old MA Deuce!!!
Dude, you should be charging palm UP 😉
Love that sound
Remember. Short, controlled bursts.
We all know how hot that barrel gets if you keep putting rounds through at that rate.
Thats literally the death laugh
That looks like it would be kinda painful
Seems much easier to use and maintain than the DSHK
I operated a 50 the whole time I was in the Marines and Army. Marines we humped it to the position. In the Army I operated it from atop an armor personal carrier!
I’m surprised it didn’t jam after a 10 round burst
Properly cleaned, lubed and most importantly, headspaced
Это браунинг,самого легендарного в мире человека джона браунинга,его оружие работает как часы
As someone who's Filipino, TYSM U.S Military for supporting my country :D :D 🎉 🎉
😊💋
😊💋
The sound is satisfying I don't know why
Hearing those freedom seeds going off is so soothing haha
Cuesta 400.000 dólares disparar esta arma por 10 segundos
Umm, no, even 400 would be a stretch
.50bmg is only $5/round
@@Ljosi team fortress 2 reference
I dont speak that language but all i know it came from tf2
Thumb out buddy, nice edit charging it that 1 time something go wrong?
If you noticed he set the ammo in the tray the normal way then grabbed the link and pulled it over and it clicked. That movement is what the first charge normally does. This allowed him to charge it once and be ready to go. The edit was likely just the time between loading and engaging. Watch again closely as he loads.
It's a very common misconception that the M2 50 "NEEDS" to be charged twice. If you watch the video closely you can clearly see him put the belt into position and engage the extractor on the first round. This allows you to only need to charge it one time. If you do not position the belt under the extractor, then yes you do need to charge it twice, once to position the round and once to feed the round.
Yep, remember this rotation 20 years ago???
AIRBORNE!
"WE SUPPORT TO THE UTMOST"
It reminded me of Project IGI, which I played first when I was a child ❤
Its a machinegun!
3-5 second bursts, not 35 second bursts!
Wow! That Space Force Reserve Training looks amazingly real.
Damn!!!! They got that thing turned up a bit! That's fast shooting for the M2!
Heard about killing the waves...here he is killing the 🌳
กระสุนสวยดี❤
Who are you practicing to go to war with
your mom
Chyyyyna
@@lordsteppergod7269 ain't nobody actually tripping on China. Get real.
Reminds me of the old day's when i was in the Army mounted on a 113 👍
NOW THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL FULL AUTO 🔥
Magnífico era 12,7 . Una belleza
Alto el fuego !!!. Va cruzando el ganado
이놈으로 군단사격대회 우승했던 오래전 기억이 떠오르네요 잘 봤습니다.
You have to experience a 50 caliber in real life it’s exhilarating!
Thanks, Mr. B.
Used to be lumberjacks cutting trees down in this area, know they use a quicker method !!😅
When I was in the army, my vehicle was the M578. It was fitted with a .50 cal. I never fired it or qualified with it. I certainly cleaned the crap out of it. 😅
That is the smoothest running 50 i have ever seen...didnt have a single malfunction 😂
That’s freedom right there
What a wild arm the 50