Browning .50-caliber Machine Guns
The Browning 50-cal has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory. The fifty has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun. It is considered such an effective and reliable weapon that few countries ever attempted to develop an equivalent weapon. This title presents a history of the development of this famous weapon.
The Browning "50-cal" has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory. The "fifty" has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun. It is considered such an effective and reliable weapon that few countries ever attempted to develop an equivalent weapon. Even the Japanese created a copy of it during World War II when the US was producing literally thousands every month to use in every theater. This is a history of the development of this famous weapon, its most critical operational use and the variants that have been produced to keep it at the forefront of the action.
| Autor: | Rottman Gordon L. |
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| ISBN: | 9781849083300 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Bloomsbury |
| Veröffentlicht: | 10.10.2010 |
| Schlagworte: | HISTORY / Military / United States HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War HISTORY / Military / World War II History Militaria, arms & armour Ordnance, weapons technology Weapons & equipment |
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