Photo Of The Day and these soldiers are carrying the ammunition belt to the Browning M3M on-board the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat helicopter. How long do you think the belt is? How much do you think it weighs? The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, previously known as the [Read More…]
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” That’s probably the most common mistake in photo taking, but in this case, I think the photographers did an excellent job. Just imagine the blast from what the Austrian Army calls the [Read More…]
NordArm has developed a quick detachable blank firing adapter for the iconic Browning M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun. NordArm’s blank firing adapter has a patented attachment system which requires no tools to fit and uses a clamp and ratchet system and the [Read More…]
SureFire announced the formal launch of their new SF3P-50BMG flash hider today. This flash hider is explicitly designed for use with M2 .50 caliber machine guns. In addition, there are two versions now available, one for the military and one for the commercial market. [Read More…]
Above you can see a High Explosive artillery 155 mm round being fired from an M109A6 Paladin, in a live-fire training at Combined Resolve IX at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. That is the subject of this Photo Of The Day. The updated A6 Paladin version can come from [Read More…]
Formerly known as Renault Trucks Defense, and part of the Volvo Trucks Group, the French company Arquus are working on something a little bit more than your ordinary Volvo station wagon. As the French Army is planning to buy a new fleet of light armored vehicles by [Read More…]
The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) ensures that military personnel have modern, robust and safe materiel to work with. According to Jane’s and other sources they have signed a framwork agreement with FN Herstal of Belgium to supply the following [Read More…]
In an undisclosed location of Northern Utah lies a fully functional relic of the Cold War. Featured previously in Recoil Magazine, this OT-90 JPJ owned by Mike Pappas of Dead Air Armament needs no introduction. Weighing in at around 24,000 lbs, and being powered by [Read More…]
Designed by John Browning, the M2 Machine Gun (Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun) is a heavy machine gun which has been in service since 1933. That’s the main subject for Today’s Photo, accompanied by the Barret M82, chambered to shoot the same round. These [Read More…]
This World War II aerial gunner training film distilled the mathematics of a deflection shot into an informative and entertaining cartoon. While the film was concise by nature, this piece endeavours to provide some background information for the modern audience. Bore [Read More…]
The top picture shows what the Austrian Army calls the “Überschweres Maschinengewehr M2“, or üsMG M2 for short. This is a Browning Machine Gun, in caliber .50 BMG, M2. Below: The rain pours down, but a little rain never stopped the Maschinengewehr 74 from [Read More…]
B.E. Meyers has announced a new optic mount for M2, M2A1, and M3 series of .50 caliber heavy machine gun platforms. The BOARS-M2 is a two part low profile QD optic mount. A base is installed onto the receiver and then the mount is attached. This replaces the older TVS-5 [Read More…]
You may have seen the post about Mark Serbu shooting a full auto MP5 out of a Cessna. While that is neat, here are the big boys. My friend Alexander V. took these pics at the Lyon Air Museum. According to the Lyon Air Museum website, the B-17 “Flying [Read More…]
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