POTD: .50-Caliber Machine Gun On USS Chancellorsville

Eric B
by Eric B

Photo Of The Day – The location is the Pacific Ocean and we’re on-board the USS Chancellorsville looking at the muzzle flash from a .50 BMG Machine Gun.

The ship was launched in 1988 and is named after the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War.

For more information on the ship, please check this link.

Caption (Main picture above):

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 07, 2020) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Austin Perry instructs Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Annette Hertz as she fires a .50-caliber machine gun during crew-served weapons training aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62). Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Below you can see an M240B machine gun.

All pictures by U.S. Navy photo, Mass Communication Specialist, 1st Class Jeremy Graham.

In other news, it may be of interest to check this video from the U.S. Navy.

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 07, 2019) – At approximately 11:45 am on June 7, 2019 while operating in the Philippine Sea, a Russian destroyer (Udaloy I DD 572) made an unsafe maneuver against USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), closing to ~50-100 feet putting the safety of her crew and ship at risk.

While Chancellorsville was recovering its helicopter on a steady course and speed when the Russian ship DD572 maneuvered from behind and to the right of Chancellorsville accelerated and closed to an unsafe distance of ~50-100 feet. This unsafe action forced Chancellorsville to execute all engines back full and to maneuver to avoid collision.

Eric B
Eric B

Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.

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  • Son of Liberty Son of Liberty on Feb 13, 2020

    That first picture says a lot! Sad, just sad.

  • RPNTOFTN RPNTOFTN on Feb 14, 2020

    Shameful to see you keyboard warriors attempt so fervently to discredit a young woman with more balls than you’ll ever have, busy protecting you while you run more keyboard ops. If this is the kinda cowardly stupidity gun grabbers have to see in a comment section on a major gun website; no wonder the 2a is in the state it’s in. Do us all a favor and keep the short bus, homosexual, anti woman business on your grindr pages.

    • Balintix Balintix on Feb 15, 2020

      @RPNTOFTN Sorry, but she will never see your comment where you heroicaly defended her.

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