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A century of the 'Ma Deuce': How the M2 Browning became America's workhorse machine gun

The highly versatile weapon has seen action affixed to the wings of P-51D Mustangs, aboard vessels in Vietnam and atop Humvees in the Middle East.
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A century of the ‘Ma Deuce’: How the M2 Browning became America’s workhorse machine gun

Marines operating an M2 Browning machine gun mounted on a tripod at Khe Sanh Combat Base, Vietnam. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) For over a century the M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun, known ...