Browning M2

The Browning M2 .50 caliber Machine Gun is a improved version on the Browning Model 1921 .50 caliber Machine Gun. The M2 was developed in 1932 as a joint effort by the Army as a heavy barrel ground gun and the Navy as a water cooled Anti-Aircraft gun. The light weight version developed for aircraft and also used on PT Boats were developed in the late 1930. All three versions were used during World War II by the United States and it's Allies. The M2 Heavy Barrel and M2 Aircraft have seen continued service into the 21st century.

In the film industry the M2 Browning has been used in several configurations M2 Heavy Barrel Ground Gun, M2 Water Cooled Anti-Aircraft Gun, M2 Light Weight Aircraft Gun and as a Mocked Up Russian DShK heavy machine gun.

Specifications

Type: Heavy Machine Gun

Caliber: .50 BMG

Capacity: varies

Fire Modes: Fully Automatic (450-550 RPM [M2HB])/(780-850 RPM [M2 Aircraft])/(450-600 RPM [M2 Water Cooled])

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The Browning M2 appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:

Browning M2 Heavy Barrel

Browning M2HB on vehicle mount - .50 BMG

Browning M2HB on M3 tripod - .50 BMG.

Browning M2 M51 Quad Mounted System .50 BMG

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Battleground	Unknown	U.S. Army	.	1949
The Young Lions	Unknown	Allied soldiers	Mounted on a jeep	1958
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2	Unknown	military personnel	Mounted on tanks	2001
To Hell and Back	Audie Murphy	Himself	Mounted on M4 Sherman tank	1955
Hell Is for Heroes		.	Stock Footage of an M2HB mounted on a tank	1962
Rambo	Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo	Mounted on Burmese jeep	2008
Black Hawk Down	.	U.S. Army Rangers and Somali militiamen	Mounted on humvees and technicals	2001
Toy Soldiers	.	Colombian terrorists	Mounted on M3 tripod	1991
Blood Diamond	.	Government soldiers	Vehicle-mounted	2006
Behind Enemy Lines	.	Serbian soldiers	Vehicle-mounted	2001
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection	Michael Gross	Burt Gummer	In M45 quadmount	2001
Courage Under Fire	Denzel Washington	Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling	Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	1996
Courage Under Fire	Tim Ransom	Captain Boylar	Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	1996
Courage Under Fire	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	1996
War of the Worlds	.	U.S. military personnel	Vehicle-mounted	2005
The War of the Worlds		U.S. military personnel		1953
The Terminator	.	Human resistance fighter	With spade grips removed	1984
Terminator 2: Judgement Day		.	Seen in hidden weapons cache	1991
Cradle 2 the Grave	Anthony Anderson	Tommy	Mounted on (fake) M1A1 Abrams	2003
Cradle 2 the Grave	Ron Yuan	Laser Technician	In twin anti-aircraft mounting	2003
Full Metal Jacket		U.S. Marines	Mounted on M41 Walker Bulldog tanks	1987
Jarhead		U.S. Marines	Mounted on U.S. Marine Corps vehicles, with and without gun shields	2005
The Core		.	Mounted on U.S. military vehicles	2003
The Kingdom	.	Saudi military personnel	Vehicle-mounted	2007
The Day the Earth Stood Still	.	U.S. Army soldier	Mounted on jeep	1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	2008
The Incredible Hulk		U.S. military personnel	Mounted on U.S. military Humvees	2008
Die Another Day	Will Yun Lee	Colonel Tan-Sun Moon	Disguised as fictional heavy weapon mounted on North Korean hovercraft	2002
Death Race			Mounted on several vehicles in single and twin mountings with gun shields	2008
The Longest Day	.	German soldiers	In M45 quadmount	1963
The Longest Day	.	French Army soldiers	Mounted on M4 Sherman tank	1963
The Story of G.I. Joe	.	U.S. Army soldier	Mounted on U.S. Army truck	1945
The Siege of Firebase Gloria		U.S. Marines	Mounted on M3 tripod	1989
The Bridge at Remagen	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	1969
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection	.	U.S. Coast Guard	Mounted on Coast Guard ship	1990
The Hunters		Chinese P.L.A. soldiers	Mounted on Chinese P.L.A. half-track	1958
Dragon Wars: D-War		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	2007
The Devil's Brigade	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on M47 Patton tanks	1968
A Walk in the Sun	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army half-track	1945
28 Weeks Later	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Tripod and vehicle-mounted	2007
Iron Eagle	.	Enemy soldiers	Tripod and vehicle-mounted	1986
Transformers	.	U.S. military personnel	Mounted on U.S. military vehicles	2007
Transformers	.	Brawl	Twin-mounted on the turret of Brawl's tank form	2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen		U.S. military personnel	Mounted on U.S. military vehicles	2009
Apocalypse Now	Frederic Forrest	Jay 'Chef' Hicks	Mounted on Navy PBR	1979
Apocalypse Now	Sam Bottoms	Lance Johnson	In twin naval mounting on Navy PBR	1979
The Eagle Has Landed	.	U.S. Army Rangers	Mounted on armored vehicle	1976
20 Million Miles to Earth	.	Italian soldier	Mounted in a tank	1957
Home of the Brave	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on Humvees	2006
UHF	.	unidentified soldiers	Mounted on a jeep	1989

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Baa Baa Black Sheep	Red West	Sgt. Micklin	.	1976 - 1978
Over There	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	2005
Over There	Josh Stamberg	Lt. Alex "Underpants" Hunter	Mounted on Humvee	2005
Tour of Duty	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Vehicle-mounted	1987 - 1989
The Unit	.	U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on Humvees	2006 - 2009
Ultimate Force / "Charlie Bravo"	Ross Kemp	Sgt. Henno Garvie	Mounted on M3 tripod	2002 - 2008
The Andromeda Strain	.	US Army Soldiers	Mounted on (fake) M1126 Stryker	2008
Criminal Minds / "Distress"	.	Somali Militiamen	Mounted on pickup truck	2005 - ????
The Walking Dead	.	.	Mounted on U.S. Army tank	2010

Video Games

Game Title	Used By	Appears as	Mods	Release Date
Steel Beasts			Mounted on U.S. vehicles	2000
Medal of Honor: Underground	U.S. forces			2000
Project I.G.I				2000
Fallout 2: Tactics			Hip-fired (unmounted)	2001
Operation Flashpoint	U.S. and U.S.S.R. forces		Mounted on U.S. vehicles and on tripod.	2001
007: Agent Under Fire			Tripod-mounted	2001
Medal of Honor: Frontline				2002
America's Army	U.S. Army		Mounted on M1114 Humvees and powered by CROWS.	2002
Battlefield: 1942	U.S. and U.K. forces		Vehicle and tripod-mounted	2002
007: Nightfire			Tripod-mounted	2002
Ghost Recon: Island Thunder				2003
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad	U.S. forces		Vehicle-mounted	2003
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator				2003
America's 10 Most Wanted			Mounted-sentry guns	2003
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero			Tripod-mounted	2004
Far Cry	Mercenaries		Vehicle-mounted	2004
Call of Duty: United Offensive	U.S. Army		Mounted on Jeeps	2004
Conflict: Vietnam	U.S. forces		Vehicle-mounted	2004
Call of Duty: Finest Hour	U.S. forces		Vehicle-mounted	2004
Timesplitters: Future Perfect				2005
Battlefield 2	U.S. and E.U. forces		Vehicle and tripod-mounted	2005
Army Ranger: Mogadishu				2005
Project Reality	U.S., E.U. and I.D.F. forces		Vehicle and tripod-mounted	2005
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth				2005, 2006
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	U.S. forces		Vehicle and tripod-mounted	2005
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter			Vehicle and tripod-mounted	2006
Company of Heroes	U.S. forces		Vehicle-mounted	2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2			Vehicle and tripod-mounted	2007
Combat Mission: Shock Force				2007
ArmA: Armed Assault	U.S. and R.E.C. forces		Vehicle and tripod-mounted	2007
World in Conflict	U.S. forces		Mounted on U.S. vehicles and inside bunkers.	2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	U.S. Marines		Mounted on M1A1HA Abrams MBT.	2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS Version)	U.S. Marines, Terrorists		Mounted on Humvees and terrorists vehicles.	2007
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway			Vehicle-mounted	2008
Far Cry 2				2008
Call of Duty: World at War	U.S. Navy		Mounted on PBY Catalina	2008
Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts	U.S. forces		Vehicle-mounted; Cutscene only.	2008
Left 4 Dead	Survivors		Tripod-mounted; Available only in the DLC map "The Sacrifice".	2008, 2010
ArmA II	U.S. and U.K. forces		Vehicle and tripod-mounted	2009, 2010
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising	U.S. Marines		Vehicle-mounted	2009
Left 4 Dead 2	Survivors		Tripod-mounted; Available only in the map "Swamp Fever" and in the DLC map "The Sacrifice".	2009
Marines: Modern Urban Combat			Vehicle and tripod-mounted	2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	U.S. Army		Mounted on M1A2 Abrams MBT	2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops	U.S. Marines		Mounted on M113 APC and on PT boat.	2010
Operation Flashpoint: Red River	U.S. Marines		Mounted on M1A1 Abrams MBT.	2011

Anime

Film Title	Character	Note	Date
Patlabor: The Movie 2	Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers	Mounted on JGSDF tanks	1993
Black Lagoon	Colombian Mafia	Mounted on an SUV	2010
The Sky Crawlers	Bomber plane door gunner		2008
Rideback		Mounted on GGP HUMVEEs	2009
The Place Promised in Our Early Days		Tripod-mounted	2004
Spriggan	Yu	Tripod-mounted with heatshield / Anti-aircraft sights	1994
Flag		Mounted on UNF tanks	2006
Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky			2010

Animation

Film/TV Show	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Iron Giant		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on M41 Walker Bulldog tanks	1999
The Incredibles	Brad Bird	Edna "E" Mode	M2HB-based turrets	2004

Browning M2 Aircraft

Browning M2 Aircraft .50 BMG

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Green Berets			Tripod-mounted	1968
Tora! Tora! Tora!		US Army Air Corps pilots	Mounted in Army Air Corps fighters & B-17 bombers	1970
The Tuskegee Airmen		U.S. Army Air Force pilots	Mounted in B-17 Flying Fortress and P-51 Mustang	1995
Memphis Belle		U.S. Army Air Force crews	Mounted in B-17 Flying Fortress	1990
Patton		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	1970
Battle of the Bulge		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	1965
Pearl Harbor		U.S. military personnel	Mounted in B-25 Mitchell and P-40 Warhawk	2001
Rambo	Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo	Mounted on truck and fitted with Barrett M82-style muzzle brake and gun shield	2008
Rambo		Junta soldiers	Mounted on truck and boats and fitted with Barrett M82-style muzzle brake and gun shield	2008
It's a Wonderful Life	Todd Karns	Harry Bailey		1946
Waterworld		"Smokers"	M45 quadmount	1995
The Siege		U.S. Army soldier	Mounted on Humvee	1998
Jurassic Park III		U.S. Marines	Mounted on Amphibious Assault Vehicles	2001
The Story of G.I. Joe	Robert Mitchum	Lt. Bill Walker	Mounted on truck	1945
The Bridge at Remagen		U.S. Army soldiers	Mounted on U.S. Army vehicles	1969
A Walk in the Sun		U.S. Army soldiers	Quad-mounted on half-track	1945
They Were Expendable		U.S. Navy sailors	In twin Naval anti-aircraft mounting on PT boats	1945
The Canterville Ghost (1943 Film)	Robert Young	Cuffy Williams		1943
Commando			Seen on a wall in a hidden weapons vault	1985
RoboCop 2	Gabriel Damon	Hob	With Crew-Served Weapon sight	1990

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Rat Patrol			Mounted on jeep	1966 - 1968
McHale's Navy			Mounted on PT73	1962 - 1966
Baa, Baa Black Sheep			Mounted in F4U Corsairs	1976 - 1978

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Passwords	Release Date
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator	In twin naval and B-17 tail gun mountings		2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive	Mounted on P-47 Thunderbolts and B-17 Flying Fortress		2004
Call of Duty: World at War	Mounted on PBY Catalina		2008

Animation

Film/TV Show	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Iron Giant		U.S. Air Force pilots	Mounted on F-86 Sabre fighters	1999

Browning M2 Water Cooled

Browning M2 Water Cooled - .50 BMG

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Tora! Tora! Tora!		U.S. military personnel	Mounted on U.S. Navy vessels	1970
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button		Tugboat Crewman	Fitted with side-mounted drum ammo boxes and mounted on tugboat	2008

Video Games

Game Title	Used By	Appears as	Mods	Release Date
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun	U.S. forces		Mounted on the battleship USS California.	2003
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault	U.S. forces		Tripod-mounted	2004