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CODE – 04-132-930

NAME – M2 Aircraft Fixed

NAME (NATIVE) – Browning Machine Gun, Cal..30 M2

COMMON NAMES – ANM2 Aircraft Gun (1942)

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1930

CALIBER – 7.62X63 MM (30-06)

OVERALL LENGTH – 101.1 cm (39.8 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 60.7 cm (23.9 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)

LOAD – M1 Ball, Full jacketed Pointed Spitzer

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 11.34 g (175 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 807 m/s (2647 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3,692 j (2,723 m/s)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 9.75 kg (21 lb 8 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 18.63 kg (41 lb 1 oz) with 250 rounds M1 Ball in M1 links

TYPE OF MOUNT – Various aircraft mounts

WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 1.73 kg (3 lb 13 oz)

SIGHTS – None

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 549 m (600 yards)

OPERATION – Recoil, fires from closed bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 200 to 250 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 1,000 to 1,350 rpm

FEED DEVICE – M1 disintegrating metallic link belt

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.44 kg (15.5 oz) per 100 M1 links

M1 Ammunition Can (EMPTY) – 1.59 kg (3 lb 8 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 8.88 kg (19 lb 9 oz) 250 M1 Ball rounds in M1 links

M1 Ammunition Can (LOADED) 10.47 kg (23 lb 1 oz) with 250 rd M1 Ball belt in M1 links

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Four 250-rd belts (1,000 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 41.88 kg (92 lb 5 oz) in M1 ammunition cans

MANUFACTURER – Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., Hartford, Connecticut, Buffalo Arms Corp., Buffalo, New York, General Motors Corp., Syracuse, New York, Savage Arms Corp., Utica, New York.

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – US Military, US Allies

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