A new weapon with a totally different new type of ammo that is not yet even in the developmental phase. The U.S. Army is in the early stages of beginning to draft requirements for a new ...

It’s the main reason the M2 has survived for a century without a replacement: nothing else ignores the cover and concealment doctrine quite like a .50 BMG round.

The Army currently operates 24,000 standard M2 machine guns and roughly 25,000 upgraded M2A1 .50-cal weapons designed with a number of improved features. The improved M2A1 is, among other things, ...

PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 10, 2024) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Alyssa McKinney, from Midland, troubleshoots a M2A1 .50 caliber machine gun on the foc’sle of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS ...

U.S. Marines with Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion (ITB), School of Infantry-East, conduct a M2A1 .50 Cal machine gun qualification range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 25, 2018. The mission of ...