Caption | Cut-away of Colt/Browning M2 machine gun, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia, US, 26 Apr 2009; note Colt/Browning M3 machine gun in background ww2dbase | |||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Chantilly, Virginia, United States | |||||||
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22 May 2009 07:25:25 PM
Text of the display card reads:
.50 Caliber Colt/Browning M2
Cutaway (front)
U.S., World War II
The U.S. Army and Navy employed special cutaway versions of the Colt/Browning M2 to train new gunners on the weapon's operation. Because they could not fire ammunition, the cutaway guns were mounted on a box containing electric motors that actuated the weapon's firing mechanism via levers.
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