
Caption | US Army combat photographer Staff Sergeant Andrew Yusko, Jr. posing with a M2 0.50 caliber machine gun aboard a B-24 Liberator bomber in Australia, 8 Jul 1944 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Government | ||||||||
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Photo Size | 640 x 455 pixels | ||||||||
Photos on Same Day | 8 Jul 1944 | ||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Australia | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
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Bill says:
13 Sep 2011 07:49:34 PM
Check out the color photographs and compare it with the .50 Caliber. Ma Deuce" is big,
and heavy also check out that feed can in those color photos, and compared to the flexable feed system even the 100 round ammo can is longer and larger for the fifty.
I've fired both the M-1919 and the Fifty Caliber. Just check out the perspective of each gunner, and check out the heavy cradle.

13 Sep 2011 07:49:34 PM
Check out the color photographs and compare it with the .50 Caliber. Ma Deuce" is big,
and heavy also check out that feed can in those color photos, and compared to the flexable feed system even the 100 round ammo can is longer and larger for the fifty.
I've fired both the M-1919 and the Fifty Caliber. Just check out the perspective of each gunner, and check out the heavy cradle.
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13 Sep 2011 07:14:50 PM
ONE THING ABOUT "MA DEUCE" SHE CAN BE FED FROM BOTH THE RIGHT OR LEFT SIDE. AND LET THEM EAT LEAD!..
BELIEVE ME, THAT .50 WAS SOME WEAPON TO FIRE
SHORT BURST PLEASE.