The real lesson here is that after its adoption in 1921, the M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun is only in recent years being seriously replaced. As good as this new weapon may indeed prove to be, "Ma Deuce," or "Mother Deuce," will remain active and effective in the world at least another generation. http://www.military.com/news/article/army-working-on-lightw It's an iconic weapon whose guttural "thump-thump-thump" inspires confidence that whatever it's shooting at is going down – in a big way. |