THE DAILY FUDD: E176: "Military fudd: 'It's "MA Deuce!" As in "Ma Barker!"' Sideprojects VIDEO: 'M2 Browning: The WWII Machine Gun we Still Use Today.'"

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Simon here isn't a gun guy (he's British). But he genuinely tries to get gun things right (including gun laws and crime factors). He misses the intonation of "Ma Deuce," but this presentation of the venerable century-old workhorse is well done. Note the great story at the end.



ADDENDUM: Task and Purpose video: "NEW Upgrade to the M2 50 caliber Machine Gun - YouTube."

TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index.  https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html



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