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The .50 BMG round was used as a sniper round as early as the Korean War. [11] The former record for a confirmed long-distance kill was set by U.S. Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock in 1967 during the Vietnam War , at a distance of 2,090 meters (2,290 yd; 1.30 mi); [ 12 ] Hathcock used the .50 BMG in an M2 machine gun equipped with a telescopic sight.
The Mk 211 is a very popular .50 caliber sniper round used in the Barrett M82 rifle and other .50 BMG rifles. [4] It is also often used in heavy machine guns such as the M2 Browning, but not the M85. Due to its popularity, several U.S. arms manufacturers produce the round under license from NAMMO Raufoss AS. [6]
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load ...
The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") [13] [14] is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning. While similar to Browning's M1919 Browning machine gun, which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, the M2 uses Browning's larger and more powerful .50 BMG (12.7
The AR50-A1B was designed for long-range shooting, primarily firing the .50 BMG round. ArmaLite manufactures the rifle in several configurations: AR-50A1 chambered for standard .50 BMG; AR-50A1L, chambered for standard .50 BMG, left-handed version; AR-50-A1BNM, chambered for standard .50 BMG with refinements for using match grade ammunition
The .500 Linebaugh utilizes a bore diameter of .500" with the corresponding bullet diameter of .510", the same as the .50 BMG and other .50 caliber rifles, while the .50 Action Express, .500 S&W Magnum, and .500 S&W Special use .490" bore diameters and correspondingly smaller .500" bullet diameters. The smaller .500" diameter was further ...
The Grizzly "Big Boar" is a breech-loading, single-shot bolt-action rifle. It is chambered in .50 BMG (Browning Machine Gun) rounds. It has a barrel length of 36 inches. The Rifling twist is 1 turn in 15 inches. The weight of this weapon is 30.4 pounds without the tripod mount and scope. The overall length of this weapon is 45.5 inches.
Poland also developed their own machine gun based on NSV and chambered to .50 BMG NATO round, known as WKM-B. [19] Russian Federation [30] Serbia: Manufactured at Zastava Arms. Copies were produced as the M02 Coyote. [31] Sierra Leone [32] Slovakia [33] South Korea: Mounted and used on T-80U tanks. [34] Syria [35] [36] Tajikistan [36 ...