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  2. Category:World War II machine guns - Wikipedia

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    M2 Stinger. M1917 Browning machine gun. M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle. M1919 Browning machine gun. M1941 Johnson machine gun. Madsen machine gun. Maxim M/32-33. MG 08. MG 13.

  3. List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II

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    M1941 Johnson machine gun.30-06 Springfield Light machine gun United States: Browning M2HB (.50 BMG) .50 BMG: Heavy machine gun United States: Bren light machine gun.303 British: Light machine Gun United Kingdom.30 AN/M2 "Stinger" field modification: 7.62 mm caliber: Machine gun United States: Used by the USMC Only Vehicle and aircraft machine ...

  4. M1917 Browning machine gun - Wikipedia

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    Muzzle velocity. 2,800 ft/s (853.6 m/s) Feed system. 250 round fabric belt. The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew-served, belt-fed, water-cooled machine gun that served ...

  5. Heavy machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The M2 Browning machine gun with a tripod weighs 58 kg (128 lb).. A heavy machine gun (HMG) is significantly larger than light, medium or general-purpose machine guns. [1] HMGs are typically too heavy to be man-portable (carried by one person) and require mounting onto a weapons platform to be operably stable or tactically mobile, have more formidable firepower, and generally require a team of ...

  6. MG 42 - Wikipedia

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    The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II. Entering production in 1942, it was intended to supplement and replace the earlier MG 34, which was more ...

  7. List of World War II weapons of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...

  8. List of machine guns - Wikipedia

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    T24 machine gun: Saginaw Steering Gear: 7.62×63mm (known as .30-06 Springfield) Ammunition belt United States: 1944 Taden gun: Royal Small Arms Factory: 7.00mm Mk 1 Z: Ammunition belt United Kingdom: 1951 Type 1 heavy machine gun: 7.70×58mm Arisaka: Feed Strip Japan: 1941 Type 2 machine gun: 13×64mmB: Ammunition belt Japan: 1942 Type 3 heavy ...

  9. 37th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 37th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It was a National Guard division from Ohio, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division". Today, its lineage is continued through the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, with battalions from Ohio, Michigan, and South Carolina.