Legendary and cult at the same time?????
Browning M2 in use 1933 to present, 3 million manufactured
This has been the gun to call for heavy back up. It has been used for antiaircraft, antiship, as a tank mounted anti personnel, for sniping, main guns on fighter aircraft, strapped to an APC in between 106 recoiless rifles by the Marines to stop mass charges(Puff). It is currently in use by all five US Armed fources, it is in use by the US Border Patrol, it is in use by all nato Allies. It has been misused by most movie makers. It is the one gun that every ground pounder has depended on for backup when it hit the fan. It is too heavy to be easily carried or mounted, it is too vital to leave behind. To my father in WWII it was the BROWNING, to me it was THE 50, today it's MA DEUCE. Whatever it has been called, it has been like having John Wayne covering your back.
Browning Machine Gun .50 cal M2 All American