M2

	M2HB .50
Faction	USMC; U.S. Army
Type	Heavy Machine Gun
Calibre	.50 BMG
Magazine; capacity	Variable (dependent on platform)
Dispersion	0.001 rad
Variants	None
Games	;

	M2 Machine Gun .50
Faction	U.S. Army
Type	Heavy Machine Gun
Calibre	.50 BMG
Magazine; capacity	100
Dispersion	0.001 rad
Variants	None
Games

	M2 .50
Faction	United States; Soviet Union
Type	Heavy Machine Gun
Calibre	.50 BMG
Magazine; capacity	500
Dispersion	0.0007 rad
Variants	None
Games

NOTE: This article is about the M2 heavy machine gun in the main ArmA games. For other similarly named articles, you may wish to use the following links instead:

For the M2HB in S.O.G. Prairie Fire, see M2HB (S.O.G.).

For the M2HB in CSLA Iron Curtain, see M2HB (CSLA).

The M2 is a .50 cal heavy machine gun that has been featured throughout the entire series, beginning with ArmA: Cold War Assault and all the way to ArmA 3.

ArmA: Cold War Assault

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Browning M2 machine gun is belt-fed, air-cooled machine weapon capable of semi-automatic and automatic fire. After WW2, .50-caliber Browning guns found a wide acceptance across the world, and today are still widely used as ground and vehicle guns inmost of NATO countries and many others.

Weapon Description

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The M2 is used by both U.S. and Soviet military forces in ArmA: Cold War Assault.

Overview

The M2 Browning is an air-cooled, belt fed heavy machine gun that fires from a closed bolt, and is chambered to fire the .50 BMG round.

It can attain a fire rate of up to 600 rounds per minute, and has a muzzle velocity of 1,000 m/s. The M2 uses a simple ironsight for aiming, and has an effective firing range of up to 1,100 metres. Both static and vehicle-mounted versions always feed from a single 500-round belt.

Officially adopted in 1923 by the U.S. military, the M2 has since continued to serve as the standard HMG of many armed forces throughout the world. It is commonly employed on the M1A1 MBT or M113 APC where it serves as a coaxial/primary weapon.

The M2 is a surprisingly accurate and powerful heavy weapon. Because it fires the powerful .50 cal round, it can penetrate through the armour of most light and even medium armoured vehicles with ease.

Although it isn't man-portable, it works well in any fortified position as a static weapon when paired alongside anti-tank weapons such as the M72 LAW/Carl Gustav and medium machine guns like the M60. All four systems combined will make any position almost unassailable by ground forces bar heavy air power.

Ammunition

Base damage value	Initial velocity (m/s)
13	1,000

M2s only support feeding from one type of "magazine":

500Rnd

Standard .50 cal ammunition. Used by both static and vehicle-mounted M2s.

Trivia

Cold War Assault's M2 is erroneously shown being used by the Soviet military.
- While M2s delivered as part of the U.S. government's Lend-Lease policy during the Second World War did result in it seeing some (limited) service as an anti-aircraft gun within the Soviet Armed Forces, they were completely replaced in that role by the (then-newer) "DShK" HMG by the conflict's end and throughout the Cold War.
- Likewise, the DShK itself is notably absent in Cold War Assault, despite the fact that it would have been more appropriate as the in-game Soviet HMG instead of the M2.

Gallery

ArmA: Armed Assault

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The Browning M2 .50 caliber Machine Gun, is a World War II era automatic, crew-operated machine gun. The very versatile M2 has served on a wide variety of ground vehicles, aircraft and ships over the years, and is still widely used around the world. This weapon can be used effectively against infantry, light armored vehicles, slow flying aircraft and small boats.

Library Description

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The M2 Machine Gun is used exclusively by U.S. Army forces in ArmA: Armed Assault.