12.7 mm M2 machine gun

E648280

firearm heavy machine gun

The 12.7 mm M2 machine gun is a heavy, belt-fed, air-cooled Browning-designed weapon widely used by militaries around the world for vehicle, aircraft, and infantry support roles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun	1
12.7 mm M2 machine gun canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	firearm ⓘ heavy machine gun ⓘ
action	short recoil operated ⓘ
ammunition	.50 BMG cartridge ⓘ
caliber	.50 BMG ⓘ 12.7 mm ⓘ
canBeEquippedWith	night vision sights ⓘ optical sights ⓘ
cartridgeType	12.7×99mm NATO ⓘ
category	.50 caliber machine guns ⓘ Browning machine guns NERFINISHED ⓘ aircraft weapons ⓘ infantry heavy weapons ⓘ vehicle weapons ⓘ
coolingSystem	air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	can be operated by a single gunner ⓘ often supported by assistant gunner ⓘ
designer	John Browning NERFINISHED ⓘ
feedSystem	belt-fed ⓘ
firingMode	fully automatic ⓘ
mountingOptions	aircraft mount ⓘ tripod mount ⓘ turret mount ⓘ vehicle pintle mount ⓘ
notableFeature	high reliability ⓘ high stopping power ⓘ long service life ⓘ
rateOfFire	approximately 450–600 rounds per minute ⓘ
role	area denial weapon ⓘ base defense weapon ⓘ convoy protection weapon ⓘ suppressive fire weapon ⓘ
serviceIn	United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
sights	iron sights ⓘ
typicalBarrelLength	approximately 1.14 m ⓘ
usedBy	many NATO countries ⓘ many non-NATO countries ⓘ
usedFor	aircraft armament ⓘ anti-aircraft role ⓘ anti-materiel role ⓘ infantry support ⓘ vehicle armament ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stryker armored fighting vehicle → armamentOption → 12.7 mm M2 machine gun ⓘ

K200 armored personnel carrier → armament → 12.7 mm M2 machine gun ⓘ

this entity surface form: 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun