M2 Browning machine gun

used to aid South Vietnam was the Duster (M-42A1). The Duster was a self-propelled 40mm anti-aircraft operated by a crew of four personnel with twin 40mm cannons along with one 7.62 mm machine-gun (ADA units in Vietnam, n.d.). Originally produced in early 1952, the system is designed off of the M41 Walker Bulldog tank (Foss, 1977). The original purpose of the twin 40 mm cannons was used for protection against dive bombers and low level attack. Capable of firing small exploding shells at a rate of about 120 rounds per minute, the twin cannon created a dense screen of fragments through which aircraft would have to fly (ADA Units in Vietnam, n.d.). All 40mm ammunition was tracer and the two round High Explosive Incendiary Tracers is the preferred ammunition during the Vietnam War. Three sighting devices incorporated into the fire control system include: • Computing sight M38 - designed to control fire of the cannon against both air and ground targets. • Reflex site M24C - designed to superimpose a cross-hair pattern in the gunners’ line of sight. • Speed ring sight - used during manual operation if a power failure or local control system malfunction occurs (ADA units in Vietnam, n.d.). The M-55 Quad 50 was another Air Defense system used that consisted of four Browning M2 .50-caliber machine guns mounted on a power turret and attached on a deuce and a half or a five-ton truck (ADA Units in Vietnam, n.d.). With an effective rate of fire of 1000 to 1500 rounds per minute,…

than air defense were using the M19 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, which was a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon. This weapon was based upon the M5 light tank chassis, but modified to fulfill the air defense role. It was then utilized as indirect and direct fire against enemy troops, vehicles and fortifications. Another of the weapons systems used were the M-16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, also known as the M16 half-track. This weapons system had quad M2 Browning…

where they hide behind a hill or rise in topography out of the enemies’ direct line of sight, the field officers forward to sight correct the aim, and then the corrections to the firing solution then relayed back to the firing team. With the introduction of the French 75mm the corrections could be done with highly rehearsed precession geometric calculations in combination with range settings, the foundation for “subsequent twentieth-century field gunnery”(Herrmann p.80). The German and French…

other officer. Machine guns were turned on them then.” The use of more powerful weaponry resulted the term, “over-kill” being introduced to warfare. Rather than just shoot someone once or deal out one lethal shot, soldiers went to the furthest extent to kill an enemy. The methods used were inhumane and showed how advanced weaponry had dulled soldiers sympathy towards other human beings. William Bernard Whitmore, another soldier, wrote in his diary, “very serious losses, A Company return with 4…

supporters had soon constructed a network of machine gun nests and trenches around Blair Mountain, a 2,000-foot peak that stood directly in the miners’ path. On August 24, the main body of coal miners set out from Marmet and headed south toward Mingo County. Keeney and Mooney made a last-minute attempt to call off the march after meeting with the War Department’s General Harry Bandholtz, who warned that any violence would prove disastrous for the union, but the proposed ceasefire collapsed when…

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The enrichment activity that I would choose would be Assault Rifle shooting. I really enjoy shooting guns and I it is good to know how. If you know how to shoot a gun then you will be able to, defend yourself, take enjoyment out of shooting, and be able to feed yourself. There are also many ways that it could academically contribute, like the mechanics of the firing mechanism. You could also talk about the environmental effects a shot. Being able to shoot will help you defend yourself because…