The Army's new lightweight .50-cal Machine Gun will better enable Soldiers to protect convoys, destroy enemies and move between combat locations. The Army currently operates 24,000 standard M2 machine ...

The Army is revving up development and delivery of advanced targeting technology for its .50-cal machine gun to increase precision, widen the mission envelope and destroy challenging targets such as ...

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment (2-4 FAR), 75th Field Artillery Brigade conduct qualifications on the M2 .50-Cal Machine Gun in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Oct. 23, 2025. 2-4 ...

During World War II, the United States had two dominating submachine guns, the M1A1 Thompson, also known as the Tommy Gun, and the more affordable M3 submachine gun (SMG) which was produced later ...

Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers conduct weapons qualification on the M2 .50 caliber machine gun at Fort Knox, Kentucky on March 6, 2024. Soldiers were first given classes by the Kentucky Small ...

Soldiers with 4th Infantry Division fire the M240 machine gun during a training at Fort Carson, Colo., on April 19, 2023. (Capt. Tobias Cukale/U.S. Army) TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. special operations ...

One weapon has continually served the U.S. Armed Forces on land, at sea, and in the air for 105 years: the M2 heavy machine gun. First developed in 1918, the M2 has been in steady service throughout ...

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