John Moses Browning who is often referred to as the “Father of modern firearms” was born in Ogden, Utah on January 23, 1855. The younger John Browning was well suited for his soon to be chosen field of firearms manufacturer as his father Johnathan had been a gunsmith for many years with many original firearm designs of his own. This afforded John Browning the opportunity to be exposed to the art of gunsmithing early on, and his ingenuity and God given abilities were quickly compounded by the invention
The Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun is better known as the 'Ma Duce' to those who have had the pleasure of firing this heavy barrel machine gun. In 1919 John M. Browning developed the M2 .50 cal as an anti-aircraft weapon. The M2 was first introduced into the United States Military in 1933 and is used by many militaries through out the world today. Since 1933 there have been little changes made to this weapon system. The BMG (Browning Machine Gun) is a crew served, belt fed, air-cooled, recoil
was one that held fifteen rounds and another that held thirty rounds. It was very lightweight and gas operated and air cooled. M1 Carbines were first issued in 1941 for so... ... middle of paper ... ...el 1917) Belt-Fed, Water-Cooled Heavy Machine Gun (1917)." Military Factory. MilitaryFactory.com, 2003-2013. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. Flowers, Mark. "Weapons, Uniforms and Equipment of the World War II Marine." Weapons, Uniforms and Equipment of the World War II Marine. Ww2gyrene.org, 2004. Web. 30
Information during the first World War was crucial in gaining an advantage, this information was often gained by spies infiltrating the enemy. This use of spying to discover secret information from the enemy was called espionage. The discovery of this secret information was the aim for many countries. Including Germany, America, Britain, Russia and also Norway, who although were neutral during the war did gain information for the allied powers. During the first World War agencies grew rapidly in
largest amphibious invasion of the Pacific campaign also known as the “Operation Iceberg “and the last major campaign of the Pacific war. There were more troops put ashore, more bombs dropped, more supplies transported, more ships were used, more naval guns fired against shore targets than any other campaign in the Pacific. After the battle was over there were more people died during the Battle of Okinawa than all those killed during the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The American forces involved