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- ISBN 9781849083300
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 182 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 10 Oct 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Browning “50-cal” has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory.
The “fifty” has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun. It is considered such an effective and reliable weapon that few countries ever attempted to develop an equivalent weapon. Even the Japanese created a copy of it during World War II when the US was producing literally thousands every month to use in every theater.
Featuring illustrations, this is a history of the development of this famous weapon, its most critical operational use and the variants that have been produced to keep it at the forefront of the action.
Gordon L. Rottman served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969–70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.
Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University.
Alan Gilliland is a writer, illustrator and publisher who has contributed to more than 70 Osprey titles.
