1940 battleship machine gun

[manvat]

1940 battleship machine gun

wordwar 2 ,, vintage machine gun found in the bottom of the sea of the phils

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: 1940 battleship machine gun

Philipines? Great historic find

 

[Trond]

Re: 1940 battleship machine gun

Beautiful find. Hope you find more of the same stuff.

 

[EDDE]

Re: 1940 battleship machine gun

cool wall hanger
find out the best way to conserve it
or sell

 

[Indianhead Jones]

Re: 1940 battleship machine gun

BEAUTIFUL! AWESOME FIND! A gorgeous piece of American military history!!!

CONGRATULATIONS on a very special recovery!!!

Larry

 

[Mobes]

Re: 1940 battleship machine gun

Awsome find.

 

[treasurefiend]

Re: 1940 battleship machine gun

That is cool!!!

 

[cwdigger]

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ALL I can say is

 

[Viking]

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Nice Browning 50cal wing mounted MG.Could have been from any american fighter from 1940-1945.

 

[Specter]

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Congratulations excellent find!!

 

[sonny60]

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congrats hope they let you keep it

 

[allen_idaho]

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That is a very nice find. Definately a keeper. It looks to be a Browning M3 aircraft gun. That is a modified .50 cal Browning M2 fired remotely from a helicopter or fixed wing aircraft with a rate of fire at around 1150-1250 rounds per minute.

 

[kimsdad]

Re: 1940 battleship machine gun

I agree with EDDE - that belongs on a wall!

If only it could talk.....

Congrats!!!

 

[aa battery]

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[GL]

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Aircraft mounted M3.
If you found it alone then the poor sap who lost it was probably shot down by the Japanese.
There should be some plane wreckage nearby I would think. Those were used on most US fighters and bombers and such. The only way I see that gun being out of a wing or turret is the bad way.

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: 1940 battleship machine gun

Nice intersting find!

 

[GL]

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Finding a Ma Duece would be incredible! They are by far the most iconic firearm in the current US arsenal in my opinion. The coolest part being the current models are essentially the same as the one posted here. Not much difference at all.

Great design, highly effective and successful weapon. John Browning was a genius.

Great find. There should be more nearby.

 

[windrun]

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It might be come from the America WWII warplanes as B-17 or B-24 or other bomber. Sometime, they flew low with something wrong while flying, cause more weight, so all crews had to throw the guns, flak helmet, flak vest, gunner's bullet cases to the sea, that way, the plane can fly to land on the ground than crash into the sea with too heavy weight with not enough power engine problems.

Richard

 

[Tom VT]

Re: 1940 battleship machine gun

Nice gun.

 

[Burdie]

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Must be more out there. Congrats
Burdie