

Furthermore, the gun comes with a flash suppressor and spare barrel assembly making it a portable machine gun compared to other heavy weapons. The M2 is transportable by a crew thanks to a back plate with a spade, trigger, grips and latch release. The machine gun has been in production since 1921 and more than 3 million units have been produced to date, currently by a plethora of companies most notably General Dynamics, US Ordnance, Manroy Engineering UK, Sabre Defense, etc. Browning in 1918 right after WWI when the world was saying farewell to trench warfare.

50 Caliber Machine Gun is the M2 Browning. Nevertheless, it is still widely used by China, Pakistan, Romania and other countries. The DShk has been almost entirely in Russia by modern designs such as the NSV and Kord. From a trolley, it is an infantry support. It can be mounted on IS-2 and light amphibious tanks as well as ISU-52 self-propelled guns. It can be an anti-aircraft gun, mounted on a tripod or on a truck. It could only be fed 30 rounds, which made for a poor rate of fire. DShk 38 was the standard machine gun of the Red Army during World War II.
