Browning pondered the situation and, according to his son John, replied, 'Well, the cartridge sounds pretty good to start. They wanted a heavy projectile at 2700 feet per second (f.p.s.), but the ammunition did not exist. Army Ordnance officers to consult Browning. American interest in an armor-piercing cartridge was influenced by the marginal French 11 mm design, prompting U.S. According to the American Rifleman: "Actually, the Browning. 50 BMG round is sometimes confused with the German 13.2 mm TuF, which was developed by Germany for an anti-tank rifle to combat British tanks during WWI and against aircraft. He wanted the round to be used in a machine gun, and wanted the machine gun to be based on a scaled-up version of the M1917 Browning.
In response to the need for new anti-aircraft weaponry during World War I, John Browning developed the. 50 caliber rifles by allowing more accurate fire than lower quality rounds. A wide variety of ammunition is available, and the availability of match grade ammunition has increased the usefulness of. 50 BMG cartridge is also used in anti-materiel rifles. The rounds intended for machine guns are made into a continuous belt using metallic links. The cartridge itself has been made in many variants: multiple generations of regular ball, tracer, armor-piercing (AP), incendiary, and saboted sub-caliber rounds. Under STANAG 4383, it is a standard service cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries.
50 in (12.7 mm) caliber cartridge developed for the M2 Browning machine gun in the late 1910s, entering official service in 1921. 50 BMG, 12.7×99mm NATO and designated as the 50 Browning by the C.I.P.
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