Heavy Machine Guns

Question 1

What is maximum range of the M2 .50 Cal?

Answer 1

1830m

Question 2

What is grazing fire for the M2 .50 Cal?

Answer 2

700m

Question 3

What are the rates of fire for the M2 .50 Cal?

Answer 3

Sustained - < 40 rpm
Rapid - 40 to 450 rpm
Cyclic - 450 to 550 rpm

Question 4

What are the scale ranges for the leaf sight of the M2 .50 cal?

Answer 4

100 to 2,600 in yards and from 0 to 62 in mils

Question 5

What ammunition can be used with the M2 .50 Cal?

Answer 5

Dummy, blank, ball, tracer, incendiary, AP, AP incendiary, AP incendiary tracer, sabot light AP, sabot light AP tracer.

Question 6

How many mils can the traversing handwheel adjust on the M2 .50 cal?

Answer 6

50 mils left or right. Each click is 1 mil.

Question 7

How many mils are on the traversing bar of the M2 .50 cal?

Answer 7

400 mils left or right

Question 8

What is maximum range of the MK 19?

Answer 8

1500m

Question 9

What are the rates of fire for the MK 19?

Answer 9

Sustained - 40 rpm
Rapid - 60 rpm
Cyclic - 325 to 375 rpm

Question 10

What is minimum safe distance of the MK 19?

Answer 10

310m

Question 11

What ammunition is used for the MK 19?

Answer 11

HEDP, HE, training practice, dummy

Question 12

What range can be determined with the leaf sight and range plate for the Mk 19?

Answer 12

300m to 1500m

Question 13

What are the cycle of operations for the MK 19?

Answer 13

Feeding, chambering, firing, extracting, ejecting, cocking.

Question 14

How much armor plating is the MK 19 capable of penetrating, when firing ammunition at zero degree obliquity?

Answer 14

2 inches

Question 15

What is the ECR of the MK 19?

Answer 15

15m