Ukrainian military shoots down an enemy missile with a Browning machine gun (video)
In the north of the country, mobile firing groups destroyed one of the enemy missiles using a machine gun.
This was announced by the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhiy Nayev.
“In the Northern operational area mobile firing groups managed to destroy several enemy cruise missiles. One of them was destroyed by a Browning machine gun,” noted the commander.
About the machine gun
The Browning M2 50 caliber machine gun is a heavy machine gun developed at the end of World War I by John Browning.
Various modifications of this machine gun have been widely used by the US Army from the 1920s to the present day, it was used during the Second World War, Korean, Vietnam, Iraq and other wars.
This machine gun remains in service with many NATO countries and a number of other countries. With very few modifications, it has remained in use longer than any other handgun in the United States. It is similar in design to the Browning Model 1919 machine gun.
The .50 BMG bullet is less susceptible to wind effects than lighter bullets of smaller calibers, which is why the .50 BMG is widely used in large-caliber sniper rifles.
