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deadtired
08-13-2007, 08:16 PM
I saw this pic in Todays Photos and I have a question about the gun setup shown.



http://www.dezh.de/imghosting/0a74978faf32e8318d6fa5f3454d0ce0.jpg

My only experience with a machine gun was with an M 191A4, which fed from the left hand side. So how do these twin setups work? Are M2's built as either left hand feed or right hand feed, or is there a modification that is made to get the gun to run "backwards"?
USMC Tanker
08-13-2007, 08:22 PM
You can make the M2 caliber .50 feed from the left or right.
Midn./Patriot
08-13-2007, 08:53 PM
PERSIAN GULF (Aug. 9, 2007) – Gunner’s Mate Seaman David Mann from USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) stands a Small Craft Action Team watch with twin .50-caliber machine guns while operating near Iraq’s Al Basrah Oil Terminal.

I found the caption. This picture of this sailor bothers me. He needs a haircut, His sleeves are rolled about 5 inches too low, and the thing that took the cake is he has no cover/kevlar/or body armor at all. He looks like a bag of ass.
USMC Tanker
08-13-2007, 08:57 PM
He probably is a bag of ass...
deadtired
08-13-2007, 09:24 PM
Thanks Tanker!

He may be a bag of ass, but I'll bet he looks plenty scary from the other side of those .50's
Straker
08-13-2007, 10:29 PM
Could it be a: Mk 95 Twin .50 cal Machine Gun Mount
Apparently the US navy were planning on buying quite a few of them as a force protection measure.

http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2003smallarms/gas.ppt
(Needs Powerpoint Viewer)

Not particularly familiar with US Navy weapon systems but came across it when looking for a F.I.S.T. Powerpoint that was on their.
bikewrench
08-14-2007, 03:45 AM
I'm pretty sure that it's still Navy reg hair.
You don't wear covers at sea. [Unless you are a watchstander.]
His Kevlar and steel pot are probably 'nearby'.
Sleeve regs, ack. You're right.
Cross the equator yet middie?;-)
wildheart
08-14-2007, 08:35 AM
His shirt looks a little 'bulky' to me. could be just a gust of wind buy maybe his Kevlars being worn under his shirt?

Q. Are there any drawbacks to using a twin .50 set up? (bearing in mind it's no so common)
Midn./Patriot
08-14-2007, 04:09 PM
I'm pretty sure that it's still Navy reg hair.
You don't wear covers at sea. [Unless you are a watchstander.]
His Kevlar and steel pot are probably 'nearby'.
Sleeve regs, ack. You're right.
Cross the equator yet middie?;-)

No, I haven't crossed the equator yet, but I know some form of hazing will occur when I do.