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Quad Mount
.50 caliber anti-aircraft gun.
Used aboard small vessels and ships.
Quad .50 Mount
.50 BMG Cartridge

BazookaRocket Launcher - The famous "Bazooka" of World War II. Bazookas were used extensively on both fronts against armored vehicles and hardened emplacements. 3.5 inch caliber.

.30in Browning M1917 - Belt fed machine gun.
Introduced in 1917, the the appearance of the M1917 is very similar to contemporary Vickers and Maxim machine guns. It has a rectangular receiver and round water jacket around the barrel.
Browning Model 1917
However, the single pistol grip at the rear of the gun and the operation of it's internal mechanism makes it definitely different from it's European counterparts.Developed by John Browning at the urn of the century this .30 caliber machine gun's basic design was retained in variants through WWII to modern day.

Browning Automatic Rifle Browning M1919 - Browning Automatic Rifle ("BAR") Cutaway model for training purposes. Chambered for .30-06 Springfield.

Gatling Gun - Their high rate of fire led these guns to be used on the famous AC47 gunships of the Viet Nam Era, and the more modern AC130. The AC47's, nicknamed "Puff the Magic Dragon" were military DC-3's with a bank of side mounted gatling guns. The devastating broadside the AC47's delivered was very effective in counter insurgency operations.

Recoiless Rifle Recoilless Rifle

20mm Aircraft Cannon - Standard 20mm belt fed cannon installed on U.S. aircraft in the 1950's and 60's.Photo Not Yet Available
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M1911A1 - Colt Automatic Pistol. Standard issue sidearm of U.S. services until replaces in the late 1980's by a Beretta pistol. .45 caliber training mockup.
M60 Machine Gun - Modeled after the World War II German MG43 machine gun, the M60 was developed in the 1960's and has been in use by American armed services ever since. 7.62mm.Photo Not Yet Available
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M1 Carbine - 1940, The army set out to develop a replacement for the M1911 Colt Automatic Pistol. The fine carbine developed instead became standard issue for american officers and specialists in combat.

Antitank Gun - Manufactured by Laudi during World War II. 22mm with skis.Anti-Tank Gun

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