Original Film Prop Electric M2 Browning .50 Caliber “Ma Deuce” Machine Gun From Ellis Props with Cradle Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This all steel example was acquired from the Ellis Props and Graphics liquidation auction. Ellis was the oldest and the largest Prop House in California until its liquidation auctions in late 1999 and early 2000. Unfortunately there is no longer an auction label tag present and the prop itself was repainted.

This is an electric example, we have plugged it in to see how it works but we believe this to no longer be functional. It comes with a cradle, but one must remove the rear “sight” assembly (screws) to install in the cradle.

Comes more than ready for display.

Approximately measures 58 Inches Long, 7 Inches Tall and 4 Inches Wide, and the cradle is about 30 inches long.

The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, “Ma Deuce”) is a heavy machine gun that was designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. Its design is similar to Browning’s earlier M1919 Browning machine gun, which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge. The M2 uses Browning’s larger and more powerful .50 BMG (12.7 mm) cartridge. The design has had many designations; the official U.S. military designation for the current infantry type is Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Flexible. It is effective against infantry, unarmored or lightly armored vehicles and boats, light fortifications, and low-flying aircraft.

The gun has been used extensively as a vehicle weapon and for aircraft armament by the United States since the 1930s. It was heavily used during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Falklands War, the Soviet–Afghan War, the Gulf War, the Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan. It is the primary heavy machine gun of NATO countries and has been used by many other countries as well. U.S. forces have used the M2 longer than any other firearm except the .45 ACP M1911 pistol, which was also designed by John Browning.

The current M2HB (heavy barrel) is manufactured in the U.S. by General Dynamics Ohio Ordnance Works, and U.S. Ordnance for use by the U.S. government, and for allies via Foreign Military Sales, as well as by foreign manufacturers such as FN Herstal.