Quadruple 50cal AA

[Wiktormotra]

Did it use its own engine all the time, or was it powered by halftrack's engine when it was placed on it?

[joeylenseigne120]

thats sucky version i like reg with no 100% loud motor

like from vietnam

[kaioystein]

Vet du om de skal ha en sånn oppvisning igjen snart?

[thestarvedfan]

well germans had the quad 20 mm.... makes this one look a silly toy.

[chrisapero]

@thestarvedfan the germans even had a quad 37mm ^^

[m4carbineowner]

correct me if im wrong but wherent most of these mounted on half tracks in WWII for AA

[shotfirer1972]

Thank you sir! And if ever you should have the compulsion to do so, i'd really like to see your Boys on a vid! Aways interested in seeing my rifles relations. BSA especially. I will not hesitate to bend your ear when i need some help. Thanks for the offer

[zman6033]

i will take one for the zombie apocalypse

[shotfirer1972]

really really cool. I have a .55 anti tank gun, i cant imagine what 4 times that and in semi auto would be like. LOUD! How was the turret hydraulics run originally? Mobile plant?

[Nicodemus98]

@shotfirer1972 The Quad fifty is fully automatic. Four Browning M-2's on a AA mount. The turret was originally run off a PTO if vehicle mounted or off ship power system if a Navy model. Some were hydraulic others used D.C. servo motors to operate the turret and gun carriage. They were used as suppression guns on fire bases and LZ's, mounted on the back of a deuce and a half. We also had "Dusters", twin 20mm auto feed cannons on a ugly little track vehicle. If you out front, really bad day.

[shotfirer1972]

@Nicodemus98 thanks mate! Appreciate your time.

[Nicodemus98]

@shotfirer1972 Anytime, Always glad to pass along information. I've been a gunsmith for more than five decades. By the Way, I also have one of the wonderful .55 Cal Boys AT Rifles. I bought it off a fellow forty years ago. He, Apparently brought it back from Europe after WWII. If I could round up another 3, I'd try them out on a Quad mount. It would be a blast, pun intended. Anyway, Have a great day. If you should ever have a gun question ask away. Cheers, Mate.

[msmusic4evr]

@Nicodemus98 how many rounds per minute would the quad.50 fire

[Nicodemus98]

@msmusic4evr Each Browning M-2 fires 700 rounds per minute. Fore guns equals 2800 Rounds per minute. As previously stated, this started out an anti-aircraft gun. Since, it has been used for many other purposes, including suppression fire. They were used on landings zones and fire bases in Vietnam to stop the enemy from over running them. The Quad fifty is a extremely powerful weapon, and the Browning M-2, in one configuration or another, will likely be with us for some time to come.

[chrisapero]

@Nicodemus98 but i don't think you can aim so good with the quad .50, it's good for suppression fire though...

[Nicodemus98]

@chrisapero The four guns were sighted through a single AA type cross hair. All four guns were, if properly set up, will regulate fire to the same point at 1000 yards. The M-2 Browning machine gun is capable of extreme accuracy, the gun and the round it fires work quite well together. Of course as the range decreases the "spread" of the rounds increases. At about 100 yards the bullets make a square pattern about 3 feet square, sweeping the guns at targets that close cuts down all in there path.

[kingrex1002]

@Nicodemus98 The M2 fires 550 rounds per minute.

[berner]

"Exterminate!! EXTERMINATE!! Kill the doctor!!"

[MasterLife695]

MOAR!

[Spanky00Cheeks]

needs moar firepower

[zman6033]

thats were the m163 VADS come in

[outlier1985]

Thing looks like something Kyle Reese would try to blow up. D:

[achaz]

that thing can butt fuck you sideways hardcore

[kgbmi7]

Great system and fire power first employ in WW2 on halftrack , great AAA by those standards , but i will stick with either shilka or gepard AAAs

[terrace09]

this would be so sweet if it accidently discharged in the camera man

[LWRCftw]

that thing's a beast on steroids

[cloudlife]

HEy.... it's pointing at me... HEY HEY!!!!!!

[scudlington]

Shit, I want one. Last time I was invited on a pheasie shoot I hit nothing.

[Eye4Lites]

Maybe shooting lessons?

[scudlington]

Hello Eye's. That's not a bad idea...my brother came out with one last time we were out. 'Shit. I couldn't hit a barn door with a barn door seeking missile.'...I bought him a drink for that one.

[bruin03]

If a figher pilot spots one of those, the guy is good as dead.

[mmmsikim]

yup, he's gonna get strafed for sure....

[samipso]

Yeah IF he finds it. That thing is much easier to hide than a bofors.

[JuliusCeasar223]

OMG imagine mouning that in the bed of a truck and covering the back opening with armor you could do whatevet the fuck you wanted cops PWNED

[tommysch]

I want that thing mounted on a Hummer.

[Yarder122]

All I want that I seen was that Opel Blitz!

[Boosley8]

This is called a Maxon or Mason am I right?

[CMDRFandragon]

Quad .50...simply awesome haha

[ThamMalaysia]

Crews lamented its lack of range and hitting

power, especially no explosive rounds.

[Eye4Lites]

What crews???? Lack of range and hitting power...?!? Where did you get your info? With the wide array of ammo, who cares about an explosive round in such a small caliber. 4 .50 is HUGE hitting power.

[ThamMalaysia]

The .50 was good to a slant range of

just about 1,000 yards, and usually had

only ball or AP ammo in those days.

Both land and naval gun crews lamented

about this lack of range and firepower.

Reading about one type of destroyer which

had only this gun for AA, the crews said it

was basically useless.

[ThamMalaysia]

The German Flakvierling's MG151s, BY

contrast, reached at least 1,500 yards

slant range, and had 20 grams of HE.

No wonder I remember reading about a

P-38 being blasted to pieces flying over

a Luftwaffe airfield.

[Eye4Lites]

Tham..don't know where you got this info but every reference I have including Wikipedia disputes your claim. The MG151/15 was withdrawn from service in early 1943 for its lack of range and hitting power. It had a fairly low muzzle velocity and was replaced with a 20mm version(MG151/20) that carried three time the HE charge. Also, the 50cal effective range is 1200meters the MG 151 is 400 meters.

[BigBoss6720]

Quadruple 50cal, more like quadruple own.

[samipso]

Looks deadly if you place 4 in small groups for pure defense, or spread them in a sort of grid around in the field. Very easy to hide. Too bad it's not very powerful.

[BattleWalker572]

Damn, the German Flack Vierling beats that, the flak vierling had 4 20MM rapid fire cannons, the quad .50 only had 4 .50cal MG's

[Anonymous00616]

it wasnt as large or heavy though.

[Eye4Lites]

Yeah and the ZSU-23-4 beats that!! 4 23mm cannons on a common carrier. BOOM

[Archimondeoo]

Ah yes, the Flak Vierling

[jmk0309]

nice... hitler's flak 38 was pretty deadly as well

[SMR11532]

thats some serious firepower

[armormaster]

Now if it fired, that would make my day, awesome vid though!

[mightycowhero]

G I JOE comes to mind.

[soepvorkje]

it doesn't look hightech

more like WW2

[sgtgritz117]

it's not supposed to be hightech and it is from world war two so i guess you self explained it.

[KrazyKraut101]

oh gawd imagine making tat thing into a paintball turret :O

[mikeeed]

sounds like my weedwacker

[Higaobarbosa]

1998 1ª BIAAe Brasil, turma de aritlharia anti aérea, muito bacana essa peça, pena que agora são apenas peças de museu!

Gostei do Vídeo, mas a peça em funcionamento está faltando 4 solenóides, além de 2 metralhadoras anti-aéreas, a superior direita e esquerda são de uso em reparos terrestre, mas dá pra encher linguiça né?

ANTI-AÉREA BRASIL!!!

[harentrois]

Pretty piece, but the litle joe engine is not original.

[soepvorkje]

boring video

why isn't there any kind of shooting

[yggseleaf]

Maybe because it's highly illegal to begin firing anti aircraft rounds into the sky or ground.

[dirtydodger]

because norway is full of pussies. USA USA USA!!!!!!!