August 14, 2020
The Army Is Making The M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun More Accurate Than Ever
Technical efforts are underway to make .50-Cal targeting more precise, such that it could shoot down swarms of quadcopters or other commercially avail mini-drones configured for attack.
by Kris Osborn
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The Army is revving up development and delivery of advanced targeting technology for its .50-cal machine gun to increase precision, widen the mission envelope and destroy challenging targets such as enemy drones, low-flying aircraft, light-skinned armored vehicles and troop concentrations. .
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/army-making-m2-50-caliber-machine-gun-more-accurate-ever-166990
