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[–] JamesTBagg 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The M2 is almost as old. Both are still in service around the world. Both are John Browning designs.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It will never stop being funny to me that both the M2 and the 1911 are (according to scifi-fantasy franchise Warhammer 40.000) still in use in the 41st Millennium.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

If it ain't broke,

[–] copd 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not sure why this suprises people.

M2 Browning was bolted to basically everything american in ww2 and that was 80-90 years ago. It's an old weapon