Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M2-HB | Microsoft Close Combat

Chapter 5 Weapons

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.50-caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun

(M2-HB)

Operation Selective fire (fully or semiautomatic), air-cooled

Caliber .50 (12.7 mm)

Muzzle velocity 893 mps (2,930 fps) Capacity 110-round belt

Weight 57.6 kg (128 lbs) with tripod Overall length 165.4 cm (65.1 in.)

Rate of fire 450 to 550 rounds per minute Range 1,800 m (1,970 yds)

The predecessors of the .50-caliber machine gun were German 12.7- and 13.2-mm antitank rifles used in World War I. Early tanks had thin armor that was easily pierced by such rounds. The U.S.

Ordnance Department turned to John Browning to design a machine gun that would use a high-velocity

.50-caliber cartridge, and Browning delivered a prototype gun the day after the Armistice was signed. While the vast majority of U.S. .50-caliber machine guns (both air- and water-cooled) were used in aircraft or mounted on vehicles (tanks, halftracks, jeeps, and trucks), the M2-HB air-cooled model was issued to infantry units. Weighing nearly 130 pounds (with tripod), the M2-HB was used mainly as a defensive weapon.

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Microsoft Close Combat manual Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M2-HB

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Game Reference CloseCombat About Close Combat Close Combat Game Theory You Lead Human Beings, not Superheroes Taking Other Realistic Factors into Account Dynamic Play Balancing Means No Two Games Play the Same Who’s in Control? You Choose Installation and Setup To set up Close Combat in WindowsTo set up Close Combat in Windows 95 if AutoRun is disabled To launch Close Combat in Windows To set up Close Combat on the Macintosh Minimum Windows Minimum Macintosh System ConfigurationSystem Requirements To launch Close Combat on the Macintosh Close Combat Game Types Playing Close Combat-An Overview Going to Boot Camp Quick Tour of Close Combat Viewing TerrainMonitors and Toolbars Infantry Strategies Maneuver Play Campaign Play Replays Command Screen Reconnoitering Close CombatMenu Bar Game Buttons Side Buttons Number Of Player ButtonsLevel Of Difficulty Buttons Game Screen Scrollable ListStatus Bar Begin Button Command Menu Toolbar Game Play Mode DeploymentToolbar Game Screen Monitors Team Monitor Attribute Description Leader Rank Enemy Threat Indicator Soldier Monitor Ability DescriptionState Description Vehicle Team Panel Infantry Team Panel Condition text Text ColorStatus field Description Soldier Panels Current action Description Function Description Health Description Emotional state DescriptionFatigue level Description Message Monitor Overview MonitorZoom Monitor Ammunition type Description Debriefing Screen Victory InformationScore Summaries Details Button Command Screen Button Debriefing Details ScreenHistorical Timeline Save Replay Button Return Button Color ScaleDebriefing Table Setup and Game Play Close Combat Starting Games Starting Maneuver PlayTo start maneuver play Refining the Level of Difficulty American StrengthTo select American strength German Strength To make American units always obey orders To make American units are fearlessTo make German units always obey orders To make German units fearless Starting Campaign Play To make enemy units always visibleTo make enemy intelligence always available To start a new Campaign Starting Replays To start a saved CampaignTo start a Replay Winning Close Combat Games ScoringKilled or Americans Wounded Killed or Germans Wounded Deploying Teams Issuing Commands Issuing Move and Move Fast CommandsTo issue a Move command Issuing Fire and Smoke Commands To issue a Move Fast command To issue a Fire command To issue a Smoke command Issuing a Defend Command Issuing a Hide Command To issue a Defend commandTo issue a Hide command Using the Toolbar Deployment ModeToolbar in Deployment Mode Game Play Mode Toolbar in Game Play mode Using the View Area Monitoring the Game Using the Team Monitor Using the Soldier MonitorUsing the Message Monitor Pausing a Game Using the Overview MonitorTo use the Overview monitor Ending Games Ending a GameStopping a Game To end a game Saving Games Exiting Close CombatTo stop a game To exit Close Combat from Windows Using the Options Menu To save a battle as a ReplayTo choose options in Windows To choose options on the Macintosh Turning Sound On/Off Turning Music On/OffTurning Videos On/Off Expanding the View Area to Use the Entire Screen Removing/Displaying Trees from the Map Removing/Displaying Soldiers Killed In ActionMinimizing Close Combat Troubleshooting Playing Head-to-HeadGetting Help Finding a Topic in the Help FilePage Basic Tactics FlankingShoot It Out Frontal Assault Game Play Tips Infantry Tips Tactics Vehicle Tips Tactics Weapons Tips Tactics General Tips Normandy June 6 Evolution of Operation Overlord General Dwight D. EisenhowerGeneral Omar Bradley Preparations for Operation Overlord British General Bernard Montgomery German Forces in Normandy Fooling the Germans with Fortitude Allies Invade on D-Day Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Soldiers crammed into landing craft Soldiers landing on Omaha Beach Bloody Omaha and Beyond Carentan Off The Beach Soldiers taking cover Behind seawall on Omaha Beach Across The Aure Close Combat Operation German Side Normandy June 13 German Defenses in the Bocage German hedgerow defenses First Encounters in the Bocage Hedgerow Hell Sgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Troops under fire in the bocage Allied Improvisation in the Bocage Lt. Jack Shea, from Yank Breaking the Impasse Pfc. Bob Sloane, in Yank Going for the High Ground Hill 192 and Purple Heart Draw Purple Heart Draw We did Sgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Taking Saint-Lô at Last HillClose Combat Operation German Side Close Combat Operation U.S. Side Infantry in Battle Ruins of Saint-Lô Saint-Lô Saint-Lô Patton Unleashed It was one terrible blood- letting Trapped in the Falaise Pocket Falaise Pocket August 13Ð20 Colt .45 model Walther P Effective range 30 m 32 yds Mauser Kar Springfield ’03 RifleEffective range 550 m 600 yds Gewehr Semiautomatic Rifle Garand Rifle Browning Automatic Rifle BAR M1 Carbine Effective range 75 m 83 yds Thompson Submachine Gun MP40 Machine Pistol Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M1919A4 MG 42 Machine Gun Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M2-HB Grenade Launcher Armor penetration 240 mm 9.4 Bazooka Rocket LauncherArmor penetration 230 mm 9 Egg Grenade Specifications German Hand Grenades American Hand GrenadesMark II Fragmentation Grenade Stick Grenade Mm Mortar Mortar 60-mm M2 and Mount M2 Close Combat Mm Antitank Gun Pak M1 57-mm Antitank Gun Inch Gun M5 Armor penetration 122 mm 4.8 7.5-cm Light Infantry Gun Armor penetration 96 mm 3.8 Panzer III L Medium Tank M5A1 Light Tank Mm Sherman Tank Panzer IV H Tank M4A3 76.2-mm Sherman Tank Panzer V Panther Medium Tank StuG IIIG/StuH Infantry Support Tanks Tiger I Heavy Tank M10 Tank Destroyer Marder III Self-Propelled Antitank Gun M36 Tank Destroyer Jagdpanther Hunting Panther Tank Destroyer SdKfz 250 Light Armored Troop Carrier M3A1 Halftrack Armament Various SdKfz 231 Armored Car Jeep Kfz 1 Kübelwagen Terrain Basic Terrain Civilian Terrain Marsh Orchard Barbed Wire Military Terrain Wooden Structures Wood Buildings Stone Buildings Bunkers Big Picture Short History of World War Let Loose the Dogs of War World War II Begins Russia Invades Finland Germany Blitzes West Close Combat 125 Battle of Britain 127 Close Combat Desert Fox The North Africa Campaign General Erwin Rommel in North Africa Barbarossa Begins Germany Attacks Russia Scale of Forces Germans advancing into Russia Hitler and the Wehrmacht Problems of Command Sunday Surprise The Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor Germany and Italy Declare War on the United States Omar Nelson Bradley Allies Agree to Beat Germany First Dieppe Debacle Long Road to Normandy Convoys and Wolfpacks the Battle of the Atlantic Germany Blitzes East Again War in the Pacific Axis Cracks The German Defeat At Stalingrad Russian soldiers in winter camouflage on the attack Close Combat Monty and Torch The North Africa Campaign British soldiers in North Africa British officer on tank combat near El Alamein Erwin Rommel Bernard L. Montgomery 145 Close Combat Long Formation The Air War In Europe Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill at Tehran Foothold in Europe  Landings in Sicily Fierce Encounters Landings in Italy American First Division fighting in Italy From Yank, an American military publication Problems of Supply On To Rome From Shots Fired in Anger by Lt. Col. John George 153 Close Combat End of Festung Europa On the Eve of Operation OverlordRacing Toward the Rhine Red Army Marches To Vengeance Collapse of Festung Europa Last Blitzkrieg The Battle of the Bulge American tanks on the move in Germany Road to Berlin Red Sky in the East the Soviets Capture BerlinAmerican and Russian soldiers Final Surrender And Beyond Photostat of German surrender with Jodls signature World War II ends-and the Cold War begins