OPERATOR’S MANUAL

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HEAVY machine GUN, .50 CAL, M2HB/QCBOPERATOR S MANUALM2 HB / QCB1WarningHearing protection must be worn when firing this should be checked and adjusted before firing weapon, after assembling weapon, and after replacing headspace and timing can cause malfunctions, damage to the gun, and injury to bolt latch release and trigger are both held down, machine gun will fire automatically (flex only).Immediate action should be applied to a hot weapon within 10 seconds (cook-off). If round is not removed within 10 seconds, wait 15 minutes. Keep the weapon trained on the open the cover on a hot weapon. An open cover cook-off could occur and result in serious injury or machine gun has been in action, clear machine gun before anyone moves in front of the muzzle. Clearing consists of unloading the machine gun and visually inspecting weapon to ensure all rounds have been removed.

The caliber .50 machine gun, Browning, M2, Heavy Barrel, Soft Mount type: a. Is mounted on the MK 26 Mod 15, 16, and 17 gun mounts. b. Is a belt-fed, recoil operated, air-cooled, crew served machine gun. The caliber .50 machine gun, Browning, M2, Heavy Barrel, Fixed Type: a. Is mounted on the MK 56, Mod 0 and 4 gun mounts. b.

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