a quick video of a real restored M45 Quadmount 50.cal w/ real live fully operational M2HB Browning Machine guns being loaded (with blanks) and firing. Video was filmed at the 2021 …

Aug 3, 2017 · Steve Carlesco brought his M45C Quadmount "Meat Chopper" to the Green Mountain Boys machine gun shoot in Vermont in 2017. It chewed up a car with its four .50 cal …

Oct 14, 2020 · The Maxson M45 Quadmount .50 caliber "Meat Chopper" was one of the most effective weapons against low flying aircraft during World War II.

Quad 50s go into action at Fort Bliss. Src: "FORT BLISS: HEART OF ARMY AIR DEFENSE" (1970), U.S. Government.

The M45 quad mount is a towed anti-aircraft gun consisting of four .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns mounted in pairs on either side of an armored open-top gunner's compartment …

Aug 3, 2017 · Steve Carlesco, of Gunsmith Inc., brought his M45C Quadmount .50-cal ‘Meat Chopper’ to the Green Mountain Boys machine gun shoot in Eden, Vermont on July 14 and …

Quad 50 Firing. There were four Quads at French Fort, one on each corner of the compound. There was a gun crew assigned to each unit. The effective range was about 1.2 miles. They …

Mounting 4 standard Browning Caliber .50 heavy barrel machine guns, the Quad-50 was primarily an anti-vehicle weapon but, against assaulting infantry, it was a battlefield broom. Selective …

The anti-aircraft weapons were used against German infantry forces and provided what likely amounted to an extremely effective amount of supporting fire. It’s tough to move your infantry …

Jan 4, 2013 · Designed to shoot down low-flying (under 2000-feet) aircraft coming into strafe, the quad mounted Marines prepare for a German Messerschmitt attack with a Maxson M45 …