Question of the Day: Browning M2 “Ma Deuce” – Greatest Machine Gun Ever Made?

Browning M2 "Ma Deuce" machine gun (courtesy youtube.com)

In the video below, members of the U.S. Military fire the M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun in various training exercises. The caption informs us, correctly, that the our boys in uniform have used the “Ma Deuce” in every war or conflict from WWII to the present day. TTAG’s resident war hero Jon Wayne Taylor … Read more

BangBang Cinema: The Losers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypdB65jNpu0

I have a very personal relationship with The Losers when it comes to TTAG. You could, without a doubt, say that if this movie didn’t exist at this time and place, I would have never come on board to write here. It was several weeks ago when I got a look at the posters for this Vertigo Comics adaptation that my rage-dar (like radar, but you know) went off like a klaxon in my mind. In terms of gun handling and firearms accuracy, the posters were atrocious. I spit some 600 words on the subject and before the imaginary casings didn’t hit the ground, Robert Farago contacted me with an opportunity to merge my two loves: guns and cinema. Fast forward a brief period of time and I’ve not only seen The Losers, but I’ve talked to a few cast members (more on that soon). Did it live up to the failings of the posters or should this ragtag group really be called The Winners?

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