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LOT 1358
Desirable World War II U.S. High Standard M2 .50
Caliber Heavy Machine Gun, Class III/NFA C&R Fully
Transferable Machine Gun - Serial no. 2045460, 50 BMG
cal., 45 inch round bbl., parkerized finish. Manufactured
by High Standard of New Haven, Connecticut, the M2
Browning Machine Gun is the definitive Western heavy
machine gun of the 20th century. A descendant of
Browning’s 1917 HMG, the development of the M2 was
first prompted by the emergence of armored aircraft
among German forces in World War I, calling for a greater
level of firepower to bring down enemy aircraft.