Browning M2

The  is a big gun in Fallout Tactics.

Characteristics
Although the Browning M2 has a very high strength requirement, its in-game firepower is the most devastating of any machine gun. The M2 has the longest range of any automatic weapon, but it's damage and rarity of ammunition are dwarfed only by the MEC Gauss minigun.

Locations

 * The M2 first appears during the St. Louis mission, carried by at least two guards in the super mutant Fortress in the far north of the map and two guards in the area around it. They have .50 DU rounds, and can easily kill your entire squad. After completing the mission bring a squad of two big gun users, a thrower (preferably one of the big gunners or sneakers), and two sneakers with burst shotguns and with the Awareness perk. have your thrower go prone and progressively toss grenades at the mines on each level the the ramp up to the mutant camp. There are two on the ground level four on the mid level and two on top. When the thrower has removed the mines from the picture, bring a sneaker with awareness to the bridge standing. The sneaker with awareness is your aim for the thrower. Put the thrower into crouch and lob some grenades. The closer the grenade is, the more damage it does, but because your thrower cant see them you can not throw directly at the mutants. One trick I have learned is to quick save after every major hit and whenever they run. When you quick load, the mutants will run again, if you like the direction quick save, if not quick load. Keep doing this until the mutants are close enough to get the maximum damage, but without them seeing you. With a little patience and luck you can have two dead muties, two M2s, and 180 rounds of DU .50 ammo.
 * Two mutants in a building on the right side of the Jefferson map carry this gun. Unlike the St. Louis mutants, they only have regular .50 rounds and won't tear your squad apart with a single burst.

Behind the scenes

 * This weapon is still widely used in the United States Military as a mounted machine gun on light vehicles, such as the "Humvee" and the mine resistant ambush protected troop carrier. (MRAP)

Browning M2