This soldier calls the Ma Deuce machine gun ‘one sexy weapon’

John Browning got it right when he designed the .50 caliber machine gun in 1918. Nicknamed "Ma Deuce," the .50 cal is considered the mother of all machine guns. Nearly nine decades after its introduction, the weapon is still getting positive reviews.

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"It's just a sexy weapon," said SPC Sterling Jones in the video clip below from Sebastian Junger's 2010 war documentary, "Restrepo." "It's the ultimate machine gun. That thing fires at an incredible rate, it's not hard to maintain, it's pretty simple, and it's pretty reliable. Guys run and wrestle for the .50 cause it's just the most fun to shoot."

Add its effectiveness and reliability, and it doesn't look like this weapon is going out of style anytime soon. The Ma Deuce is just too good.

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