*FM 23-65

Field Manual
No. 23-65

HEADQUARTERS
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Washington, DC,
19 June 1991

FM 23-65

BROWNING MACHINE GUN CALIBER .50 HB, M2

Table of Contents


PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2 - MAINTENANCE

CHAPTER 3 - OPERATION AND FUNCTIONING

CHAPTER 4 - PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS AND DESTRUCTION

CHAPTER 5 - MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING

Section I. Planning

Section II. Fundamentals

Section III. Basic Marksmanship

Section IV. Advanced Gunnery

CHAPTER 6 - COMBAT TECHNIQUES OF FIRE

Section I. Fundamentals

Section II. Fire Control

Section III. Limited Visibility Conditions

CHAPTER 7 - TRAIN THE TRAINER PROGRAM

APPENDIX A - SAFETY

APPENDIX B - TRAINING AIDS AND DEVICES

APPENDIX C - RANGES AND TRAINING EXERCISES

APPENDIX D - FIGHTING POSITIONS

APPENDIX E - RANGE CARDS

APPENDIX F - AERIAL DEFENSE

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

AUTHORIZATION LETTER


DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

*This publication supersedes FM 23-65, 19 May 1972, and TC 23-65-1, 19 September 1984.