M45C Quadmount .50 cal "Meat Chopper" In Action
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2017
- Steve Carlesco brought his M45C Quadmount "Meat Chopper" to the Green Mountain Boys machine gun shoot in Vermont in 2017. It chewed up a car with its four .50 cal Browning M2 machine guns firing all at once.
Carlesco's M45C was built in 1944 and according to him, is the only active unit on the road that actually fires in the USA. It's all original except for some newer batteries.
The M45C was developed by the W. L. Maxson Corporation and was designed to shoot down ground attack aircraft during World War II. Four Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns were mounted on a variety of carriages. Carlesco's is an M51 gun carriage. It was manned by three people, two to feed and one to aim and fire.
Alone, a single Browning M2 machine gun with rate of fire of 450 to 550 rpm was inadequate against aircraft. But four was just right.
The highly mobile M45C was extremely successful against aircraft and acted as a strong deterrent to strafing runs by enemy warplanes. It was also used against ground forces when necessary. As the jet age began, it was much less effective. However, it took on a new role as an anti-infantry weapon in both the Korean and in Vietnam Wars where it was extremely effective.
The M45C was completely electrically driven and powered by rechargeable batteries that were charged by a generator next to the batteries. Standard practice was to fire five minutes on and five off to let the guns cool down. Later, in Korea and Vietman, two guns were fired at a time allowing them to alternate.
"We don't like to run the generator because it's noisy and it smells." But the 4-.50's are quiet and odorless.
YES I DONT LIKE LISTENING TO JUSTIN BEIBER WHEN IRON MAIDEN ARE DOING A SOUNDCHECK AS MR BEIBER IS TOO LOUD
Ah, everyone loves the aroma of cordite in the morning.
Disel fumes versus fresh gunpowder. Gunpowder every time.
I’m guessing that shooting four big machine guns at once is a lot more fun than running a 70yo generator, so that would explain why they tolerate one and not the other.
It smells like,. Victory,.
"It's an expensive piece of gear going down the road." Hell, I bet it it is an expensive piece of gear to pull the trigger on.
I remember that from Water World. Didn't end well.
It was used up to the late 90's in Denmark. I have a certified diploma for my training in these things :) I was on the last team to get this, because the team after us, was upgraded to "handheld" stinger.
That's a hell of an addition to your CV...
"Diploma of M45 Quadmount at Denmark University" lol
@@edbo10 Kinda like the famous US University
Quad Deploma
Dyb respekt herfra! :) Jeg gad SATME godt at få lov til at bruge et par timer i sådan en basse, og bare give FULD rulle på div mål i et skydetærreng :)))))
@@maestrolodahl8681 Det var en MEGET speciel oplevelse, som jeg aldrig vil glemme. Fandt faktisk mit diplom igen her for ikke så længe siden. Har også det originale undervisnings materiale liggende. Ud af hele vores hold var vi kun 2 der fik lov at skyde skarpt med alle 4 TMG'ere (Tungt Maskin Gevær) Vi startede alle med at skyde med 2 LMG, som kunne monteres med nogen specielle beslag som erstatning. Så fik de bedste lov at skyde med 4 LMG'ere. De bedst gik så videre til 2 TMG og så var de sidste 2 og bedste (eller heldigste skytter) så dem der fik lov at skyde med alle 4 TMG på én gang. Vi skød på sømål, 700m 900m og 1200m ude. Planen var oprindeligt at vi skulle skyde på en flyvende "drone" trukket af et lille fly. Men det blev aflyst desværre. Så vi måtte nøjes med sømål :) Eller ude på havet var det jo, i Jægerspris skydeterræn.
Went to a range for skeet shooting, met and old guy who asked if I ever shot a quad 50, I said no. I asked him what the hell he was shooting with quad 50s, he said Chinese'es lol.
A story told to my dad by a NCO in Vietnam 1966 about a battle he fought in 1951 Korea. Two quad .50's as well as all the infantry formed a pile of human debris and uniforms 6' high out in the field facing their line. They just kept coming.
While I am here I have to mention that I saw this one firing at Knobb Creek Machine Gun Show. It was right beside 3 Mini-guns. What a wonderful day of watching them all shoot. The range guy said: To start this round, a mini-gun is going to fire 400 rounds then everyone start shooting. It took less than 4 seconds to fire his 400 rounds, then 60 machine guns started firing. Good memory. I felt my body vibrating from the sound waves.
My father was on a crew that ran one of these in the 1950s.
Watching that thing crank out rounds makes me happy!
WRXXXupal
EVEN BETTER IF YOU STICK ISIS IN FRONT OF THEM
Life goals! I got to have a mad minute with one of these when I was lucky enough to see one out on a range day and I helped the guy do reloads for a weekend in exchange for getting to shoot it. Best minute of my life. My ears were ringing for a week and I had ear plugs AND headphones both on. Worth it!
That slow motion view of the firing sequence was pure joy
Owning one of these must be an expensive experience, aside from the price of the actual thing, imagine how much it must cost 4 boxes of .50 cal.
$15.00 CAD per round fired.
@@brianchiasson2465 Holy cow!
@@fistpunder around 4 USD so that's 800 dollars per box so 3200 per fire
Or 4 200 round cans
The US doesn’t go shopping for ammo at gun shops and bass pro, so not as expensive as you think it may be.
Thank you for posting this video. My father was a lieutenant in Korea in charge of a group of quad 50s.
This comes in at a close second to my favorite piece of gear, the hellacious minigun.
The only words that come to mind after watching this..."GOD BLESS AMERICA" Simply spectacular!!!
My grandfather used a M45c. Soo amazing to see one in operation!
Oozing coolness. Dear Santa...
You will need an extra large tree, to fit that beautiful quad under.
May your wishes come true.
Be safe and well mate.
Bob. Australia.
Unless I'm mistaken, I remember seeing this stored at my buddies shop in CT. Nice machine, very well kept.
Such a beautiful piece of art!!
My Great grandfather was on one of these in a half track in ww2
MachineGun Steve, fixed my 57mm RCR barrel, sold me a pile of .50 ammo, Great guy.. PS, Steve, I have the other fully working M45C, with red dot sight.
My husband got to shoot that at the Monroeton, PA machinegun shoot. Very cool!!!!!
Amazing thanks for sharing!
That thing is awesome!!! I put 400 rounds through it at the 2016 GMBC. Thanks
I would love to play with puppy for about 5 minutes. I saw one of these on a truck in Vietnam guarding a bridge. Thanks for a very good video. (Mississippi Gulf Coast, USA).
That looks like a blast!!!
Ah the classiv KrautMower.
Next year the M2HB will be 100 years old.Old lady still rocking.
Nice and cool! Thank you!
You could clear a new home site w/this !!!
All I can think of is the quad cannon from command and conquer generals. Four on the floor indeed
In cans you wanted to know, the engine on this thing is the briggs and stratton 8fb. It has very limited parts and was also used in consumer generators. I have one on my Go kart. :)
This is most certainly not the only functional m45 in the U.S. My dad owns an m16 half track with one of these on the back. It used to be fully functional, but recently it got shorted out and we have been fixing it since.
Mistah Fox back in early 2000 SARCO was selling these. I think for 4500.00 I maybe wrong on price.
Mistah Fox I was a Houston Gun Show and seen a half track. Cool looking trk for sure!
I saw a transferable one at a Phoenix gunshow back in 07 that was supposedly all matching and original and they wanted 120,000$
I remember a guy in Alexandria Louisiana that had the M16 Halftrack with the quad 50 cal mount with the guns and the generator. I know the half track worked as his son used it at a Homecoming Parade at Bolton High School. I actually got to take a look at the thing after the game. Dont know if the mount actually worked but it sure looked impressive
The Quad .50 is such a great anti-aircraft weapon. Even though it's not optimal compared to others. It's cheap compared to other systems, far smaller, and far more light weight. Can easily be used for anti-personnel, anti-armor, and anti-aircraft making it a workhorse of a weapon that is still effective today. I wouldn't use it standalone as an anti aircraft gun. But, it can still hit enemy aircraft at altitudes of +5,200/ft.
Nice machinery! 💥
Now THAT"S what I'm talking about!😎
This makes me smile
It may be an expensive piece of gear going down the road but it is the stuff dreams are made of when you're stuck in a traffic jam.
Absolutely brutal.
we have them in holland till begin 80's.....nice
Reminds me of the "Key to the city" scene in Waterworld :)
thats fire power..
50 cal is bad ass thats why they still used it to day
That should take care of the squirrel problem...
Am imagining the gunner shouts: "Reloading! Reloading!"
That's what we call "WICKED-COOL!!""!!
Good ole' American ingenuity!
Yes!
God, I love this country!!
You cant but this legally
This looks great for home defense
Love it.
Somebody needs to build a quad mount turret into a self-propelled vehicle. Half truck, half turret. One man drives, one man runs the turret.
Are the 4 guns connected somehow and controlled to fire one after the other? Or does each gun fire independantly as fast as it can?
Nothing says "Get off my lawn" like a quad fifty.
The “Krautmower”🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Santa, I've been sooooooooo good this year😀😀😀😀😀👍
need one of these on my farm
So cool.
Oh, HELL YEAH!!
I wanna try this out!!
One of my bucket list things would to fly in a WW2 airplane , preferably the mustang, but I would love to Strafe a target to feel what it would have been like although if nobody is shooting back you won’t get the real feeling but it’s close enough. Shooting this would probably hold me over for awhile.
The ladies volley at the end cost $4,000 for 14 seconds of fun.
Worth it
@@ismokezekush Cost of rounds, belt itself (its practically not reusable), batteries recharge, machine guns amortisation...
lady's
So sick
Reading up on Chipyong Ni brought me here.
M-16 Halftrac was one that had the quad .50 cal.
Don't have to worry about generator noise. After shooting everyone in genarator earshot is deaf.
Can it need Upgrade redues make more room of space.?
I wonder how u zerobit and to wut distance
i scrolled down here to post two words after seeing it shoot
HOLY FUCK
Firing this without earpro must be a goddam nightmare
Lucky Gunner has 100 round cans of 660gr FMJBT .50 caliber for $500. Big bucks for big fun
lol that's not a good price at all for 50bmg
WAgunfun more like 2.50 to 3.50 a rd.
OneGenericName So 250 for 100 Rds
Pricey way to keep the missus happy, but still cheaper than a divorce.
What battery did he mention
ERMERGERD!!!!
Serious boy toy !!
I found one of these for sale in the UK non deactivated for sale but I didn’t know if I could get it imported into the US or I would have bought it
while pulling a duster twin 40 mm tank engine out in the field with a army wrecker i noticed dust kicking up nearby. Charlie was taking pot shots at me. a gun truck with this setup when out & returned fire & took the whole tree line down. he never came back I finished the job as small as possible.
What range is it sighted on? ❤🤠
How would it run with M3's?
Loads what looks like eight thousand rounds into the four hoppers? Ammo boxes? Goes through everything so fast you could hold your breath and not feel at all uncomfortable.
Go to the website for the National Dusters Quads Searchlights Association for even more information on the Quad Fifty.
Battery E, 41st Arty (MG) attached to 4th Bn 60th Arty (Dusters) IFFV ....First Field Forces Vietnam 1969-1970
Quads provided truck convoy security, point defense at artillery fire bases and observation bases and occasional indirect fire support and were ideally deployed alongside M42 Dusters with infantry screening. Many a firebase was saved once the Quad began firing.
Quinon E bat 41st 1967-68, An Khe 68-69. mechanic. Member in poor standing, don't pay dues.
@@michaeldowns5270 Hey, hello!
It works just as well against low-flying aircraft as low-flying infantry.
I need this for home defense.
How can I contact the owner? I would like to know how much he will charge for a "Range Day". Serious question
5minutes with the quad or a vacation in the bahamas.
I need this for There Are Billions
Why the music over the video?
We came to hear the machineguns....
What do I have to do to be in the position to shoot one of these? I can’t die happy until I sit in one of these with aircraft bolts in all the guns and unload on some targets
Battlefield Vegas has one you can shoot.
That machine brought down George Pretty flying ace in his P-47 THUNDERBOLT WW2 killed by friendly fire accident .
George Preddy, highest scoring Mustang ace flew a P-51D. He scored 27.5 kills. But you're correct about how he unfortunately died by friendly fire from a quad .50 cal.
I swear Ive heard that called the Kraut Mower before...
What's the music? Simple, but pretty catchy.
I want one but with 4 of the gau-21 .50 cal guns they have double the firing rate.
get some!
Soooo.... It's the first military fully electric vehicle?!?! See we DO care about the environment! That sound you hear is green joy!
Man...if we could only put Robot legs on this thing!
I like it! Did these use M2 .50s or the faster AN/M2 or AN/M3 aircraft variants when in their original configuration? The lack of airflow on the ground would lead me to believe they uses standard M2s. There is a video of an original B17 turret firing with twin .50s (AN/M2 I think) and the ROF is insane.
M2, M3s weren't really used in WW2
I need this for Michigan mosquitoes
I need one
lots of freedom
"Load It Load It...Swab it Swab it!!!"...........Chuck the pig-man in WATERWORLD.
Have you guys ever thought about letting Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons do a video on the M45?
I want one
You don't wanna come out of that forest behind it.
Thats a lotta dakka