{"id":77479,"date":"2023-02-10T02:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=77479"},"modified":"2023-02-09T10:25:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:25:05","slug":"water-cooled-50s-the-us-navy-mk22-pedestal-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/02\/10\/water-cooled-50s-the-us-navy-mk22-pedestal-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Water-Cooled .50s: The US Navy Mk22 Pedestal Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eRuB1r1wr5I\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 27 Oct 2022<\/p>\n<p>In 1942, the US Navy adopted the Mk22 Pedestal mount, which fitted a pair of water-cooled Browning M2 machine guns (one left-hand feed and one right-hand). 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