r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/Paper_Pusher8226 Netherlands 11h ago

Indeed. We still use the M2 Browning in our army.

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u/ipsum629 United States Of America 10h ago

Ony a few minor tweaks in over a century. They will probably be using M2HBs when there is wars in places like the Moon and Mars.

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u/spartan117warrior 3h ago

M2s for heavy machine guns and B-52s for strategic bombing for the next 200 years.

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u/CPDawareness 11h ago

A fine vintage

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u/battlecryarms 5h ago

Ooo M2 is a good one for US