Editing M2 Browning (section)

===Sniper rifle===
[[File:USMC-110909-M-UO859-002.jpg|thumb|USMC M2 fitted with a [[Leupold & Stevens|Leupold]] CQBSS variable power scope]]

The M2 machine gun has also been used as a long-range [[sniper rifle]] when equipped with a high-powered [[telescopic sight]]. Soldiers during the Korean War used scoped M2s in the role of a sniper rifle, but the practice was most notably used by US Marine Corps sniper [[Carlos Hathcock]] during the Vietnam War. Using an [[Unertl Optical Company|Unertl]] telescopic sight and a mounting bracket of his own design, Hathcock could quickly convert the M2 into a sniper rifle, using the traversing-and-elevating (T&E) mechanism attached to the [[tripod (weapon)|tripod]]. When firing semi-automatically, Hathcock hit man-size targets beyond {{convert|2000|yd|m|order=flip}}—twice the range of the standard-caliber sniper rifle of the time (a [[.30-06]] [[Winchester Model 70]]). Hathcock set the record for the longest confirmed kill at {{convert|2460|yd|m|order=flip}}, a [[Longest recorded sniper kills#Confirmed kills 1,250 m (1,367 yd) or greater|record]] which stood until 2002, when it was broken in Afghanistan by Canadian Army sniper [[Arron Perry]].<ref name="Hathcockshotb">{{cite web |title=Marine Corps Sniper Carlos N. Hathcock II |author=Sgt. Grit |year=2006 |website=Grunt.com |access-date=2008-03-24 |url=http://www.grunt.com/scuttlebutt/corps-stories/heroes/carloshathcock.asp |quote=Viet Cong shot dead by a round fired from a scope-mounted Browning M-2 .50 caliber machine gun at the unbelievable range of {{convert|2500|yd|m}}. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214173658/http://www.grunt.com/corps/scuttlebutt/marine-corps-stories/marine-corps-sniper-carlos-hathcock/ |archive-date=2012-02-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref>