2066

Stationed on Mars to quell a rebellion

Become side door gunner for atmospheric dropship.

No miniguns or gatling cannons, just some metal brick with a pipe on one end.

Get sent in to extract some wounded.

Reach the evac zone and come under attack.

Hoard of rebels charging in with their new plasma guns and compact rocket launchers.

Let loose a stream of bullets.

The sounds of the rebel’s screams are nearly drowned out by the heavy “Kachunk chunk chunk chunk” of the machinegun.

The wounded are loaded up and returned to base.

Inspect MG afterwards.

Thing was made in 1942.

Tunisia, Italy, and Germany are scratched onto the gun.

Scratch “Mars” on with a knife.

The year is 2734. Humanity has conquered death, cured every disease (even the common cold), and colonized the stars. Yet on battlefields from Earth to Europa, the M2 Browning still thunders, the BUFF rumbles through alien skies, the M1 Abrams fires its 120mm cannon, and every Marine is issued a KA-BAR.

reminds me of the best patch I’ve seen in a long time - Shuttle Door Gunner

The space shuttles were originally designed with 6 M2s mounted in the wings. It was mostly a tradition thing, but they cut the armament to save weight or something stupid. Fast forward to the Columbia disaster, and where does the fatal foam piece strike? Right in the firing line of old ma deuce.

recoil should be fun