.50 Caliber Rounds
A belt of .50 caliber rounds are being fed into an M2 .50 caliber machine gun during Exercise Fuji Viper aboard Camp Fuji, Japan, August 1, 2017.
Fuji Viper is a training exercise where Marines conduct live fire and non-live fire combined arms training in order to sustain combat proficiency and improve the lethality of the Marines in the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations.
The Hawaii-based battalion is forward deployed to Japan as part of the Unit Deployment Program.
CAMP FUJI, JAPAN – III Marine Expeditionary Force
A U.S. Marine with Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fires a mounted M2 .50 caliber machine gun down range.
Mounted M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun
Pfc. Brett M. Baker, a Haskell, New Jersey native and anti-tank missile-man with Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fires .50 caliber rounds on a mounted M2 .50 caliber machine gun down range.
Cpl. William D. Alexander, a Severn, Maryland native and anti-tank missile-man with Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, observes a mounted M2 .50 caliber machine gun fire down range.
A .50 caliber round ejects from the barrel of an M2 .50 caliber machine gun during Exercise Fuji Viper aboard Camp Fuji, Japan.
M240B Medium Machine Gun
Lance Cpl. Paul D. Dubanski, a Loomis, California native and infantry assault-man assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fires the M240B medium machine gun down range during Exercise Fuji Viper aboard Camp Fuji, Japan.
Thank you U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson for the photos.
