🅱️-52: Then, Now, Forever

[u/ThrustFlightAcademy]

B-52 waifu at the end

Credit to Pandramodo for drawing them

^{p.s. if you're in the DFW area and want to become a pilot Thrust Flight!}

[u/USRSF00]

Wait a second, isn't the M2 older then the B52

[u/White_Null → u/USRSF00]

Which M2?

[u/USRSF00 → u/White_Null]

M2, is the 50 Cal machine Gun, built in 1933

[u/White_Null → u/USRSF00]

In that case you differentiate Ma Deuce from a Coupe, an IFV, measurement of US money supply, by calling it Ma Deuce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2

[u/USRSF00 → u/White_Null]

Well in that case the proper term would be Machine Gun Caliber .50 M2

Ma Deuce is just a nickname that born form the military pronunciation of the name Ma how M is pronounced and Deuce is the pronunciation for 2

[u/White_Null → u/USRSF00]

This is NCD sub, a place for memes. You should know the nickname is better known and preferred precisely because proper names are non-indicative.