Ukraine's robots are carrying the heavy century-old M2 Browning machine gun into battle so troops don't have to

DevDroid is putting the iconic M2 Browning on its war robots.

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Ukraine's ground robots are giving its army a new way to use the M2 Browning, a powerful, crew-served American machine gun that is often mounted on vehicles because of its weight.Ukraine is using its growing fleet of ground robots to attack Russian targets, with weapons including grenade launchers, RPGs, and machine guns.One weapon of choice is the American-designed, century-old M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun, known as "Ma Deuce," which has seen conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan and is now being used by Ukraine against Russian troops and drones.Ukrainian robot and weapons maker DevDroid says the M2 is especially well-suited for robots, which can carry the heavy gun into battle while keeping soldiers farther from the front.The company's main product is the Droid TW, a reconnaissance and strike ground robot with a turret that can fit a machine gun, including a KT-7.62, a Ukrainian variant of the Soviet PKT.But the robot's primary weapon is the M2, Oleg Fedoryshyn, the company's director of R&D, told Business Insider. "I think in the Ukrainian Army, maybe 90% of all Droid TW are with Brownings."It's a readily available weapon, he said. "We have a lot of Brownings in the army."