.50 BMG (no ontology)

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The .50 BMG (also known as .50 Browning Machine Gun or more rarely 12.7x99mm NATO) is a heavy machine gun caliber developed in the 1910s, and entered service in 1921 with the .50 Browning machine gun.

It is the most powerful firearm cartridge of the Mazes.

Real-life data

Originally intended as a heavy machine gun round, its use was popularized by the Browning .50 machine gun and later the Browning M2. Its very high muzzle energy and range made it very suitable for all kinds of roles; both ground and air units used the round, for anti-personnel, anti-matériel, and sometimes anti-aircraft purposes.

In certain occasions, the round was also used as an anti-personnel sniper round with modified machine guns, before the advent of compatible anti-matériel sniper rifles. Such use was popularized during the Vietnam War, where Browning M2 machine guns were sometimes fitted with custom scopes to kill important human targets from a long distance. The most well-known instance of this happening was in 1967, when USMC sniper Carlos Hathcock used the modified machine gun to score the by-then record of longest confirmed sniper kill, scoring a kill at 2286 meters of distance.

Later, the round was used in proper anti-matériel sniper rifles. In the 1980s, the Barrett M82A1 rifle was developed for this cartridge, popularizing very long-range shooting. The rifle was followed by others like the McMillan Tac-50, the Accuracy International AS50, and so on. As of nowadays, the caliber is used in both machine guns and sniper rifles by several NATO countries.

Mazeworld overview

Type	Unarm	Light	Hardskin	Kevlar-2	Kevlar-3	Kevlar-4	HEV
Bullet	140%	130%	126%	115%	104%	92%	67%

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Available for purchase in a gun shop or a weapon shop, in boxes of 10 or 100 rounds
Costs 300 P$ for 10 rounds, and 3000 P$ for 100 rounds
Value of a single round is 30 P$
Recoil level of this round is 5 - Punishing
Availability of this caliber:
- Can be found at random in the rooms

Weapons compatible

Class 1 weapons

Caliber name	.50 BMG
Energy	20195 Joule
Velocity	882 m/s
Bullet weight	800 gr (51.83 g)
Country	United States
Year	1921
Price	300 P$ (10 rounds)
Recoil	5 - Punishing
Compatible with	2 weapons

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-The massive power delivered by this caliber indubitably makes the .50 BMG the '''most powerful round''' in the game, closely followed by its Soviet cousin, the [[12.7x108mm]], both of them being heavy machine gun rounds.
+* Available for purchase in a [[gun shop]] or a [[weapon shop]], in boxes of '''10''' or '''100''' rounds
+* Costs '''300 P$''' for '''10''' rounds, and '''3000 P$''' for '''100''' rounds
-A single shot will kill practically '''ANY''' target, if not severely damage it. Such power is highly sought for in Mazeworld by the [[Contestant|contestant]], however it is also the biggest threat he/she should expect from an enemy-manned weapon, especially if the aforementioned enemy is a [[Maze Soldier|Maze Sniper]]. It is considered a [[Maze Soldier]]-killer round, due to its ability to one-shot kill targets even with Kevlar-3 grade armor.
+* Value of a single round is '''30 P$'''
+* [[Recoil]] level of this round is '''5 - Punishing'''
-This caliber is extremely rare and expensive: it is compatible with only two weapons, and can only be found at random in boxes of 10 or 100 rounds. It is also prohibitively expensive: Found in [[Gun shop|gun shops]] and [[Weapon shop|weapon shops]] for '''30 P$ per round''', it is also '''the most expensive firearm cartridge''' of the game.
+* Availability of this caliber:
+** Can be found at random in the [[room|rooms]]
 === Weapons compatible ===