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quad-fifty noun a quadruple mount .50 calibre machine gun, a devastating truck-drawn trailer-mounted weapon US Originated in World War 2.- Two “quad-fifties”–four .50 caliber machine guns on a single mount: two of these units–are set up on the hill mass behind us. — Martin Russ, The Last Parallel, p. 204, 1953
- Each truck had three quad fifties. — William Pelfrey, The Big V, p. 21, 1972
- They put a Quad 50 on top of that big water tower. — Wallace Terry, Bloods, p. 122, 1984
- Lord a’mighty! They’ve got a freakin’ quad fifty! — Stan Lee, The ’Nam, p. 80, 1987
- “What kind of weapons platoon did you command, sir?” “It was a quad-fifties platoon, as I recall.” — Lucian K. Truscott, Army Blue, p. 335, 1989
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