Looking for some antiaircraft guns for your boat? Gotcha covered (PHOTOS)

By Chris Eger

If you have a problem with low-flying German Messerschmitts or Japanese Zeroes, Rock Island Auction Company may have just what you are looking for in a pair of naval AAA mounts.
As part of their May Premier Auction, RIA has both an original early WWII fixed-dual mounted AN-M2 anti-aircraft gun for those who like their “triple-A” in .30-06 as well as a hulking WWII Navy Oerlikon 20 mm cannon.
The AN-M2 was a lightweight version of the famed Browning 1919 machine gun and had a blisteringly high rate of fire. Meant for use in SBD Dauntless dive bombers and similar aircraft to cover the plane’s rear from sneaky enemy fighters, they were often salvaged and used by Marine infantry as the field-produced Stinger LMG such as the one used by the legendary Cpl. Tony Stein.
RIA’s pair of AN-M2s are on an MK II Mod 3 dual mount containing transferable Colt and General Motors-made guns and a rare first generation illuminated sight on a shielded pintle mount. Total weight is about 200 pounds, so you aren’t going to tote it around very much, and its auction estimate is $45,000 – $70,000, but this is about as collectible as you can get.

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Source: Guns.com