The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was a family of United States automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Benet-Mercie machine guns.
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| - The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was a family of United States automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Benet-Mercie machine guns.
- The Browning Automatic Rifle, also known as the B.A.R.(pronounced Bee-eh-ahr) was issued as the heavy fire support for a squad. Designed by the famous gun designer John Browning, it was designed to clear the trench in the WWI, like Thompson Sub-machinegun, the war ended before it could see much use. It was first used in anger by Val Browning, John Browning's son, on September 13th 1918; only two months before the end of othe war. However, it was the standard issued automatic rifle for the U.S. Marine Corps and the occasional infantry during WWII, the Vietnam War and Korea. In the U.S. the weapon is also used by the both side of the law, especially in Prohibition era, the most infamous BAR users are Bonnie and Clyde, who terrorized the community with their modified BAR. The weapon uses .30
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| - The Browning Automatic Rifle, also known as the B.A.R.(pronounced Bee-eh-ahr) was issued as the heavy fire support for a squad. Designed by the famous gun designer John Browning, it was designed to clear the trench in the WWI, like Thompson Sub-machinegun, the war ended before it could see much use. It was first used in anger by Val Browning, John Browning's son, on September 13th 1918; only two months before the end of othe war. However, it was the standard issued automatic rifle for the U.S. Marine Corps and the occasional infantry during WWII, the Vietnam War and Korea. In the U.S. the weapon is also used by the both side of the law, especially in Prohibition era, the most infamous BAR users are Bonnie and Clyde, who terrorized the community with their modified BAR. The weapon uses .30 cal or .30-06 Springfield cailber (7.62X63mm, 7.92x57mm for using German rifle rounds or other calibers for export), slow-fully-automatic (450rpm) and fast-fully-automatic (550 rpm), self-loading rifle that held 20-rounds in an detachable magazine. The weapon was praised by many, though it has some drawbacks. After all it is effective and very reliable. The BAR rifle also required specialized training to use, with soldiers trained to use it referred to as 'BAR gunners.'
- The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was a family of United States automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Benet-Mercie machine guns. The BAR was designed to be carried by advancing infantrymen, slung over the shoulder and fired from the hip, a concept called "walking fire"—thought to be necessary for the individual soldier during trench warfare. However in practice, it was most often used as a light machine gun and fired from a bipod (introduced in later models). A variant of the original M1918 BAR, the Colt Monitor Machine Rifle, remains the lightest production automatic gun to fire the .30-06 Springfield cartridge, though the limited capacity of its standard 20-round magazine tended to hamper its utility in that role.
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