This gun had seen not too much service, being adopted only by the Belgian army prior to the switch to the smaller 7.62mm NATO cartridge. The ultimate BAR version only appeared after WW2, when FN introduced its BAR Type D light machine gun. This gun had a quick detachable barrel and the return spring was moved into the butt. From this source, in more or less modified form, the BAR served with Poland, Sweden, Belgium, the Baltic states and so on. Browning sold his design to the famous Belgian company Fabrique Nationale. The BAR also found its way into many European armies. Many M1918A2’s were used with the bipod removed. The bipod, however, was somewhat awkward, uncomfortable and heavy.
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Single shot mode was replaced by two selectable full auto modes, with fast (~650 rpm) and slow (~450 rpm) rates of fire to choose from. Many of the earlier M1918A1 guns were converted to M1918A2 configuration, which featured a skid-footed adjustable bipod under the flash hider, M1917 sights, a smaller forend and a metal heat shield between the barrel and cylinder/spring. This version, manufactured by Colt, Marlin-Rockwell, and Winchester, served in the Squad Automatic Weapon role with US troops during the Second World War and later in the Korean War. In 1939, the final American version of the BAR appeared, under the designation of M1918A2. The butt was also fitted with a hinged steel buttplate. This gun featured skid-footed folding bipods, attached to the gasblock. This was intended mostly for police use, but found its way into the hands of outlaws too.ĭuring the 1930’s, the next version of the BAR was briefly manufactured, designated as M1918A1. The Colt company also produced a lightened semi-automatic version of the BAR, called a Colt model 75 “Monitor” rifle. In 1922, the US Cavalry adopted the M1922 light machine gun. It featured a folding bipod under the partially ribbed barrel, a removable monopod “third leg” under the butt, and M1917 machine gun sights. After WW1, the development of the BAR continued. were issued to some US troops by the end of the war. On the other hand, it was too light to be easily controllable in full automatic mode, especially firing such a powerful round from a shouldered, unsupported position.Īnyway, the M1918, made by the Colt Firearms co. However, the BAR M1918 proved way too heavy for a shoulder fired weapon. It was more than two times heavier than the bolt-action Springfield M1903 rifle and exactly twice as heavy as the M1 Garand semiautomatic rifle.
Also to provide mobile firepower to every squad, since the standard machine guns of the period were heavy and much less maneuverable. Initially it was just that – an Automatic Rifle, a selective fire weapon intended for use by infantry to fire from the shoulder or from the hip when advancing onto enemy positions. It was invented late in the First World War, upon a request from the US Expeditionary corps in Europe. The Browning Automatic Rifle was designed by the famous American arms designer John Moses Browning. Showing its bolt locking and feeding system.Ĭaliber: 7.62圆3mm (.30-06 M2) Weight: 8.8 kg empty Length: 1214 mm Length of barrel: 610 mm Feeding: detachable box magazine, 20 rounds Rate of fire: 450 or 650 rounds/min, selectable The cut-out drawing of the Browning BAR M1918. Browning BAR M1922 – the light machine gun for US Cavalry.īrowning BAR M1918A1, with its spiked bipod and hinged buttplate.īrowning BAR M1918A2, the final and most popular version.
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