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. The underside edge of the magazine well is stamped with "LAW ENFORCEMENT, ATHENS GA.".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. It comes with one 20 round box magazine and a bipod. The top of the receiver is stamped with a small Eagle Head proof and the breech end of the barrel is stamped with a small Ordnance Bomb proof mark. It is fitted with a WWII New England Firearms replacement barrel marked "NE-7/Ordnance Shell and Flame proof/6-43" with a WWII flash-hider and bipod. BY WINCHESTER -/118835/- PATENT APPLIED FOR - ". The receiver is marked: "BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE/- U.S. It has the later BAR adjustable rear sight, with a wood forend and a later WWII 1918A2 pattern fiberglass buttstock with the folding shoulder support buttplate, and the late pattern magazine guards. This example has been arsenal refurbished as the top of the receiver is stamped with "AA" indicating rebuild by Augusta Arsenal for WWII/Korea and then eventually sold by the government as a Foreign Military Sale as it is listed as a "Sales Sample Only". They were extremely reliable and highly accurate with the sole drawback being their 20 round magazine. It proved to be a highly effective combat assault rifle and light machine gun, that was reissued in WWII and even into Korea and Vietnam. These rifles were originally developed and issued to the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in France during WWI. This is a fine example of a WWI Winchester Model 1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) manufactured in 1918.
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