The Canadian military is set to finally part with its remaining World War II-era 9mm ... in most modern semi-automatic pistols and is commonly referred to as the "Browning action" today.

In this regard, the SAW filled the void created by the retirement of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) during the 1950s because interim automatic weapons (e.g. M-14E2/M16A1) had failed as viable ...