The Browning Automatic Rifle is often criticized for its M1918A2 configuration used throughout World War II, but what did the ...

John Moses Browning’s automatic rifle has become an American legend. Here is a look at its past—a field report from the trenches of France nearly a century ago—its present as a retro Colt ...

The Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, was introduced as a fully automatic infantry rifle at the end of World War I. It was first deployed in combat in September 1918, according to the Survey of U ...

In July 1918, a new weapon arrived in France and was quickly placed in the hands of the U.S. Army’s 79th Infantry Division. Dubbed “Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918,” one of ...

In July 1918, a new weapon arrived in France and was quickly placed in the hands of the U.S. Army’s 79th Infantry Division. Dubbed “Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918,” one of ...

The Browning Automatic Rifle was beloved by the infantry troops. It fired .30-06 rounds at nearly 2,700 ft. per second and could spit those rounds at up to 550 rounds per minute.

The 1st Infantry Division Soldiers, who landed on Omaha Beach, ... American Soldiers also carried the Browning Automatic Rifle(BAR) to counter some of the rounds being fired upon them.

By the end of WWII, infantry squads were equipped with at least three Browning Automatic Rifles. 5. M1919 Browning Machine Gun. The Browning M1919 is the all-purpose machine gun used by the United ...

It was used within the infantry squad as an automatic rifle, filling the void created by the retirement of the Browning automatic rifle in 1960, a role that both the M14 and M16A1 rifles had ...