Dubbed “Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918,” one of the men who received the weapon was 2nd Lt. Val Browning, son of the new rifle’s designer. He quickly put it to good use.

Dubbed “Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918,” one of the men who received the weapon was 2nd Lt. Val Browning, son of the new rifle’s designer. He quickly put it to good use.

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) The BAR was the light machine gun of World War II and the Korean War. Amazingly, it was designed to be fired from an infantryman’s hip while walking and ...

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 ...

The Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, was the standard light machine gun of the U.S. military throughout WWII. Typically chambered for .30-06 ammunition and weighing between 13 and 24 pounds, BARs ...