Browning Automatic Rifle

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The Browning Automatic Rifle is a World War I–era American automatic rifle and light machine gun designed by John Browning that served as a standard squad support weapon through World War II and the Korean War.

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Browning Automatic Rifle canonical 6
Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) 1
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf automatic rifle
firearm
light machine gun
action gas-operated
cartridge .30-06 Springfield
7.62×51mm NATO (some later conversions)
7.92×57mm Mauser (foreign variants)
7×57mm Mauser (foreign variants)
countryOfOrigin United States
designer John Moses Browning
linked to: John Browning
feedSystem 20-round detachable box magazine
inServiceUntil 1950s (frontline U.S. service)
manufacturer Colt
International Business Machines (IBM)
linked to: IBM

Marlin-Rockwell
New England Small Arms Corporation
Royal FN Herstal
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
massProductionStart 1918
mounting bipod (later variants)
notableFeature selective fire on some variants
shoulder-fired automatic weapon designed for walking fire
operation long-stroke gas piston
overallLength about 1,200 mm (47 in) for M1918
rateOfFire 500–650 rounds per minute (M1918)
replacedBy M60 machine gun in U.S. service
role squad automatic weapon
squad support weapon
serviceEntry 1918
shortName BAR
sight iron sights
standardDesignation M1918
usedBy Belgian Army
British Army
Chinese National Revolutionary Army
Finnish Army
French Army
Japanese forces (captured weapons)
Polish Army
Royal Australian Army
linked to: Australian Army

Royal Canadian Army
United States Army
United States Marine Corps
usedInConflict Korean War
Vietnam War
World War I
World War II
variant Colt Monitor R80
M1918A1
M1918A2
weight about 7.25 kg (16 lb) unloaded for M1918

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M14 rifle replaced Browning Automatic Rifle
M60 machine gun replaced M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
linked to: Browning Automatic Rifle
.30-06 Springfield usedInFirearm Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
linked to: Browning Automatic Rifle
United States Army in World War II usedEquipment Browning Automatic Rifle
3rd Battalion, 28th Marines primaryWeapon Browning Automatic Rifle
Battle at the Ramelle bridge involvesWeapon Browning Automatic Rifle
U.S. Army firearms includesStandardIssue Browning Automatic Rifle
Browning Automatic Rifle variant M1918A1
linked to: Browning Automatic Rifle
Browning Automatic Rifle variant M1918A2
linked to: Browning Automatic Rifle
164th Infantry Regiment primaryMachineGun Browning Automatic Rifle
subject linked to: 164th Infantry