The M1918 has a cylindrical flash suppressor fitted to the muzzle end. The original BAR was equipped with a fixed wooden buttstock and closed-type adjustable iron sights taken from the Enfield 1917, consisting of a forward post and a rear leaf sight with 100 to 1,500 yards (91 to 1,372 metres) range graduations. [15]

2013年4月2日 · In 1918, this concept was foreign and a firearm that could fill this newly arrived at need was non-existent. Not to worry though, that most genius of American firearms engineers John Moses...

The BAR being demonstrated to U.S. government and military officers. In 1917, before the United States joined the First World War, John Browning brought two weapons to Washington, D.C. These were: a water-cooled machine gun (later named the …

2018年8月23日 · The selective-fire M1918 BAR fired from an open bolt and could fire on full- or semi-automatic. A gunner’s belt was issued with a butt cup on the right side to facilitate firing from the hip ...

2014年6月3日 · The original M1918 BAR used this very nice rear sight… …and then for the M1918A2 they deliberately changed to this. Ugh. So…Why? The BAR was originally conceived as an “automatic rifle” for walking fire assault – advancing across no-man’s land firing from the hip to suppress defending troops.

In the autumn of 1918, a powerful new American weapon was introduced to provide assault troops that type of weapon: the Browning Automatic Rifle, then and thereafter known simply as the BAR (not “bar”). The BAR gave attacking troops a genuine tactical advantage in the offensive.

Designed by the legendary John Moses Browning, the BAR provided American forces with an automatic rifle capable of delivering high firepower with maneuverability, filling a critical gap in infantry tactics from World War I through Vietnam.

2019年7月18日 · The BAR was a replacement for the French Chauchat used by U.S. forces at the time. The BAR was also designed to be carried and fired from the hip in a new concept known as “walking fire” or “marching fire.”

2024年1月18日 · The BAR featured an air-cooled barrel, eliminating the need for a water-cooling system, which was cumbersome and impractical for a mobile infantry weapon. The heavy …

2022年5月11日 · Short history and specifications of the WWI M1918 and WWII M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR).