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Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
M1918 BAR
Description
Browning's heavy automatic rifle, giving fire support to every US squad. It served from 1918 to Korea.
Historical use
- First World War
- Second World War
- Korean War
Technical data
- Year
- 1918
- Service
- 1918–1960
- Country
- United States
- Maker
- Colt, Winchester y Marlin-Rockwell
- Designer
- John Browning
- Type
- Automatic rifle
- Mechanism
- Automatic
- Calibre
- .30-06 Springfield
- Weight
- 7.25 kg
- Length
- 1,214 mm
- Barrel
- 610 mm
- Rate of fire
- 500 rds/min
- Capacity
- 20 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 100,000
Source: Wikidata Q60642
