** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** In early 1917, the United States ...
** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** John Moses Browning’s genius ...
Developed for infantry support and used sparingly in World War I since it was introduced so late, the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) became a force to be reckoned with as a companion for U.S. troops ...
“For nearly fifty years the hard-hitting, mobile Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, served in U.S. infantry units as a light squad automatic ‘base of fire’ weapon, providing quick bursts of ...
Key Point: Eventually, the M60 general-purpose machine gun replaced the BAR, as did the M240 and M249 series of squad-level machine guns. But the BAR is far from gone and forgotten. World War I is ...