Browning Automatic Rifle

Definition: Browning Automatic Rifle

Browning Automatic Rifle

Noun

1. A portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World Wars I and II and in the Korean War.

Synonym: Browning Automatic Rifle

Synonym: bar (n). (additional references)

Specialty Definition: Browning Automatic Rifle

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) was designed in 1917 by the weapons designer John Browning as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat Light Machine Gun, which was plauged by design flaws that made the weapon ineffective.

The BAR weighs about 20 pounds unloaded, and is fed with a 20-round detachable box magazine loaded from the bottom just behind the foregrip. The BAR could take standard .30-`06 Springfield ammunition, as well as Tracer and Armor-Piercing rounds.

When it was issued as the M1918A1 in the latter days of World War One, Soldiers were issued a "cup" that held the stock of the rifle up to the hip, so the user could lay down suppressing fire whilst moving. The M1918A1 also had Semi-Automatic fire.

In 1940, the M1918A2 was issued to troops that were yet to fight in combat. It removed Semi-Automatic fire in favor of a Rate of Fire selector switch, located on the trigger guard that allowed the user to go from 300-450 RPM (slow) and 500-650 RPM (fast). It also improved the stock using a buffer spring in the butt of the rifle. Also, the M1918A2 came with a bipod that weighed 2 pounds. Most soldiers discarded the bipod to reduce the weight they had to carry.

It served from the latter days of World War One, into World War Two and ultimately ended it's service shortly before the Vietnam War.

Photo Album: Browning Automatic Rifle

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	U.S. Marines rest in the field on Guadalcanal, circa August-December 1942. Most of these Marines are armed with M1903 bolt-action rifles and carry M1905 bayonets and USMC 1941 type packs. Two men high on the hill at right wear mortar vests and one in center has a World War I type grenade vest. The Marine seated at far right has a Browning Automatic Rifle. Credit: NAVY.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Browning Automatic Rifle

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Alternative Orthography: Browning Automatic Rifle

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Expressions: Internet

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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Expression	Frequency per Day
browning automatic rifle	113
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Browning Automatic Rifle

Definition: Browning Automatic Rifle