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The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. . The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe as a replacement for the ...
While the RCAF had used a mix of .303 Brownings and later .30-06 Brownings on aircraft during World War II and the Korean War, the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Navy had largely used M1919A4s in .30-06 during both conflicts, [citation needed] having them mainly mounted on vehicles/vessels.
Gatling gun: Some U.S. Gatling guns were re-chambered for .30-06; Model 1909 machine rifle: The Benét–Mercié light machine gun was chambered for .30-06; M1918 Chauchat: The US used a mix of Chauchats in .30-06 and 8 mm Lebel; Vickers machine gun; Breda Bren; Lewis gun: The US used a limited amount of Lewis guns chambered in .30-06 in both ...
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Army Ordnance Major Rene Studler persuaded Winchester that the Winchester M2 .30-06 rifle, a design started by Ed Browning and perfected by Winchester engineers including Marshall "Carbine" Williams, could be scaled down for the .30 carbine cartridge. The result was the M1 carbine. [7]
The 30-06 Springfield cartridge (pronounced “thirty-ought-six”, "thirty-oh-six") or 7.62×63mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 (hence “06”) where it was in use until the late 1970s. It remains a very popular sporting round, with ammunition produced by all major manufacturers.
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The Browning BLR is a lever-action rifle manufactured for Browning Arms Company by Miroku Firearms in Japan.It comes in many different variations and is chambered in numerous calibers from small and fast (.22-250 Remington and .243 Winchester) to the large Magnum rounds (7mm Remington Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum), and the large bore .450 Marlin.