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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 ...
Pages in category ".30-06 Springfield machine guns" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... M1918 Browning automatic rifle; M1919 Browning ...
The Browning BAR is a gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle produced by the Browning Arms Company in Belgium. The rifle loads from a detachable box magazine. [ 3 ] Browning introduced a redesigned BAR in 1966.
The .30-06 Springfield cartridge case can hold 68.2 grains and has a volume of 4.42 millilitres (0.270 in 3). The exterior shape of the case was designed to promote reliable case feeding and extraction in bolt-action rifles and machine guns alike, under extreme conditions. [citation needed].30-06 Springfield maximum C.I.P. cartridge dimensions.
M1917 (Heavy Machine Gun, .30-06 Springfield) M1919 Family (including Mk 21 Mod 0/1) (Medium Machine Gun, .30-06 Springfield and 7.62×51mm NATO) Colt–Browning M1895 /1917
The rkm wz. 28 or Browning wz. 28 is a Polish version of the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle. It was used as a light machine gun by the Polish Military and Polish Resistance Forces during World War II. Chosen after a competition between similar weapons, the BAR design was modified by FN Herstal to Polish requirements and then licence production ...
M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun, based on a design dating to 1889, was the first successful gas-operated machine gun to enter service. [1] M1917 Browning machine gun, a family of water-cooled machine guns in .30-'06; M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, or its variants; M1919 Browning machine gun, a family of air-cooled machine guns in .30-'06
The M1895/14 Colt–Browning saw use in France by some Canadian infantry formations. Deploying to France in 1915, the 21st Battalion, CEF used .303-caliber M1895/14 machine guns in combat, as did the 10th Battalion, CEF which employed them until mid-1917 when they were replaced by the Lewis gun. The Colts were reallocated to equip formations of ...