In 1917, John Moses Browning designed a model of automatic rifle to the American expeditionary forces, stationed in Europe. This rifle to replace similar models French light, M Chauchat and Benet 1909, obsolete. It aimed to create a portable weapon semiligera, halfway between a heavy machine gun and a rifle, with an acceptable weight and great firepower. Fire could operate in automatic, semiautomatic and selective fire. It used to equip each infantry platoon of one or two men armed with a BAR, usually men of strong constitution, given the greater weight of the weapon, (8.8 kg).
With this weapon was a strength of fire, ideal for the advancing infantry and very useful for use against enemy vehicles or against bunkers.
The cartridge used, it would be 30-06 (7.62) Springfield, in packs of 20 bullets, for a rate of fire of 550 to 600 d / pm. At a speed of 860 m / sec, and a range of 1500 yards.
John Browning, tried in February 1917, his weapon in a public act before 3000 spectators and senior military. Such was the success of the show, that in May 1917 and officially approved, manufacturing for the military. During the First World War 85,000 units were manufactured.
In July 1918, comes the BAR to his first assignment, to be used in France for the 79th Infantry Division.
In 1931, it adopted the BAR by the forces of the FBI. In May 1934, was used to mow down the car and kill the famous robbers Bonnie & Clyde in Louisiana, with 167 being the bullet holes.
The U.S. Bar Browning was a weapon requested by most European armies, and manufactured under U.S. patent, Sweden, Belgium and Poland.
The reliability of this weapon, make the continued use during the Second World War, the new improved model, 1918 A2, being of vital importance during the Normandy landings and the Pacific front, having to use the new cartridges anticorrosion.
Its use continued during the Korean War (1951), Vietnam (1969), extending its life until the 70's, by the National Guard and police.
Versions manufacturing for the United States.
· 1917 - Model 1918, selective fire, semi-automatic or automatic. Without handle and bipod. Aperture rear.
· 1937 - Model 1918 A1, has closed handle higher spike bipod, sight leaf, and opening up.
· 1940 - 1918 Model A2, fully automatic and selective. Hold open top. 300-450 dpm slow-firing or fast 500 or 650 dpm. Slip bipod. Optional bakelite butt with ground support.
· The last models produced for civilian use, are the 1918 A3 SLR without automatic fire, which currently is available in USA for about $ 4,000.
With this weapon was a strength of fire, ideal for the advancing infantry and very useful for use against enemy vehicles or against bunkers.
The cartridge used, it would be 30-06 (7.62) Springfield, in packs of 20 bullets, for a rate of fire of 550 to 600 d / pm. At a speed of 860 m / sec, and a range of 1500 yards.
John Browning, tried in February 1917, his weapon in a public act before 3000 spectators and senior military. Such was the success of the show, that in May 1917 and officially approved, manufacturing for the military. During the First World War 85,000 units were manufactured.
In July 1918, comes the BAR to his first assignment, to be used in France for the 79th Infantry Division.
In 1931, it adopted the BAR by the forces of the FBI. In May 1934, was used to mow down the car and kill the famous robbers Bonnie & Clyde in Louisiana, with 167 being the bullet holes.
The U.S. Bar Browning was a weapon requested by most European armies, and manufactured under U.S. patent, Sweden, Belgium and Poland.
The reliability of this weapon, make the continued use during the Second World War, the new improved model, 1918 A2, being of vital importance during the Normandy landings and the Pacific front, having to use the new cartridges anticorrosion.
Its use continued during the Korean War (1951), Vietnam (1969), extending its life until the 70's, by the National Guard and police.
Versions manufacturing for the United States.
· 1917 - Model 1918, selective fire, semi-automatic or automatic. Without handle and bipod. Aperture rear.
· 1937 - Model 1918 A1, has closed handle higher spike bipod, sight leaf, and opening up.
· 1940 - 1918 Model A2, fully automatic and selective. Hold open top. 300-450 dpm slow-firing or fast 500 or 650 dpm. Slip bipod. Optional bakelite butt with ground support.
· The last models produced for civilian use, are the 1918 A3 SLR without automatic fire, which currently is available in USA for about $ 4,000.
of Spitii (Poland First to Figth).
The machine gun of the Polish Army in the 30's was the WZ 28 BAR, a derivative of the BAR Browning Automatic Rifle manufactured in Poland by Fabryka Panstwowe Karabinów (State Rifle Factory) in Warsaw since 1928. The WZ 28 BAR differed from the original, mainly in having a new lighter bipod, a slightly longer barrel, a different cylinder head, a new rise in V, which facilitated a pistol shot and accept the 7.92 x57 mm cartridge. Polish Army. It was a remarkable weapon which the English Republic received about 525 units at a price of approximately $ 250 USA
Unidad.Sistema:
gases.Longitud Recovery: 121 cm.
Weight: 8.8 kg.Capacidad the magazine: 20 rounds.
frequency of fire: 550 shots / min.
Calibre: 7.92 mm.Cartucho: 7.92 x57 mm.
Output speed: 850 m / sec.
Range (RMS): 500 m.
Shipping:
September 1936: 200.
October 1936: 100 uinidades.Julio 1937: 225 units.
