Browning Automatic Rifle

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automatic rifle firearm light machine gun

The Browning Automatic Rifle is a World War I–era American automatic rifle and light machine gun designed by John Browning that served as a standard squad support weapon through World War II and the Korean War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)	1
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	automatic rifle ⓘ firearm ⓘ light machine gun ⓘ
action	gas-operated ⓘ
cartridge	.30-06 Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ 7.62×51mm NATO (some later conversions) ⓘ 7.92×57mm Mauser (foreign variants) ⓘ 7×57mm Mauser (foreign variants) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designer	John Moses Browning NERFINISHED ⓘ
feedSystem	20-round detachable box magazine ⓘ
inServiceUntil	1950s (frontline U.S. service) ⓘ
manufacturer	Colt NERFINISHED ⓘ International Business Machines (IBM) NERFINISHED ⓘ Marlin-Rockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ New England Small Arms Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal FN Herstal NERFINISHED ⓘ Winchester Repeating Arms Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
massProductionStart	1918 ⓘ
mounting	bipod (later variants) ⓘ
notableFeature	selective fire on some variants ⓘ shoulder-fired automatic weapon designed for walking fire ⓘ
operation	long-stroke gas piston ⓘ
overallLength	about 1,200 mm (47 in) for M1918 ⓘ
rateOfFire	500–650 rounds per minute (M1918) ⓘ
replacedBy	M60 machine gun in U.S. service ⓘ
role	squad automatic weapon ⓘ squad support weapon ⓘ
serviceEntry	1918 ⓘ
shortName	BAR NERFINISHED ⓘ
sight	iron sights ⓘ
standardDesignation	M1918 ⓘ
usedBy	Belgian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ British Army ⓘ Chinese National Revolutionary Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Finnish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese forces (captured weapons) ⓘ Polish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Canadian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ
usedInConflict	Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
variant	Colt Monitor R80 NERFINISHED ⓘ M1918A1 NERFINISHED ⓘ M1918A2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
weight	about 7.25 kg (16 lb) unloaded for M1918 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M14 rifle → replaced → Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ

M60 machine gun → replaced → Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ

this entity surface form: M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle

.30-06 Springfield → usedInFirearm → Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)