Ordnance Maintenance Browning Automatic Rifle, Cal. .30, All Types

by War Department

The Browning Automatic Rifle (known as the "BAR") M1918 was designed in 1917 by John Browning for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe. The M1918 is a selective fire, air-cooled automatic rifle chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge. It uses a gas-operated long-stroke piston rod actuated by propellant gases bled through a vent in the barrel. The bolt is locked by a rising bolt lock and the gun fires from an open bolt. The spring-powered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 194045364X
• ISBN13: 9781940453644
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Periscope Film LLC
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"