page_title: M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
section_title: Users
hierarchical_section_title: M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle / Users
caption_attribution_description: English: Warsaw Uprising: Bariccade on intersection of Świętokrzyska and Mazowiecka Streets viewed from Napoleon Square. Polski: Powstanie Warszawskie: Barykada na skrzyżowaniu ulic Świętokrzyskiej i Mazowieckiej, widziana od strony pl. Napoleona. Żołnierze 1 plutonu dywersyjno-bojowego "Perkun" 3. kompanii zgrupowania Bartkiewicz (złożonej z żołnierzy Kadry Polski Niepodległej). Pierwszy z prawej pchor/ppor Marian Korzekwa.
context_page_description: The Browning Automatic Rifle was a group of American automatic rifles and light machine guns. It was used by the United States and several other countries. The most-used type of BAR was the M1918. It was designed by John Browning in 1917. It was supposed to replace the French Chauchat and the M1909 Benet-Mercie machine guns.
  The BAR was designed to be carried by soldiers that were moving forward. It was supposed to be put over the shoulder on a strap and fired from the hip. This was called "walking fire". It was thought that walking fire was needed for trench warfare. However, it was usually used as a light machine gun and fired from a bipod.
context_section_description:  Algeria
   Argentina
   Australia
   Austria
   Bangladesh
   Belgium: Made under license as FN MLE 30.
   Bolivia
   Brazil
   Cambodia
   Canada
   Republic of China
   People's Republic of China: A large number of BARs were taken from the Republic of China during the Chinese Civil War.
   Chile
   Colombia
   Costa Rica
   Denmark
   Egypt
   Ethiopia
   France
   Nazi Germany: The Wehrmacht captured some Polish BARs. They used them until the end of World War II. They were named the IMG 28(p).
   Hong Kong
   India
   Indonesia
   Iran
   Japan:Captured from Chinese Army and U.S. Army during World War 2.
   Jordan
   Laos
   Liberia
   Luxemburg
   Mongolia
   Morocco
   Mozambique
   Myanmar
     Nepal
   Netherlands
   New Zealand
   Nicaragua
   Oman
   Philippines
   Poland: Made under license as 'Browning WZ.1928'
   Spain
   South Africa
   South Korea
   Sudan
   Thailand
   Turkey
   Uganda
   United Kingdom: Given to the Home Guard in World War II
   United States
   Uruguay
   Venezuela
   South Vietnam: Used by ARVN Force.
   North Vietnam: Used by Viet Minh and Viet Cong during Vietnam War.
caption: Polish fighters during the Warsaw Uprising, 1944.
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