Browning Automatic Rifle

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 main variant of the B.A.R was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Forces during America's involvement in the last years of the Great War. During World War II, The United States Armed Forces used the BAR as a squad support weapon and is designed to provide suppressing fire while the assaulting teams flank the enemy, though manuals of arms of the time called for each squad to be issued one B.A.R., infantry would try to acquire an additional B.A.R. for increased firepower. By 1946, the Axis powers were on the brink of winning the war, and the allies had no choice but to replace the M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, and Springfield M1903 with Machineguns such as the BAR, M3 Grease Guns, and Thompson M1946.
== Trivia ==
* John Browning (The Advent of the B.A.R) changed war as the world knew it with the advent of the legendary BAR which was patented in 1917 before the sinking of the Lusitania occurred. This caused to break the stalemate in America and trench warfare that had been created in Europe, the BAR took about three months to design, and by then the family was so invested in the rifle that John’s son, First Lieutenant Val Browning, personally trained American troops in its use prior to its deployment during World War I.
== Gallery ==
File:Wolfenstein2009-BAR.jpg|Two BARs are seen in Wolfenstein 2009
File:Paratrooper Charlie Dawson is briefly seen with a Browning Automatic Rifle..jpg| Paratrooper Charlie Dawson is briefly seen with a Browning Automatic Rifle.
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