BAR M1918

The **Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) Model 1918**, or the **M1918**, known in-game as the **BAR M1918**, is an LMG that uses the 7.62mm Ammo added in the v0.6.3 "Into the woods" event on October 18, 2018. As of v0.7.9 "Scouting Ahead", the BAR M1918 is no longer obtainable in the normal map and can only be found in woods map. The developers may have thought that there were too many 7.62mm weapons in the normal map.

## Info

The BAR M1918 could be found as extremely common ground loot and in Meteor Crates. The BAR M1918 does 75% extra damage to Obstacles, the second to have such a feature besides the M249 (the DP-28 and QBB-97 have a 50% boost, and the PKP Pecheneg has a 100% boost). The BAR M1918 is great for far range because of its DPS.

## Strategies (using)

* This weapon, like all the LMGs in the game, deals extra damage to obstacles, which is very helpful, especially considering that the Woods Map has considerably more trees than the Main Map.
* This weapon can be compared to the SCAR-H, as the two weapons perform similarly, use the same ammo type and have the same magazine capacity. Think of the BAR M1918 as a SCAR-H with slightly increased damage, increased damage to Obstacles boost of an LMG, more accurate in long range, but with a lower fire rate that results with a lower DPS (damage per second) than the SCAR-H (147.92 instead of 166.67).
* Despite being an LMG, this gun has a surprisingly low capacity of 20, the lowest of its class; however, it compensates with the second highest damage per shot of all light machine guns in the game, as well as performing similarly to an assault rifle.
* This weapon is extremely effective with a 15x Scope, due to its moderately high fire rate, being fully automatic, and being extremely accurate. You can stand still and take out enemies from the edge of the range almost without fear of retaliation.
* Try to keep your enemy at a distance, if they get to close don't try to use the BAR, use a close-range shotgun instead.

## Strategies (countering)

* Because of its long reload time, try attacking when your enemy is reloading.
* The BAR is very weak at close range due to its long barrel, so try to get in tight with a Shotgun or a Melee Weapon.
* The DP-28 may be able to kill the BAR M1918, although this requires dodging the enemy while he wastes his ammunition. The best time to attack is when he reloads.
* Don't try to take cover, the BAR M1918 deals a lot of damage to cover and will force you to run again (although enough ammunition may have already been used up so you could return fire.)

## Sounds

* Firing
* Reloading
* Swapping To

## Trivia

* It's the second American WWII-era firearm to be added in the game, with the M1 Garand being the first.
	+ It's also the second WWI-era weapon to be added in the game, with the Mosin-Nagant being the first. Unlike the Mosin-Nagant, which was used by the Russian Empire as the standard issue rifle, the M1918 BAR was deployed in limited quantities by the US Army during its involvement in WW1 due to being introduced late in the war.
* The loot image seems to be based on the original M1918 version, as it lacks the bi-pod, Carrying handle, and adjustable iron sights of the M1918A1 or M1918A2 variants that were issued after WWI and before/during WWII.
* It's the oldest weapon of the LMG class, starting production in 1918, right at the last days of WWI and around nine years before the DP-28.
* The M1918 is the only LMG in the game that doesn't have a visible magazine.
* The reload sound of the BAR indicates that the player racks the bolt before replacing the magazine. This is possible to do on an open-bolt weapon such as the M1918.
* The reload sound is similar to the QBB-97's and the M4A1-S's reload sound.
* Due to not looking like a LMG and more similar to the M39 EMR, some new players may mistake it as a DMR, using it as such.
* It became one of the most common weapons found in the Woods event, along with the DP-28.
* The BAR's icon is slightly tilted differently. The BAR is tilted at 40°, while all other LMG icons are tilted at 45°.
* The BAR was designed by famed firearm inventor, John Browning. Browning is considered by many to be the most genius firearm engineer ever. The M1911 is another weapon designed by John Browning.
* The weapon is named the Browning Automatic Rifle after John Browning. It is simply abbreviated to BAR.
* This weapon could spawn outside of Woods Map before the Scouting ahead update.

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