| Description |
1 online resource (93 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Title Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; I. John Moses Browning: The Legend; From Sturdy Stock: Jonathan Browning; The Legend Is Born: John Moses Browning; The Browning Brothers Hang Their Shingle; The Winchester Years; The Browning Machine Guns; II. The BAR: A Long, Distinguished History; The BAR is Born: Out of the Forge of War; Between the Wars: The BAR on the Domestic Front; The BAR Center-Stage: World War II and Beyond; III. Every Man's BAR: The Ohio Ordnance 1918A3-SLR; An Old Warrior Comes to Life: The Ohio Ordnance BAR 1918A3-SLR; The BAR Goes Mod: The HCAR; Resurrecting the 1918 |
| Summary |
This book traces the evolution of the Browning Automatic Rifle from the Model of 1918, first to face combat in World War I, through its various configurations in all arenas of combat all the way to the present-day1918 A3 SLR developed and manufactured by Ohio Ordnance Works. The Browning Automatic Rifle, known simply as the BAR, was a shoulder-fired light machine gun fed by a twenty-round box magazine of 30-06, the same ammunition used by the 1903 Springfield. Weighing in at under twenty pounds, it could easily be carried by one soldier, who could drape a bandolier with twelve magazines over hi |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Browning automatic rifle -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Browning automatic rifle
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ruffin, Paul, author
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| ISBN |
9781937875824 |
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1937875822 |
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