Browning Automatic Rifle

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The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was family of automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used primarily by the United States and other countries during the 1900s. It was designed in 1917 by the weapons designer John Browning primarily as a replacement for, and improvement on, the French-made Chauchat and Hotchkiss M1909. It was originally intended as a light automatic rifle, but spent much of its career in various guises used as a LMG with a bipod. The first version was, and remains the lightest service machine gun to fire .30-06 Springfield, but its 20 round magazine tended to hamper its use as a light machine gun.

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Automatic rifle - Light machine gun - 1917 - John Browning - Chauchat - Hotchkiss M1909 - .30-06 Springfield

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