Browning Automatic Rifle

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The Browning Automatic Rifle is a World War I–era American automatic rifle and light machine gun designed by John Browning that served as a standard squad support weapon through World War II and the Korean War.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Browning Automatic Rifle canonical 6
Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) 1
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf automatic rifle ⓘ
firearm ⓘ
light machine gun ⓘ
action gas-operated ⓘ
cartridge .30-06 Springfield ⓘ
7.62×51mm NATO (some later conversions) ⓘ
7.92×57mm Mauser (foreign variants) ⓘ
7×57mm Mauser (foreign variants) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designer John Moses Browning ⓘ
linked to: John Browning
feedSystem 20-round detachable box magazine ⓘ
inServiceUntil 1950s (frontline U.S. service) ⓘ
manufacturer Colt ⓘ
International Business Machines (IBM) ⓘ
linked to: IBM

Marlin-Rockwell ⓘ
New England Small Arms Corporation ⓘ
Royal FN Herstal ⓘ
Winchester Repeating Arms Company ⓘ
massProductionStart 1918 ⓘ
mounting bipod (later variants) ⓘ
notableFeature selective fire on some variants ⓘ
shoulder-fired automatic weapon designed for walking fire ⓘ
operation long-stroke gas piston ⓘ
overallLength about 1,200 mm (47 in) for M1918 ⓘ
rateOfFire 500–650 rounds per minute (M1918) ⓘ
replacedBy M60 machine gun in U.S. service ⓘ
role squad automatic weapon ⓘ
squad support weapon ⓘ
serviceEntry 1918 ⓘ
shortName BAR ⓘ
sight iron sights ⓘ
standardDesignation M1918 ⓘ
usedBy Belgian Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Chinese National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Finnish Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
Japanese forces (captured weapons) ⓘ
Polish Army ⓘ
Royal Australian Army ⓘ
linked to: Australian Army

Royal Canadian Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
variant Colt Monitor R80 ⓘ
M1918A1 ⓘ
M1918A2 ⓘ
weight about 7.25 kg (16 lb) unloaded for M1918 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M14 rifle → replaced → Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ
M60 machine gun → replaced → M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ
linked to: Browning Automatic Rifle
.30-06 Springfield → usedInFirearm → Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) ⓘ
linked to: Browning Automatic Rifle
United States Army in World War II → usedEquipment → Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ
3rd Battalion, 28th Marines → primaryWeapon → Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ
Battle at the Ramelle bridge → involvesWeapon → Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ
U.S. Army firearms → includesStandardIssue → Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ
Browning Automatic Rifle → variant → M1918A1 ⓘ
linked to: Browning Automatic Rifle
Browning Automatic Rifle → variant → M1918A2 ⓘ
linked to: Browning Automatic Rifle
164th Infantry Regiment → primaryMachineGun → Browning Automatic Rifle ⓘ
subject linked to: 164th Infantry