The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifle used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century.

In the autumn of 1918, a powerful new American weapon was introduced to provide assault troops that type of weapon: the Browning Automatic Rifle, then and thereafter known simply as …

Jun 26, 2025 · The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) is one of the most hotly debated military firearms in American history. John Moses Browning’s genius design from 1918 still has the …

The M1918 BAR was a gas-operated, air-cooled, selective-fire automatic rifle that functioned via a long-stroke piston-driven action. BAR actions incorporated a rising bolt lock and a fixed ejector.

Responding to the need to counter massed German machine guns in World War I, renowned American arms inventor John M. Browning developed his Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) in …

Few hunting rifles in history have achieved the status of the Browning BAR. And no other semi-auto rifles have even come close.

Browning automatic rifle (BAR), automatic rifle produced in the United States starting in 1918 and widely used in other countries as a light machine gun. The BAR is a gas-operated rifle …