BAR ( Browning Automatic Rifle)
Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) M1918A2
Antiqued English Pewter 1/6 mounted replica of the American BAR rifle (Browning Automatic Rifle) along with a round (deactivated) and a short information panel.
On black baize, with green mount and housed in a walnut coloured frame.
size (glass) 277mm x 208mm
Panel Reads :-
Were a family of United States automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge in a 20-round detachable magazine. Designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Benet-Mercie machine guns. The BAR was designed to be carried by advancing infantrymen, slung over the shoulder or fired from the hip, a concept called "walking fire"—thought to be necessary for the individual soldier during trench warfare. However in practice, it was most often used as a light machine gun and fired from a bipod. Weight 8.8 kg (19 lb). Length 1,215 mm (47.8 in)
