Key Point: In fact, some in the military want to bring back a modernized version. World War I is often called “the machine gun war” because of the devastating use of automatic weapons such as the ...

Dubbed “Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918,” one of the men who received the weapon was 2nd Lt. Val Browning, son of the new rifle’s designer. He quickly put it to good use. Browning and ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** In early 1917, the United States ...

This video explores what World War II soldiers really thought of the Browning Automatic Rifle. We look at firsthand accounts, battlefield performance, and how the BAR’s firepower and reliability ...