Ordnance Maintenance Browning Automatic Rifle, Cal. .30, All Types - Couverture souple

Department, War

 
9781940453644: Ordnance Maintenance Browning Automatic Rifle, Cal. .30, All Types
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 194045364X ISBN 13 : 9781940453644
Editeur : Periscope Film LLC, 2022

Synopsis

The Browning Automatic Rifle (known as the "BAR") M1918 was designed in 1917 by John Browning for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe. The M1918 is a selective fire, air-cooled automatic rifle chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge. It uses a gas-operated long-stroke piston rod actuated by propellant gases bled through a vent in the barrel. The bolt is locked by a rising bolt lock and the gun fires from an open bolt. The spring-powered cartridge casing extractor is contained in the bolt and a fixed ejector is installed in the trigger group. As a heavy automatic rifle designed for support fire, the M1918 was not fitted with a bayonet mount and no bayonet was ever issued.

Although the weapon did see some action in World War I, the BAR did not become standard issue in the U.S. Army until 1938 when it was issued to squads as a portable light machine gun. The Browning saw extensive service in both World War II and the Korean War and saw some service early in the Vietnam War. The U.S. Army began phasing out the M1918 in the late 1950s and was without a portable light machine gun until the introduction of the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon in the mid-1980s.

Created in 1942, this technical manual was made for maintenance personnel. It contains detailed instructions for inspection, disassembly, assembly and repair of the M1918, M1918A and M1918A2. Originally labeled restricted, this manual was declassified long ago and is here reprinted in book form. Care has been taken to preserve the integrity of the text.

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Éditeur
Periscope Film LLC
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
194045364X
ISBN 13 
9781940453644
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
88
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