Because of how much the weapon was needed, the request was turned down. They asked for the military to wait a while, as they were opening a new factory in Meriden, Connecticut. However, Colt was already making as many weapons as they could (as they were making the Vickers machine gun for the British Army). They were allowed to make the BAR under Browning's patents (Browning's patent 1293022 was owned by Colt). On 16 July 1917, 12,000 BARs were ordered from Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. So that the BAR was not confused with the M1917 machine gun, it was officially named the M1918 or Rifle, Caliber. Both weapons were recommended to be brought into service immediately. Army weapon officers at Springfield Armory in May 1917. The water-cooled machine gun was tested further. The crowd was so impressed that he was immediately given a contract for the weapon. On 27 February 1917, Browning tested the automatic rifle in front of 300 people. Congress Heights is just outside of Washington D.C. John Browning had set up a demonstration of the weapons at Congress Heights. Both of these weapons fired the standard U.S. Back then, this automatic rifle was called the Browning Machine Rifle or BMR. These were: a water-cooled machine gun (later named the M1917 Browning machine gun) and an automatic rifle. In 1917, before the United States joined the First World War, John Browning brought two weapons to Washington, D.C. Development The BAR being demonstrated to U.S. This meant that soldiers and machine gunners had to be given different kinds of cartridge. They also fired different cartridges from what the U.S. soldiers would have to take what the French and British could give them. would have to build up more American weapons. After a lot of arguments, they decided that the U.S. only had 670 M1909 Benet-Mercies, 282 M1904 Maxims and 158 Colts, M1895 to fight the war. At this time, the commanders were told that the U.S. One reason for this was because there was no military doctrine for their use. When the United States joined World War I, they did not have very good machine guns. They are discussing what is good about the BAR. Burton, the Winchester expert on rifles, is with him. However, it was usually used as a light machine gun and fired from a bipod. It was thought that walking fire was needed for trench warfare. It was supposed to be put over the shoulder on a strap and fired from the hip. The BAR was designed to be carried by soldiers that were moving forward. It was supposed to replace the French Chauchat and the M1909 Benet-Mercie machine guns. It was designed by John Browning in 1917. It was used by the United States and several other countries. The Browning Automatic Rifle ( BAR) was a group of American automatic rifles and light machine guns. Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
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