The Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, was introduced as a fully automatic infantry rifle at the end of World War I. It was first deployed in combat in September 1918, according to the Survey of U ...

The Browning Automatic Rifle is a shining testament to the ingenuity and foresight of John Moses Browning, certainly one of the world’s leading firearms designers. The BAR was introduced late in World ...

In this regard, the SAW filled the void created by the retirement of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) during the 1950s because interim automatic weapons (e.g. M-14E2/M16A1) had failed as viable ...