The M1 Garand is a semi-automatic rifle. It was designed in 1928 and produced from 1936 to 1957. It was the first standard-issue semi-automatic rifle. It was used in wars such as World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War.
= Browning automatic rifle or Beyond all recognition. =
a light machine gun is a fully automatic rifle that one man can operate. during ww2 the most common light machine gun was the BAR (browning automatic rifle) in 30 cal. or 3006 in todays lingo.
it was invented by a Frenchman Claude-Etienne Minié. The name is often erroneously spelled "mini" but it has nothingto do with size.In fact many military firsts were French inventions: smokeless powder, the small bore repeating smokeless powder rifle, the automatic battle rifle, and the semi-automatic battle rifle were all issued by the French before anyone else.
In Vietnam, for the first time in US history each and every US fighting man possessed a fully automatic rifle. During WWII, each and every US fighting man possessed a semi-automatic rifle (the M1 Garand).
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle .
The M1918 BAR used the .30-06 cartridge, which was known in metric measurements as the 7.62x63, meaning it is 63mm in length.
Depends. The original M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle was a full auto only firearm, used as a military support weapon. It could be classed as a light machine gun. The BAR name was also revived for a series of semi automatic hunting rifles.
Not particularly. The advantage of the Johnson was a higher capacity, and there was a light machine gun to accompany it with some parts commonality (whereas the M1 shared no common components with the M1918 BAR).
An automatic rifle is a rifle which loads itself from a belt or magazine.
The Browning Automatic Rifle was a family of American automatic 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. It was made in 1917. This rifle and machinegun for chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe. As you can see, is made by an American men.
325 people killed by rifles in 2012
A semi-automatic or fully automatic rifle.
Do you mean "what is an automatic Rifle". Any rifle that keeps firing as long as you hold the trigger down is an automatic rifle. It will only stop when you let go of the trigger or run out of bullets
The first automatic rifle was invented in 1884. It was invented by Manuel Mondragon. The rifle was known as the Mondragon rifle later to be known as the M-1908.
The B.A.R Stands for Brownings Automatic Rifle and is,well, an automatic rifle or form of machine gun.
Yes, it is a Russian automatic rifle.