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CODE – 04-132-917
NAME – M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
COMMON NAMES – M1918 BAR
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1917
CALIBER – 7.62x63mm (30-06)
OVERALL LENGTH – 121.9 cm (48 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 61 cm (24 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4-Groove, Right hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)
LOAD – M1906 Ball Full jacketed Pointed Spitzer
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 9.72 g (150 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 823 m/s (2700 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3293 j (2428 m/s)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 7.20 kg (15 lb 14 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 7.94 kg (17 lb 8 oz) loaded with 20 rounds M1906 Ball
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Ladder with aperture, graduated from (200 to 1600 yards in 50 yards increments)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 732 m (800 yards)
OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Selective, semi and full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 40 rpm Semi, 100 rpm Full
CYCLIC ROF – 600 rpm
FEED DEVICE – 20 round removable box magazine, double column, double feed
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.20 kg (7 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.74 kg (1 lb 10 oz) loaded with 20 rounds M1906 Ball
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Twelve 20-rd magazines (240 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 8.88 kg (19 lb 9 oz)
MANUFACTURER –Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Connecticut, Marlin-Rockwell Corp., Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing, Meriden, Connecticut
STATUS – Obsolete
SERVICE – US Military, Law enforcement
Though the first deliveries of the then-new Automatic Rifle arrived from Winchester in December, 1917, it was decided to refer to the rifle as the Model 1918 to prevent confusion with the also new Browning M1917 machine gun
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