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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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