CODE – 04-132-939
NAME – M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle
COMMON NAMES – M1918A2 BAR
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1939
CALIBER – 7.62x63mm (30-06)
OVERALL LENGTH – 121.4 cm (47.8 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 61.1 cm (24.07 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4-Groove, Right hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)
LOAD – M2 Ball Full jacketed Pointed Spitzer
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 9.85 g (152 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 855 m/s (2805 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3601 j (2656 m/s)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 7.52 kg (16 lb 9 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 8.23 kg (18 lb 2 oz) loaded with 20 rds M2 ball
WEIGHT (LOADED & MOUNTED) – 9.31 kg (20 lb 8 oz) with bipod, loaded with 20 rds M2 ball
TYPE OF MOUNT – Bipod
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 1.08 kg (2 lb 6 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Tangent leaf with aperture, graduated 1 to 16 in 91 m (100 yard) increments, adjustable for windage
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 594 m (650 yards)
OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic, Fast or Slow rates of fire
RATE OF FIRE – 120 to 150 rpm
CYCLIC ROF – 350 to 450 rpm (Slow rate) or 550 to 650 rpm (Fast rate)
FEED DEVICE – 20 round removable box magazine, double column, double feed
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.20 kg (7 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.71 kg (1 lb 9 oz) loaded with 20 rds M2 Ball
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Twelve 20-rd magazines (240 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 8.52 kg (18 lb 13 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Connecticut, Marlin-Rockwell Corp., Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing, Meriden, Connecticut, IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York, New England Small Arms Corp., Royal Typewriter Corp., Hartford, Connecticut
STATUS – Obsolete
SERVICE – US Military, foreign service with US Allies
