NAME – US Rifle T34 Browning Automatic .30 (T65E3)
COMMON NAMES – T-34 BAR
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1950
CALIBER – 7.62x51mm T65E3
OVERALL LENGTH – 121.9 cm
BARREL LENGTH – 60.9 cm
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)
LOAD – Full jacketed spire-point steel-cored M2 ball
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (.308 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 9.85 g (152 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 825 m/s (2,706 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3351 j (2472 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 8.80 kg (19 lb 6 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 9.57 kg (21 lb 2 oz) loaded with 20 rounds T65E3 Ball
WEIGHT (MOUNTED & LOADED) – 10.65 kg (23 lb 8 oz) with bipod, loaded with 20 rds T65E3 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)