History

Development prototypes of the BAR were presented to a United States Army Ordnance Board in February 1917, testing was then conducted at Springfield Armory in May 1917 and on 16 July 1917 12,000 weapons known at that time as the BMR (Browning Machine Rifle) were duly ordered from Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company who had secured the production rights. However, Colt was already producing at peak capacity and requested for a delay in production while they expanded their manufacturing output with a new facility in Meriden, Connecticut. Due to the urgent need for the weapon, the request was denied and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (WRAC) was designated as the prime contractor. The initial contract with Winchester called for 25,000 BARs. They were in full production by June 1918, delivering 4,000 guns and in July were turning out 9,000 units. Colt and Marlin-Rockwell Corporation also began production shortly after Winchester got into full production. By July of 1918, the BAR began to arrive in France and the first unit to receive them was the U.S. Army’s 79th Infantry Division. Despite being introduced very late in the war, the BAR saw some combat use; it was used extensively during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

In order to avoid confusion with the belt-fed Browning M1917 heavy machine gun, the BAR came to be known as the M1918 or Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918 according to official nomenclature. Almost immediately after its introduction into service, John Browning modified the design by changing the BAR’s ejection pattern (to the right side of the weapon – instead of straight up). Between 1918–1919, 102,125 BARs had been manufactured jointly by Colt (16,000 weapons), Winchester (47,123) and Marlin-Rockwell (39,002 units). Browning's U.S. Patent 1,293,022  was owned by Colt.

The BAR was originally intended as a light automatic rifle, but spent much of its service life in various guises used in the light machine gun role with a bipod. The original M1918 version was and remains the lightest machine gun to fire the .30-06 Springfield cartridge, though the limited capacity of its standard 20-round magazine tended to hamper its utility as a light machine gun.

Singleplayer/Co-Op

The BAR is in Hard Landing, and can often be picked up from fallen Marines.

Multiplayer

Damage 85-100 (SP), 35-45 (MP)
Damage Multipliers Head: 2.7, Chest: 1.8, Limbs: 1.5 (SP), Head: 1.4, Chest: 1, Limbs: 1 (MP)
Magazine Size 20 rounds
Maximum Ammunition 140 rounds (SP), 120 rounds (MP)
Reload Time 2.75 s loaded, 3.25 s unloaded
Range 1024-2400 m (SP), 1500-2000 m (MP)
Penetration Large
Fire Mode Automatic
Ammunition .30-06
Unlocked at lvl

This gun is good for medium to long range, it has good power, and medium rate of fire.

This gun hits incredibly hard but unforunately it has a medium fire rate, high recoil, and a small magazine of 20 bullets

Challenges