The U.S. military entered World War II with a wide range of automatic firearms—from the Browning .50-cal. M2 heavy machine gun to the water-cooled Browning M1917A1 .30-cal. machine gun, the air ...

The Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, was introduced as a fully automatic infantry rifle at the end of World War I. It was first deployed in combat in September 1918, according to the Survey of U ...

The Browning automatic rifle was frozen and couldn't shoot. The most potent weapons infantryman Eugene Cleveland owned on a winter day in France during the heart of World War II were surprise and ...

World War II was the defining historical moment of the 20th century. The war changed the world forever, and its repercussions are still felt, ... The B.A.R., or Browning Automatic Rifle, ...

Simo Häyhä was one of the most famous soldiers to serve in World War II – a Finnish military sniper credited with more than 500 confirmed kills, earning him the nickname “The White Death”.

Used in every branch of the military during World War II, this semi-automatic rifle gave Americans the ability to fire off eight rounds without having to deal with a clumsy bolt-action reload design.

In 1967, Browning introduced the next BAR, a semi-automatic sporting rifle for hunters—and that rifle is the direct forefather of this BAR MK 3 DBM. The 1967 BAR was gas-operated, had a seven-lug ...

Close to 15 million Americans served in the military during World War II. But the Medal of Honor, ... Each time, Hedrick charged through heavy fire, firing his automatic rifle from the hip.

The National World War II Museum in New Orleans counts 1,370 of them in Massachusetts as of some point this year. But the living memories of the war were present in Europe for the veterans who ...