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THE BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE
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| By: |
Robert R. Hodges, Robert R. Hodges Jr., Johnny Shumate (Illus) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£11.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1849087628 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781849087629 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
20 April, 2012 |
| Series: |
Weapon 15 |
| Description: |
In the interwar years US forces used the Browning Automatic Rifle across the world, from China to Nicaragua. It also became a favorite of notorious gangsters like Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, who prized its ability to punch through police armored cars. This title presents portrait of the weapon. |
| Synopsis: |
For nearly fifty years the hard-hitting, mobile Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, served in US infantry units as a light squad automatic "base of fire" weapon, providing quick bursts of concentrated fire. Designed in World War One, it didn't reach the front until September 1918. In the interwar years US forces used the BAR across the world, from China to Nicaragua. It also became a favorite of notorious gangsters like Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, who prized its ability to punch through police armored cars. At the outset of World War II the US armed forces decided to adapt the BAR for a light machine gun role. The BAR was not without its flaws; it was heavy and difficult to dismantle and reassemble, and it didn't cope well with sustained fire. Nevertheless, the BAR saw action in every major theater of World War II and went on to be used in Korea and in the opening stages of the Vietnam War. Featuring arresting first-hand accounts, specially drawn full-color artwork and close-up photographs, many in color, this lively study offers a vivid portrait of this powerful, long-lived and innovative weapon that saw service with US and other forces across the world for much of the 20th century. |
| Illustrations: |
25 b/w; 34 col |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |