There is a whole slew of historical videos on the Brownells YouTube channel. Browning BAR & Colt Monitor Brownells | From the Vault You might consider supporting Forgotten Weapons on Patreon (we do, institutionally and individually you should too). Learn more about other “ Forgotten Weapons” online. From factory records it can be shown that 90 were purchased by the FBI 3, 11 were purchased by the US Treasury Department and the remainder ended up at state prisons, banks, security companies, and police departments.Ĭolt Monitor: The First Official FBI Fighting Rifle Forgotten Weapons (Colorized by Via only produced 125 Monitors. The US abandoned the BAR in the middle of the 1950s, though it was retained in reserve stocks for several years and survived in smaller countries until the late 1970s. It was the standard squad light automatic of the US infantry during World War II and saw extensive use in every theater of war. After the war, many countries began to use the BAR, even acquiring licenses to produce them. It was lighter than the German MG08/15, and also more reliable than the Chauchat. 30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge.įirst issued in September 1918 to the AEF, the BAR arose from the concept of “walking fire”, laying down suppressive fire during an infantry assault in order to pin down enemy defenders. It weighed less than 20 pounds, had a rate of fire of 500–650 rpm, was fed using a double-column 20-round box magazine, and chambered in the. The M1918, the most-used type of the BAR, was a selective-fire, air-cooled, gas-operated automatic rifle. It was produced in record time and approximately 50,000 were made before the war came to an end, however they saw limited action. The BAR was one of the first practical automatic rifles. Browning, son of John Browning, with the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) designed by his father, France, 1918. Val Browning inspecting his father’s handiwork. It has an all blued metal finish with a walnut stock, forend and pistol grip plates. It is fitted with a blade front sight with an integral front sight protector and a tangent rear sight, similar to the Lyman/Thompson SMG sight, that is graduated 2-6 (200-600). The raised area behind the ejection port is marked “COLT/MONITOR”. Typically, the top of the receiver will be marked: “COLT AUTOMATIC MACHINE RIFLE/MODEL R 80 CAL.30/BROWNING PAT FEB. empty, the Monitor had a rate of fire of approximately 500 rpm. It was an evolved version of the B.A.R., but it was still a beast. Cutts compensator made by Lyman.Ĭyclic rate of fire was about 550 rounds per minute and the Cutts Compensator eliminated much of the recoil of the 30-06 Springfield round when fired on full-auto. Intended for use as a true shoulder-fired automatic rifle, the Colt Monitor eliminated the bipod and mounted a pistol grip and buttstock to the lightweight receiver. attempted to address these shortcomings and introduced the Monitor Automatic Machine Rifle (R 80). However, they still proved to be a bit heavy and, for the most part, unwieldy.Ĭolt Monitor from a book by J.T. Some attempts were made to make the BAR more ergonomic such as adding a pistol grip, larger forend, and finned barrel. Spare ammunition, bipods, barrels, and other parts were intended to be carried via horses. Originally developed when mounted cavalry was still a thing, the BAR was heavy, with some variants weighing over 20 pounds. The US Army began phasing out the BAR in the late 1950s when it was intended to be replaced by a squad automatic weapon (SAW) variant of the M14 and was without a portable light machine gun until the introduction of the M60 machine gun in 1957. The BAR saw extensive service in both World War II and the Korean War and even saw limited service in the Vietnam War. Developed in 1918 it saw limited use in WW 1 and became standard issue to the US Army in 1938 as a portable light machine gun. One of the most iconic infantry weapons of the early 20th century was the Browning Automatic Rifle. This Colt Monitor is shouldered by Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons – like the one from the show, except he really is gonna shoot it.
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