The war ended, however, before we had equipped even a small portion of our own Army.įirst combat use of the Browning automatic machine guns was on 26 September 1918 by a small detachment of the 79th Division. Requests came from the Allied high command to speed up delivery so as to have their presence felt at the front. They met with the enthusiastic approval of all who viewed them. The first of these weapons sent overseas were routed to machine gun schools to acquaint the soldier with the much publicized American product that would rid him of the French arms. The BAR was not put into production until after the US entered WWI so it took time until the rifle was ready to get the troops on the front line, but it did eventually get to them and saw active combat during WWI.įrom The Machine Gun, Volume I: History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons by George Chinn, page 179: No it was not, the guns were delivered to troops as soon as was possible. Why would Modern Marvels and Atwater make this claim and is there any evidence to back it up? There are numerous sources on the history of the Browning Automatic Rifle available on the internet, but I can’t find a single one that makes the claim that they were not issued to troops for fear of them falling into enemy hands. BAR’s began to be issued to troops by July 1918 and by the end of the war 52,000 of them had been produced. The order was switched to Winchester when Colt was unable to begin production right away. Wikipedia says that Browning was given the contract for the BAR on and on July 16 an order was placed with Colt for 12,000 of them. I can’t find any other reference to back up this claim. He claims that the BAR was “such a good weapon that the decision was made that, if it fell into German hands, the Germans could pruduce and use it against us.” For this reason, the show claims, the BAR was kept from American troops. Jack Atwater, former director of the US Army Ordnance Museum, makes the claim that American soldiers were issued inferior Chauchats even though the Army had the much superior Browning Automatic Rifle. Overall I'm pleased with the price and what I received from Royal Tiger.On the History Channel show Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters 2 (S05E30) there is a segment on the French Chauchat rifle. I ran the stock thought the dishwasher after wiping it down with mineral spirits and let it dry slowly, the front and back stock came out looking nice. Do your research before trying this, there's lots of info out there. Having welded this material before I see no problem. This is a Royal Typewriter Receiver so it is cast steel, If you know how to pre and post heat it the receiver can be welded without cracking. The parts don't appear to have much wear and the muzzle end of the cut barrel gauged a 1 with the CMP muzzle gauge, too bad it had to be cut! The torch cut receiver had just the back of the barrel threads cut and can be repaired. I will reparkerize all the parts that need it so not a problem. As expected the parts were dirty with a light rust but no pitting. I bought a BAR kit in December that was delivered two weeks later, it was well packaged with no parts missing or spilling out. Thank you for you business!ĭon't miss this opportunity to get an original USGI BAR kit!ġ of 1 people found the following review helpful: Please call if you would like to add any of these options (321) 212-7801. As of, we do not have any more Colt or Winchester kits available, but please stand by as we search through our inventory and possibly find more WWI kits for sale. We do have a surcharge for Colt and Winchester manufactured kits. No barrel, comes with demilled receiver sections. Please see below for more manufacturer info and options. Small Arms, Royal Typewriter Company, and I.B.M. The Hand Select surcharge can be applied towards overall condition of the kit and/or manufacturer. These kits are in all original as-is condition, they will need a thorough cleaning but will turn out beautiful! Wood handguard may be cracked, bakelite stock may have minor cracks. Metal condition ranges from good to very good. The original demilled receiver is included (demilled per BATFE spec).All cut up parts are from the same receiver. Includes most parts except the original receiver and barrel. Includes the original fire control group, bolt, etc. 30-06 and each kit comes with 1 original 20 round magazine (if allowed by state/city law). forces during WWII and subsequent conflicts. We now have Original WWII era 1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle Parts Kits Now Available! These Parts Kits came from Ethiopia and were used by U.S.
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