OHIO ORDNANCE BAR GUNBROKER SECRETS

“On May one, 1917, the Secretary of War convened an ordnance panel to test and propose for adoption a light machine gun or automatic rifle. Browning’s was rapidly adopted. It absolutely was often known as the Browning Automatic Rifle’ and was quickly referred to generally by its initials ‘B-A-R.’ The BAR was chambered for your normal M190