Browning automatic rifle

American

noun

an air-cooled, fully automatic rifle capable of firing 200 to 350 rounds per minute. BAR

Etymology

Origin of Browning automatic rifle

First recorded in 1900–05; named after J. M. Browning

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The Browning automatic rifle, for example, to my mind one of the greatest weapons developed by the war, was invented in the United States in the summer of 1917.

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