Browning BAR

Shooting and discussing the BAR, designed by John Browning. Yes, it's a little redundant to call it a "Browning BAR," but it just seems to make it more clear what it is, especially to those folks less familiar with it. BAR = Browning Automatic Rifle.
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[@tybowser]

hickok45 lol this vid blew up because of the call of duty ww2

[@maoambudong4485]

Love Call of duty world war 2.

[@clearnrg1041]

hickok45 Спасибо за обзоры. Смотрю ваш канал с интересом. По поводу BAR почему такой невместительный магазин сделали. Можно было в два раза больше сделать. На перезарядку уходит больше времени чем на стрельбу. В условиях боя это не приемлимо.

[@kylelambe726]

they nerfed it

[@nickboyd2669]

They didn't nerf it lol

[@leontrotsky8676]

"Does it look like Texas?" Well, regardless of landscape, I see an old man with a fully auto weapon so yeah it does.

[@rickvia8435]

If you're fortunate, you'll be old someday

[@leontrotsky8676]

@@rickvia8435 Um ok I'm aware

[@leontrotsky8676]

@Tax-bitchass biyatch thanks, I love you too

[@etanusmaskianus1916]

Leon Trotsky you’re so brave

[@leontrotsky8676]

@@etanusmaskianus1916 Wow thanks!

[@polarjet1833]

Am I the only one who loves the sound of the slow setting on a B.A.R

[@t3xxdoviii]

SAIDER206 extended because if the bar had a drum it would be much much heavier.

[@Douglas-tf9gu]

No bro

[@t3xxdoviii]

Douglas I’m pretty sure I know what I’m talking about.

[@ChaS4m]

Douglas There was. Standard was the 20 round box magazine, but there were 40 round box magazines

[@4gauge10]

Everybody knew it when a B.A.R.was"speaking"in the slow setting.

[@tomcooper6108]

My Dad carried one from France, Belgium to Germany. He was the BAR man in the squad. He was the first one the Germans tried to knock out in firefights. Not fun, he said.

[@spartankongcountry6799]

Your dad is a trooper

[@CornyBum]

Goodness, can you imagine? Teenagers and early twenty-somethings hauling and using those an ocean away from home in a world war. Phew.

[@vxy357]

I can see why. there were 2 types of people the German soldiers tried to kill FIRST. The one carrying the BAR and the one carrying the flamethrower.

[@tomcooper6108]

@@vxy357 and most squads did not have a flamethrower.

[@stevefowler2112]

Semper Fi to your Dad...and yeah in fire fights the bad guys always concentrate their fire on the "machine guns"...In Vietnam during night probes it was common to have the Machine Gunners stay silent to protect their positions for later when things might turn on them joining the fight.

[@marinegunner7481]

I’m a Marine combat vet of Vietnam. My first specialized assignment in the infantry was “BAR-Man.” I later became an 0331 Machinegunner but always had a soft spot for the BAR. It was an awesome weapon when properly deployed. It’s a highly capable weapon in the hands of someone trained to use it. It’s a crew-served weapon. You have an “Assistant-BAR-Man.” The BAR is usually fired using the bipod. I never heard of “walking fire.” Sounds like a term made up by a gun-store commando with a vivid imagination. The BAR’s specialty was sustained accurate fire on point targets like machinegun bunker firing ports. This was done in support of a frontal assault. It was also deployed with machineguns and rifles for the Final Protective Line of Fire; a tactic used to repel mass frontal assaults favored by the Japanese in WW2 and Chinese in Korea. It was highly effective. The reason that the charging handle is in the left side is because the way it’s used is on the bipod, usually in a prone position, with the hinged butt-plate on your shoulder. Your assistant is handing you loaded magazines, you are using your right hand to insert them and your left hand to operate the charging handle. A really good, well trained assistant can actually insert the loaded magazine for you. As you can see, trying to load and fire by yourself while moving is awkward, not an ideal deployment. Not that it was never done. This is also true of the light machinegun. While you may see this done in movies, and may have been done on rare occasions in combat, I assure you that it was a very rare situation and not an ideal application. I’m 6’2” 220lb and although I have fired an M-60 standing up and moving (it’s designed for this) I never did this with my Browning Light .30. It was not designed for this use, although there have been attempts to fit it with a shoulder stock. Personally, I can’t imagine that it was very effective. Anyway, that’s the inside line on the BAR. Great weapon. Hope this was helpful.

[@randyberetta6277]

Thank you for your service.!!!🇺🇲⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇺🇲

[@semperfipar1299]

1000 thumbs up. My son is in the infantry and sent me a video of him shooting a M240 standing up. He shot about the last 10 to 15 rounds on the belt and it was an effort to hold it down even leaning into it. He is not 6'2" and 220. He is 5'10" and 175. One could do it but why would you unless you had to. A lot of people do not realize there is a qualification for machine gunners. I only ever fam fired them for guard duty since I worked on a flightline.

[@dick2434]

Good synopsis. Barman, recon, iron triangle. 5 rd burst in slow fire prone bipod was deadly on individuals or positions at range. Penetration of wood or dirt was excellent. Never felt sharp recoil, but was pushed backwards on a hill once. Heavy, but worth the effort…

[@adderbane3314]

"Walking Fire" was one of the early theories about how to employ lighter automatic weapons like the BAR offensively. It never saw much success, and was largely abandoned by the end of WW2.

[@ForumTroll]

The term walking fire came when it was designed in ww1, it was supposed to be for a group of soldiers that would walk with it shooting from the hip. But that idea didn't last long.

[@phillippatterson9484]

My father’s closest friend was the BAR gunner in his platoon. I have a photograph of him posing with it. Killed about 50 feet from my father. Sept 1951 Korean War. He was Marvin Setter from Wichita Kansas. My father passed away five years years ago at age 85. We kept up with the Setter family all those years from Saint Louis. My father lived 60 more years and led a full life. Tragedy that his friend’s life was cut short in those forsaken hills in North Korea at age 22..

[@jackyandell2489]

Thank you very much for bringing Marvin Setter to my attention. If we as children of combat veterans their names, they will Never be forgotten. God Bless Mr.Setter and your Father. May they RIP in God's loving arm's. Much respect. speak

[@Railhog2102]

I'm sorry to hear usually it was the support gunners using this weapon who were the first ones killed.

[@phillippatterson9484]

@@Railhog2102 Marvin Setter was 6 foot 4. My father said it might be as horribly simple as he presented as a bigger target.

[@jakemocci3953]

It’s been that way since MGs were implemented, they are always a target.

[@phillippatterson9484]

@@jakemocci3953 SFC Carlson the platoon sergeant was killed at the same time. A huge muscle bound man at 6 foot three. He was a Seattle cop who was in the Army Reserves. Called up to active duty. I have three photographs of him. One is he is lifting a axle off a vehicle. For exercise..

[@jimpowell1802]

My uncle was the BAR man in one of Patton's divisions in Germany. Unfortunately BAR men were targets for snipers. He was killed 3 weeks before Germany surrendered. R.I.P. Gene.

[@ELM4R1NÖ4ZTEC4]

Sorry to hear that about your Uncle Mr. Powell 8:14 PM

[@ELM4R1NÖ4ZTEC4]

@@joesummers9864 what? 12:23 AM | 1//24//2021

[@joesummers9864]

@@ELM4R1NÖ4ZTEC4 my mistake sir

[@ELM4R1NÖ4ZTEC4]

@@joesummers9864 ah it's all right Mr. Summers 12:42 AM | 1//24//2021

[@AIRSOFTRAIDERS1]

@@ELM4R1NÖ4ZTEC4 why do you include the time and date in your comments mate

[@bradsimpers7708]

I’ve always said the BAR stands for the big ass rifle

[@nickfarino3332]

lmao

[@borbleborb4586]

lmao

[@cay7809]

@Whirlwind of Weapons one day I pieced it together and I think it means Browning Machine Gun (BMG)

[@vaughnross4158]

Wall? What wall???

[@Quickdrawingartist]

Big And Rowdy.

[@makerrov]

I find it fascinating that with a simple little switch you can go from full auto to fuller auto, idk what kind of magic Mr. Browning did to make that happen but it's really cool.

[@matta.5363]

Dad was a paratrooper with the 101st during WW2. He jumped on D-Day and fought across Europe and in Bastogne with his BAR. He was 19. What he did still amazes me.

[@mattalegi286]

Your dad is a literal hero

[@rebd00mer93]

A god damn American hero. What a badass life he lead.

[@21DaHoagie12]

My grandfather fought along side yours at Bastogne, he was party of an anti-tank battalion and carried a Thompson sub that he had traded for with a buddy who was tank crew member.

[@doylemurrun8316]

that must’ve sucked to jump with. Did he lose a BAR or 2 or leg bag get ripped off ? Or did they strip the gun?

[@Vito_Caligiuri]

@@garrysmith5562 I’m assuming he meant that his dad carried it after he jumped. I didn’t even have to google it to figure if paratroopers jumped with a BAR. It just wouldn’t make sense considering it’s a goddamn behemoth.

[@Gerbs1913]

To offset the 20 round magazine, the BAR could also be used as a hammer because it's 20 pounds.

[@dayyou]

It has a handle cause its made to be swung. Its a primary and a secondary.

[@benjaminraskin8509]

More like each of those 30 ought six rounds are 20 lbs the way it punches through that cinderblock like Bruce Lee

[@Gerbs1913]

@@dayyou "Bayonet? Pffff " *swings BAR like a hammer*

[@MarioTheLiopleurodon]

Melee - 100 Two handed - 100 Bludgeoning - 100 Speed - 25 Handling - 10

[@gunarmcneal6360]

Fair enough

[@greggreer6386]

My dad use this gun during the invasion of Okinawa in 1944. He made it 2 weeks before being wounding in the leg.He said 2 week is a long time for a person shooting a BAR automatic rifle.

[@roywilson9350]

invasion of Okinawa was in 1945

[@greggreer6386]

@@roywilson9350 your are correct Easter Sunday 1945 I believe.

[@mreme1591]

God bless your dad

[@user-wt1ij5ys9d]

How old is your dad

[@user-wt1ij5ys9d]

My great grandfather fought I ww2 in the invasion of d day and captured a town in France and took the German flag down in the town and got his other soldiers to sign it

[@SeanPat1001]

I knew two WWII BAR men. Both were 6’4” and strong as an ox. I’m not sure whether they started that way or they got that way from lugging around that big hunk of iron.

[@marinegunner7481]

The BAR was a “crew served weapon.” At least three men worked together to operate it; the BAR Man, Assistant BAR Man, and at least one Ammo Carrier.

[@jjfennel]

*destroys cinderblock wall in seconds* “heh heh heh .. that’s pretty neat”

[@9dk.dk9]

Pew Pew. Pew.

[@9dk.dk9]

Or open Stand Camp Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Ppppeeeewwwwwww

[@salottin]

I just laughed at that part xD Didn't think I'd see Hickok saying that

[@bosunbay6404]

Yooo I didn’t realize they were THIS powerful

[@stepheneddy835]

And it's firing a hunting rifle slug, 30-06... That's used to take down deer, elk, bison, etc. Crikey..!

[@abrahamanthony3011]

20 rounds in the magazine is not enough for this type of rifle

[@lonewanderer958]

Abraham Anthony for its time that was plenty

[@davidmason8350]

Well it's in .30-06 so it would add more to the weight of the gun

[@mr_terminator5864]

A bigger magazine would make the gun heavier and would make it harder to use prone

[@tbren9341]

Can it be belt fed? One guy carries the gun, another guy carries ammo.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@tbren9341 No. Magazine fed only. .

[@bergele3166]

So two japanese walk into a bar...

[@TheManWithNoName93]

they had a garand time

[@cloudywinter6828]

A Skeleton walks into a Bar...He orders a Beer and a Mop

[@pipeline_hank5277]

They had a blast, if you know what I mean.

[@madmaxd1]

+The Man With No Name ....epic

[@TheManWithNoName93]

thanks ill be here all night

[@edl617]

My Uncle carried a BAR ashore at Bougainville. He told me prior to the landing before shipping out they were practicing tigger control at targets between 500 and 1000 yards. Some of the Marines were consistently scoring two and three rounds burst at the 1000 yard target.

[@outlaw2night]

of course they were hitting at that range- THEY ARE F**KING MARINES!

[@Ferreal92]

Such a small magazine for the intended use of this firearm.

[@allariseband]

The mag can be replaced with a drum if used as an LMG. This was more or so used for small burts/groups of auto fire technically being one of the first assault rifles. And with a larger round than most think. The mag is the appropriate size for its intended use.

[@coolfrymaster]

I agree but the gun was meant for infantry so a big old drum mag + extra ammo, wouldnt help when your packing the gun for 100 miles

[@allariseband]

Exactly why it wasnt intended for LMG use. Like i was saying lol.

[@Ccthomas-ks1hn]

not to mention how heavy it is. It was probably hell to carry

[@thatdudewelove8498]

squad automatic weapons weren't a concept yet back in the days, i believe.

[@mikerodriguez2663]

It’s official 100 years old 🇺🇸

[@kdm187]

103 yrs

[@oslogrigor8320]

@@kdm187 104

[@kdm187]

@@oslogrigor8320 103? No?

[@oslogrigor8320]

@@kdm187 No. 104. Yes

[@fishyguy5706]

102-103 depends what month it was made

[@chasebh89]

"the stock is a bit short on me" says the 7ft goliath of a grandpappy

[@gosth81]

chasebh89 jajajajajajaja

[@gosth81]

Mr. Jones Kinda does haha, such a funny comment

[@conn0rized292]

Don't you mean GARANDpappy?

[@willowufgood261]

My dad was in call of duty world at war. He said he once got 50 kills on patrol one night. He was unable to finish his tour of duty because his online subscription expired. It was insane what he went through.

[@MichaelSkelton]

Wait, did you hear that from your dad, or was it Madmartigan?

[@muguly4591]

Lol my dad left...😢

[@MaxwellBenson80]

Stay strong!!

[@AT4LAS]

@@muguly4591 hope u is good bro 🙏

[@garryli2030]

Your father fought for the pacific war?

[@rudymikula7129]

In WWII, my Dad was a company armorer in the 104th Division. He told me that the weapon he kept by his side from Normandy until the end of the war was a BAR. He said it saved his life on a few occasions.

[@olbillehbob2634]

You are old then your probably about 67 - 68

[@rafitohornero3850]

@@olbillehbob2634 y never know, what if he the 4th or the 5th son...? He might be in 40 or early 50

[@jimmyjames1474]

@@olbillehbob2634 Yep, my father is in his 70s and my grandfather was on Okinawa, I'm 46.

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

Saved his life by taking other lives? Sounds evil. Also live cannot be saved only prolonged.

[@bigc1202]

@@PROVOCATEURSK ummmm if someone is trying to kill you and you kill them with your weapon, then yes it saved your life. Or maybe cops and soldiers should throw flowers during shootouts.

[@TopDog8762]

Wish my dad was still around. He carried a BAR in Korea, I know he would have gotten a kick of seeing one fired again.

[@MrJabez89]

Or he would have gotten flashbacks and pulled a First Blood

[@BoberBoomMan]

+MrJabez89 hahahaha

[@cyclone8974]

yep life is just like a movie...

[@TopDog8762]

He was already in that state when he passed. I am a retired MSgt USMC and he didn't know who I was, just that I was a Marine. He would call me Sarge and give me patrol reports when I went to see him in the extended medical facility.

[@falconmoose1589]

God bless.

[@johnscherer6419]

My Father-in-law, carried one, during his service in the WWII action in the South Pacific...R.I.P. , PFC, Joseph Kudla, U.S.M.C.

[@mr.d.4175]

Maybe he knew my dad. He served in the South Pacific too. May they both rest in peace.

[@benphillips3693]

Semper Fi

[@johnscherer6419]

@@mr.d.4175 Was in the 1st Division...

[@tomassuchyjr]

Was your Father in law of Czech origin? His name sounds very Czech - means Joseph Knife

[@butchyshoe]

It was nice that u mentioned his name. Joseph Kudla U.S.M.C.

[@ron.v]

A friend of mine from high school was point man in 'Nam. He carried a BAR. He said the sound of the bolt dropping on that thing on a quiet night was pretty intimidating.

[@ch0wned]

It was almost always the last thing a few people heard.

[@stanfordwillis4841]

@@ch0wned Not really no, its role was to provide suppressing fire first of all

[@TheTimbs_]

@@stanfordwillis4841can still kill you with accuracy.

[@SexyFace]

still instances of people getting surprised and then wasted individually by a BAR, so yes. @@stanfordwillis4841

[@stanfordwillis4841]

@@SexyFace Instances yes, not "almost always", a support weapon is what is it. On a personal note I would have hated having to carry something that heavy and old in Nam in 65 ...

[@gregruess6900]

A few years ago I invited my ww2 vet neighbor hunting... He declined telling me " I landed in Normandy on D +2 carrying a BAR and walked all the way to Czechoslovakia... not a single truck ride on the entire deployment... I'm never carrying a gun again."... He meant every word!

[@marccru]

My great uncles walked from southern Italy to Stalingrad

[@jona5517]

@@marccruso he was in the German Army?

[@Grey_Duck]

"I don't always miss, but when I do, I like to miss fast."

[@denal132]

Words to live by

[@moosey4life216]

Damnit Ricky I was high when I said that.

[@yourdeadhomieinmywood4175]

G

[@josephastier7421]

Only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.

[@frankdalla]

I carried a BAR for more hours than I like to remember. It was heavy, but it never let me down.

[@dennislaudenslager7333]

My dad 5'7" 140 lbs in the Marine Corp. This was his assigned weapon. He said it was heavy as hell. But he loved it.

[@jasonc6108]

This the most badass grandpa ever.

[@truebornsonofliberty554]

I'm not sure he is a grandpa. Unless he has other kids.

[@sunjun618]

camera man is his son

[@truebornsonofliberty554]

+Storm H but John doesn't have kids. Which is why I said, "other kids"

[@sunjun618]

+Storm H classic non English speaker lol

[@FillipeBunchOfNumbers3210]

He is the grandpa of /k/.

[@fixedguitar47]

“The BAR, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age”

[@then00brathalos]

WW1 aint pretty civilized pal

[@fixedguitar47]

@@then00brathalos - For a thousand generations the BAR was the guardian for peace and justice.

[@hotel3667]

@@then00brathalos Guys a Starwars nerd makin Starwars quotes

[@666zombee]

In WW1 80% of soldiers shot over the enemies heads. Not normal for humans to kill even in war

[@fixedguitar47]

@@666zombee - Storm troopers shoot wherever they like. Usually at walls.

[@FantomWireBrian]

Dad landed in Normandy and fought through the Hedge row country and all the way to Bastogne. He always had compassion for any guy carrying the BAR. In many of the battles he was engaged in he saw many guys get hit or die. Dad said as soon as the BAR was opening up it drue fire ,and even being close to it was deadly. He was put in charge of a gun squad to pierce enemy lines to relieve the 101st. He was given a Thompson and refused due to the bad accuracy ,jamming and drawing fire. He said the BAR was reliable, but there were no autos in his squad. They took out two SS squads and dad said they could tell who they were by the rate of fire and the firearms they used. Dad said they would draw them in by taking random shots and yell for rounds while being shouldered up against trees spread out. Dad would say " So they thought they were Hitler's best " ❓He did fear the 88 . He said " I was on the receiving end of that 88 too many times "

[@ronsindric4241]

My Father was part of the Invasion June 1944. When they made him a Squad Leader, he "up-gunned" from a GARAND to a B.A.R. Besides more ammunition than was normally carried, he lugger around an extra canteen, an extra field medical pack, and spare tubes and batteries for a SCR-536. At a reunion , shortly before he passed away, one of his Squad members told of seeing him RUN some God-Awful distance carrying ALL the above including his B.A.R. . I guess there was more than one CAPTAIN AMERICA in the E.T.O. back then !

[@MilataB32]

"I'll save that pot for you dad", What a great son.

[@qg786]

That's exactly what I was thinking. :)

[@PistolManiac100]

John is a good son, and Hickok is a great dad.

[@warvandal3443]

They are great ambassadors

[@christopherbrown7244]

potkock45

[@tomcarberry4445]

In Eugene Sledge’s book “With The Old Breed” etc etc, he tells of a time he was on patrol and came upon a Japanese patrol. He wrote that his patrol was way outmanned so they took off back to their lines screaming that the Japanese were right behind and to open fire. The guy on guard duty had a BAR but didn’t fire until Sledge’s patrol were in the fox hole. Sledge asked the guy why didn’t he open fire, the guy replied I wanted them to get closer so I could cut them in half with the BAR.

[@TJ_CrayonBeltFeeder]

Haha. Semper fi

[@John-of5sh]

My Father was also a B.A.R. Man with the 101st Airborne in WWII. Rest in peace Dad. Miss you everyday.

[@kdcobra64]

Screaming Eagle

[@Hipocrisia]

Respect! The greatest generation, brave men to volunteer into that hell! Some stories he must have had!

[@kdcobra64]

My cousin Alan Cipriani...101st Bronze star with a V... 1967

[@eggr1ce374]

What an absolute monster. Full-auto 30-06 makes such a beautiful sound.

[@Thekulprit92]

I guess that depends on what side of it you're on 😅

[@Wil_Dasovich]

Man that thing looks powerful!

[@thedudefrompostal4212]

muahahahahahahahah

[@chuckrutkowski1072]

You see what it did to a cinder block wall. I can only imagine what that would do to a human body. Instant hamburger!

[@33Dakes]

Lol that’s because it is!!!

[@Bomber123AL]

Yeah.. the gun does too

[@hakudothem8876]

YO! Am I the only filipino here? Meh... Anyways, sup!

[@jakeh6980]

30-06 is all I have used for hunting since I was 10 years old: 2 years after I started hunting. The 30-06 cartridge really is the best, all around cartridge. The BAR is such a great piece of history. I understand why the rifle had to be made heavy. Shooting rapid fire in 30-06 is no joke. How lucky and fortunate to be able to shoot this historical piece of history

[@Ken-fh4jc]

I obviously never fired a BAR but it seems like .30-06 would be way to heavy of a round for a fully auto rifle.

[@vornamenachname989]

​​@@Ken-fh4jcWell 8mm Mauser is basically the same as 30-06 and the FG-42 is more controllable in full auto than even the Thompson, so I'd say a well made battle rifle can use such a heavy cartridge quite effectively.

[@pablpfanque]

I'm wondering, is it heavy? Capt. Miller to Pvt. Reiben" on Omaha Beach "Where's your BAR?" "It's on the bottom of the channel sir. The bitch tried to drown me!"

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

pablpfanque heavy when carrying belts of ammo. For sure.

[@jarrettowens2258]

@@christopherrasmussen8718 The BAR weighed 20 pounds even without the clip, and the bipod weighed an extra 2 pounds.

[@bosunbay6404]

cmiller8492 thanks for correcting him lol

[@jarrettowens2258]

@@bosunbay6404 Just saying, it’s the truth.

[@joshp3144]

Can't be heavier than the 240

[@dontworryaboutit60]

My grandfather operated the bar in the 3rd army during the battle of the bulge. He wrote about his experience in the 80s. They were ordered to capture a dug in german mg42 nest and he remembers his sergeants arm pointing towards the heavily wooded hill yelling at them to move. His squad started walking through the woods for about 20 minutes until they met a large valley and no later than a couple of seconds passing, gunfire opened up from the other side in the treeline where a couple of his friends were killed immediately, it sounds cliche but he wrote down he heard some squad members calling for their moms. He shot the gun pointing it wherever there were flashes in the treeline until he got shot in the arm (fortunately not in the head after bending down to get more ammo). He dropped the gun cause it was too heavy for one arm and everything was quiet. He started slumping, actually carrying his arm, in the opposit direction of where there was gunfire, he then eventually came across a road. He walked on the side trying to keep hidden in case germans were using it until the next day he saw a US jeep driving along it where he was then picked up and brought to a field hospital. Amazingly he was only 19!

[@MrBiggins9999]

An interesting read and thanks to your grandfather for his service. Brave man.

[@dontworryaboutit60]

Retrova Thanks!

[@andonhawk7461]

Thanks for sharing very interesting!

[@doozie3004]

Did he put extended mag and grip on it.

[@dontworryaboutit60]

Koopei No, quickdraw and rapidfire

[@danfay8104]

My nextdoor neighbor Erv Solo served with Edson's Raiders in WW II. He was only 5' 8" and about 130 lbs. Of course the Marines made him a BAR man! Once the the raider battalions we're dissolved, they were integrated into the 3rd Marine Division. Erv served right up into the battle of Okinawa. Salute! A real hero.

[@pho3nix-]

Man those 20-round magazines run out fast!

[@glenbaker1175]

Should've been In a green giant with me 😂

[@theitalianstallion973]

Imagine if u could stick a machine gun bullet belt in that thing 😱

[@southkoreaball3094]

Why the hell whould you want a 20-round mag

[@bennycheca9426]

South Korea Ball the scar h is the exact same thing

[@phentin9144]

@@bennycheca9426 the scar H is also one of the most hated weapons among special forces LOL. It malfunctions. The barrel is too long. Only good for long range engagements.

[@NoXoNaToR]

Shooting starts at 4:20, blaze it up hickok lol

[@MrJohnnys180sx]

+icruz210 it was 4:57

[@Phoenix-ij5sk]

+Lex Luthor You seem like a lot of fun.

[@wolfninja8623]

That's Funny

[@strongforce8466]

he signed it

[@rangerclose9114]

+Lex Luthor i love you

[@Kacee2]

I was a gunners mate on an old destroyer in the early 70's and we had BAR's and Thompson Machine guns in the armory . They were a blast to shoot along with the 30 cal .

[@skaggst]

I got to shoot both on USS Southerland DD743 in 1973

[@Kacee2]

@@skaggst A lot of people don't believe that many Navy ships in the early 70's still had those older weapons in the armory but they did. Also shot a lot of 5"38 and 3"50 . They were even more fun...lol

[@jacksontwatswamper5285]

On Board USS Bigelow we had M-14s, I don't recall what else

[@CaesarInVa]

I joined the Navy in 1979 and we had M-14's for shipboard defense. When I joined, I wanted to be a GM(G), but thought what with technology emerging and all, maybe I should do something that would help me get a job if I decided not to make a career out of the Navy, so I became an AX (aviation anti-submarine warfare technician). I SOOOOOO regret that decision. I hate IT and I've been stuck in that field for 40 years (even though my college degrees were in Finance and Accounting). I teach IT classes now (ironic, huh?) and one thing I always stress to my class is to never do something for the money. If you find something you love doing, you'll never "work" a day in your life.

[@Kacee2]

@@CaesarInVa yeah. It didn't help me one bit when I got out. Not a lot of jobs for someone who is an expert on 5" 38 guns...lol

[@kpadalldotablet1009]

The BAR full auto was a strange weapon, like a stop gap weapon, for sure, big, chunk of steel and wood. lol The 30-06 round was brilliant, though, and still is. Can't deny it puts out some terrorizing force. Really needed larger mag.

[@Sn0ws519]

You'd like the H-CAR rifle. It's basically a modernized BAR, there's 30 round magazines available and original BAR magazines work too.

[@VenturaHighwayman]

@@Sn0ws519 I dislike the receiver line texturing, it looks too modernized. Love everything else about it though.

[@michaelwray4276]

The reason it had a 20 rnd mag was to give the barrel time to cool when fired on full auto.

[@fuzzydragon]

I'm terrified just thinking about the weight of a hundred round drum added to this I-beam 😅

[@SexyFace]

it's actually to prevent obstruction when firing prone. JB initially debuted this gun with a 30 round magazine similar to the bren, but it was standardized at 20 by the US department of ordinance @@michaelwray4276

[@byrdmaniacsg2776]

My dad was one of Merrill’s Marauders, WWII, Burma. He said this was a “wicked” weapon.

[@mental173]

My Dad air dropped supplies to them

[@richardgodwin2967]

My father in law was 18 in 1945 when he carried the ammo for a BAR squad in Belgium. He was injured, lost an eye, and part of his skull. After 4 years in hospitals he went to college on the GI Bill then on to medical school. He overcame a debilitating injury to become a productive citizen.

[@AveryXII]

hes a legend

[@v12dot]

Great story pal ...God Bless him

[@captmack007]

American Hero

[@muddog7098]

"I like to miss fast when i miss" epic

[@scottparkhurst5101]

My great uncle Bruce Croas was 5'7 and was the BAR man in his unit in WWII, in the invasion of Italy. He was tough as nails.

[@johntsoukas8723]

This is a masterpiece of wood and steel.The 2 materials that real guns for real men are made.This is a timeless gun.

[@amazinglyidiotic8607]

That's my everyday carry firearm.

[@aldig3935]

Concealed or open?

[@ndotspibbalot4121]

An American I see

[@Name-ps9fx]

Very comfortable in my “small of back” pancake holster.

[@theitalianstallion973]

I’d rather go for the 4 bore

[@p0rcs]

AmazinglyIdiotic in akimbo i assume

[@dewaynehickman4996]

My father was in the Marine Corps & fought in the Korean War. He brought his Browning Bar back home😉 OOrah !!!!

[@jmhjasper]

So thankful to your father that fight for us...from korea

[@developedindex4765]

Appreciate to your father. He did a great job for saving my country.

[@davidporowski9512]

Thank your Father for his service 🇺🇸🙏🏼✌️👍

[@phillipbrewster6058]

I would not be publishing that information on the internet lake that the very same gov that gave that wonderful American made work of art is now taking that art away and destroying them.. disgusting

[@libertyvalance4921]

Marines don't say "oorah" that's the army..........

[@Maya_Ruinz]

Its absolutely astounding that Bonnie and Clyde, two tiny individuals by every report were able to handle this monster like an army soldier.

[@thektmkid6990]

A testament to Clyde's "skill" if you could call it that, as a shooter

[@BillieSharkTooth]

No joke my fave riffle ever made. I love them. The feel. The sound and speed of slow fire. Every bit about that gun just makes me happy.

[@freddydee270]

Dad "Handled" one of them on Iwo Jima, Tinian and Saipan. WWII Marines 4th div. 3/25

[@jd-uh4mf]

"Whoa, a clay pot we haven't taken care of!" **Proceeds to unload magazine**

[@docod-vq6iv]

Hickock's most unatural moment lol

[@Awfulfeature]

He’s just take care of the tree’s children.

[@Snagglefratz]

One hell of a gun. I was our platoon's M-60 gunner. I think I would have loved the BAR.

[@markalley4810]

Ya gotta love the pig!

[@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059]

20 rounds reload, 20 rounds reload, 20 rounds reload, 20 rounds reload, 20 rounds reload, (having fun yet?)

[@jimminniehan2548]

Thank you so much, really well done. When I was in France for the D-Day celebration back about 20 years ago, I saw a bunch of French reenactors with a deuce and a half truck and one of them was carrying a BAR. They had done a good job of looking just like American G.I.s from World War II. I went over there and asked the guy if I could hold the BAR and he let me and that’s when I found out how heavy the damn thing is. I was glad I got to at least hold John Browning’s invention, I felt blessed.

[@marinegunner7481]

Hahaha! “Heavy?” Yes but not as heavy as a Browning M-1919 .30 caliber machinegun, which is what I carried after the BAR, then the M-60.

[@SexyFace]

why did you have to switch from a bar to a .30 when they essentially do the same thing? @@marinegunner7481

[@marinegunner7481]

@@SexyFace Those two are DEFINITELY NOT the same thing. You apparently aren’t familiar with the two weapons. The BAR is a magazine-fed heavy rifle. The M-1919 is a belt-fed light machinegun. Different categories. The BAR operates with a bipod. The M-1919 operates on a tripod, which is carried by your Assistant Gunner. I could write pages about the differences in the way they are used but basically the BAR was deployed at the Fire Team level (3 Fire Teams per Squad, 3 Squads per Platoon, 3 Infantry Platoons and 1 Weapons Platoon per Company. Weapons Platoon was machineguns, mortars, and anti-tank rockets.) while the M-1919 was deployed at the Company level. BAR men were at the front in infantry maneuvers with the Riflemen while the M-1919 was kept at the Company rear to be used in defense until a specific focused assault is planned at which point machineguns are setup to provide covering fire for infantry in the assault. Those are a few of the differences but you can probably see how they are much different weapon systems. The M-1919 was not used in a moving assault due to its design. It was simply too unwieldy and had no provision for holding it while firing. Nevertheless, there were instances where gunners took it from its tripod and fired from the hip under desperate circumstances. The M-60, on the other hand, is DESIGNED to be fired while moving in the assault. It has a buttstock, a forestock similar to a rifle, a pistol-grip trigger forward of the buttstock, and an “assault pouch” to hold belted ammunition while moving. The M-60 wasn’t usually purposely deployed this way but was often used on the move in combat. You can count on Marines to improvise. I have personally fired an M-60 from both shoulder and “hip” (actually on a sling held to my side under my arm).

[@SexyFace]

I figured that you could use a bar to cover an assault in the same manner a .30 would, but I guess not. did the mos change when you switched the two? I'm not sure why comparing the two weights was significant to begin with if they dish out different amounts of firepower & are utilized so differently. it's like comparing the m224 mortar to the m203 launcher

[@honorb4glory606]

That's the first time I've gotten a good look at a full-auto BAR being fired. Now I see why WW2 soldiers felt so much safer having a BAR guy in their squad.

[@whiteskullz]

Who else is disappointed they didn't fire it while resting the bipod on the table?

[@jarvis8635]

One of the best sounding weapon ever made.

[@butchyshoe]

especially on slow fire.

[@dallaswood4117]

@@butchyshoe yep came here to make this comment but i see both my points have already been made, just sounds terrific and even more menacing on the slow fire

[@scottpulver4920]

Sound of Freedom NOT freedumb 🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻

[@ntdfmaverick]

It sounds like a war movie. Unmistakable.

[@jimmyboy131]

It IS a war movie.

[@alexmark6580]

Firing a Browning without using the bipod is...interesting. I'd imagine the accuracy drops significantly due to how heavy it is. Love to see an updated video on this gun!

[@CaneFu]

I'm pretty sure this BAR was also a favorite of Clyde Barrow.

[@duane356]

...and Bonnie.She had her own with shortened stock and barrel

[@SvenTviking]

And they were both killed by BARs.

[@user-bm5bk4jm3j]

@@SvenTviking Yep thats what ripped them big holes in that real american metal Ford

[@jamesricker3997]

@@SvenTviking he who lives by the BAR dies by the BAR

[@mod91Kauai]

They died as brutally as they lived The first bullet from Frank Hamer’s Remington Model 8 was already deadly. It hit the windshield and then Clyde Barrow’s skull, just above the left ear. Bonnie Parker also sank down, screaming for a long time. Former Texas Ranger and most probably the USA’s most famous lawman, Frank Hamer, and the five men in his posse continued firing, alternating among pistols, shotguns, and semiautomatic rifles until they were sure the wild gangster duo was dead. The autopsy later found a total of 43 bullet holes on the bodies

[@Oldpimp66]

My old man talked about carrying one of these in Korea. He loved it.

[@hoppes9658]

He loved shooting it but didn’t love humping it in Korea. Shit gets heavy quick.

[@chadsummers7981]

“If you can’t take it down with -06, run”

[@OneMartinAmongMany]

"-or fetch the AA gun"

[@arkham_miami]

@@OneMartinAmongMany *BRRRRRRRRR*

[@Thousand_yard_King]

Nope, just get a 30 mike mike

[@gasmaskfacednerd5896]

In that case, use more -06.

[@cheemsecks-dee5134]

@@arkham_miami nice profile picture

[@johnpowers2921]

When I first went to work for the Bell System in 1970, most of us new hires just came out of the military. One guy 240 lbs after basic,was handed a BAR because he was big. He recalled jumping out of a helicopter at an LZ and sinking in over his knees in a rice paddy carrying that monster gun. He loved it.

[@Endra616]

guy: *puts on earplugs* me: *cautiously turns down volume*

[@spasjt]

I did that at first too, but then I said, "NAH" and cranked it up!

[@mod91Kauai]

@@spasjt terrific!

[@youturd55]

Music to my ear

[@davidchurchich9634]

Me: Turns it up

[@spenceroni1738]

Who needs ear protection, after shooting you wont hear a thing

[@hardware199]

This probably the most beautiful rifle ever created by the USA.

[@ytgsp]

M14.

[@glomankh8024]

ytgsp Yep M14 And MK14 EBR

[@volcommadness]

Satellite I agree it's a American master piece

[@goldygoldygone4455]

Satellite the M1 Garand

[@oflynnzle]

Guys, m1911 and m16

[@0GreatMerlin]

Great little gun. What most people don't get is just how heavy those are. They were made in the day where you started with a 50 pound lump of steel and carved it into the receiver. Still more portable than the A6 version of the 1919 machine gun.

[@SexyFace]

designed specifically for portability. prior to the BAR, a US gun crew would have had to set up a vickers or something similar to be as effective

[@benjaminmoradas4602]

In the Philippines we did a lot of improvisation; a 30/40 rounds mag or a 60 rounds plate-fed magazine which I carried (minus my M16). We also detached the carrying handle as well as the bipod to lighten the overall weight. It is really an effective gun than our previous issued Vietnam era M16. A retired army man.

[@jarmstrong2843]

My uncle carried a BAR during WWII. He was a big burly guy and could handle the weapon. He told me the advantage of the BAR is that if an enemy combatant was behind a big pine tree in the European theater, the BAR would shoot through it easily and take out the combatant.

[@tombrown3072]

My skinny farmer of a grandfather carried a BAR through the Phillipines and New Guinea, all the way to Japan.

[@Rageissues]

I carried a BAR from Omaha Beach to Berlin on Call of Duty. So pretty much the same thing.

[@emmaroclin6742]

Rageissues same

[@malifor00]

Rageissues lol you jackass

[@GabrielXDrums]

Rageissues real life is better than a video game smfh

[@user-ly2ll5od1r]

It literally sound almost the same like in battlefield 1, dice really did make guns sound like guns not like popcorn (cod)

[@nellsonstout7001]

Mantas Šiupinys COD 2 at least got the Mosin sound right

[@brannonmeador1792]

Mantas Šiupinys that's what had noticed too, scary close

[@sargoon1017]

Matas Šiurys They record the gun sounds, atleast for most of them...

[@helenapetrovic4169]

Mantas Pavardė Says the Battlefield Fanboy (THEHATEISREAL2017)

[@KuyaJmaq]

Mantas Pavardė Nah you see that popcorn sound effects is from Infinity ward, a little bit of treyarch

[@papispaghetti5302]

Imagine hiding in your bunker as a Japanese soldier and you just hear 10:02

[@someorclad9738]

*Terrified Banzai noises* probably. The Imperial soldier will still charge though...

[@Cobrakid1968]

Akmal Nabil probably won’t even if he took 1 bullet

[@natesmith4050]

Papi spaghetti, good name

[@nikosr265]

Cobrakid1968 lol not from a 30-06

[@lookatcurryman4811]

Or the sound of jets about to fly over you in Vietnam that’s about to drop Incindenary bombs.

[@SteelerBevo]

Hickocks chuckle after every shot he takes gets me through the day

[@kneerow4878]

Imagine your robbing hicks house and he has this pointed at you saying "Start prayin boy"

[@sassythesasquatch1571]

As he stands there in nothing but cowboy boots and cowboy hat and a throbbing veiny forehead

[@cosmicbro1973]

Mr Mason I did not think you were gonna say forehead lmao

[@sassythesasquatch1571]

@@cosmicbro1973 eyyy you got a dirty mind ,my guy lol ;)

[@Parz1val465]

@@sassythesasquatch1571 same here XD

[@genericfakename8197]

I think when someone breaks into Hickock's compound the last thing they'll hear is "lemmie just get my ears on..."

[@MachineGunMike]

Video turned out great!

[@hickok45]

Thankfully, you have those Walmarts in Texas where you buy all these cool full-auto firearms so easily. Can't wait to get back and pick up a few for myself! :-)

[@ypelyk]

I think Walmart stopped carrying BAR's when the M249 came out, that's all I can find when I walk through there.

[@MachineGunMike]

hickok45 Hahaha. Yea, I love it!

[@overkill1994]

Every single one!!!

[@wasabij.1225]

+Kyle Pylate wtf.... are u shitting me wheni walk in walmart here all i see and hear is mean cashiers

[@PresentedByBailey]

my dad had a BAR at Chipyong-ni. i showed him a portion of this video. he said his did not have a handle on it for carry. he showed me how he carried it, basically behind his neck both arms holding it in place as he walked because it was so heavy. he said he would fling around his head ready to fire. he's 85 now. he lied about his age by a year so he could get in the army, i think because he grew up pretty poor. cool to hear him talk about it. so cool video. and no, he isn't the type for flashbacks after seeing the video. at least never mentioned having any (unlike my cousin that was in nam.) although my dad did punch my mom one night right after being back from the war because she went to bed late after my dad fell asleep and he thought someone was coming in to get them. but they are still married after over 60 years. :)

[@hownarxu11]

Nice man

[@louismiller7]

I was eighteen and was a BAR man on a landing party from the USS Isherwood DD520 in 1951 .🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@bobadams179]

In the south Pacific every solder and marine wanted to be the best friend of the BAR man.

[@jimmycakes7158]

I was in the Pacific I carried the bar

[@Reupload-Kanal-Von-Lukas-Heil]

@@jimmycakes7158 probably

[@commonwealthwarfare]

@@jimmycakes7158 call of duty doesn't count

[@billscannell93]

The BAR is one badass gun. A nasty round, and lots of them really fast.

[@googlesearchhistory5249]

Makes up for the weight.

[@codystorrin4501]

Can a civilian buy a BAR?

[@getchasome6230]

Paradoxically, the iron sights on a bar are for looks only.

[@jamespeterson4125]

The Iron sights are used when the enemy is storming your position. That's when you would need something like this on full auto. Usually. It's not a snipe rifle.

[@unclestone8406]

"Direct-fire artillery", then, heh :D

[@Play2Win1958]

hickok45 you are the man when it comes to gun video's every time I see one I stop and watch !

[@wimplos]

If a 30-06 went in for a job interview I imagine it would go something like this. What are your qualifications? I won two world wars.

[@edwardmckever8029]

L

[@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl]

.303 showed the way.

[@glennrichmond6358]

I was Clyde Barrow's best buddy!

[@mementomori1320]

Wimp Lo and stopped commies in Korea.

[@sxleong]

So three Germans walked into a BAR... And bought some drinks. What else did you expect? For them to TAKE SOME SHOTS? See what I did there? Nevermind D:

[@aronkovacs1386]

Shao Xun Leong two dyslexic men walk into a BRA

[@muricaneagle666]

unique comment i leave like

[@oologahnorthernrailroad8873]

Shao Xun Leong ha! I get it!

[@markbravo8904]

🚩 Maggies Draws

[@The_Real_Indiana_Joe]

That was so damn corny! Loved it!

[@nodresiak]

Big john handled that BAR like a boss. It is a proud but yet humbling day when our children outshoot us.

[@AKA53-rv3gc]

Love Hickok45. That BAR wore him out. I read somewhere that we didn't issue the BAR in WW1 because when it was finished with evaluations the war was almost over . And we didn't want the Germans to get the new Tech. Also the gangsters had them during 20s and 30s. Love that gun. The sound is awesome.

[@FRGDEC]

No semi, FREEDOM INTENSIFIES.

[@aaronlonghuynh5245]

nathan casarez I wouldn’t call no semi freedom, selective fire IS freedom!

[@joeytheauthor8290]

nathan casarez that is how it happens in murica

[@macmiller1678]

My grandpa used one in the pacific during WW2. He got a Purple Heart on Iwo Jima.

[@TRKEWEENAW]

My uncle got one on Iwo as well. Never made it back alive. God Bless your Grandpa.

[@SuperFolk6]

May god bless you and your family Hickok45

[@giornogiovanna836]

My dad was the BAR guy on the shores of Japan. He said it was freaking heavy and saved his life on multiple occasions.

[@Se7enChk]

Living history. It is incredible to hold and touch these artifacts.

[@SynthLizard8]

I really love the chunky firing sound it makes.

[@luisloks]

Legend goes , if you are to carry one into battle at the start of ww2 , you would end up as buffed as Mr Arnold by the end of ww2. if you survived of course.

[@WSSmith3]

Ll Lock Actually, my father was a squad automatic rifleman in the battle of the bulge. He was 5'6", 140 pounds. His sargeant told him he had to lug that heavy f×#$ing thing and a pack full of mags because he could hit germans with it. So he did. Not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog. At least when the smaller dog has a BAR.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

Great story.... your dad was obviously quite a man. I'm a military historian as well as a firearms aficionado and collector - and I always laugh when I hear today's young people (including more than a few soldiers and active military) say that they "can't" carry something as heavy as a BAR, or for that matter, a Garand or a Thompson, into combat. These are guys who are young, healthy, and strong - and in some cases, quite large, too. I guess they made 'em tough back in the day, because the typical GI back then was a lot smaller and lighter than his modern counterpart, but that didn't seem to hold him back when it came to carrying these weapons (and their ammo) into combat. However, your dad notwithstanding, squad leaders and junior officers generally looked for a bigger man to carry a BAR - as long as he could shoot it well and had qualified with it.

[@southernCal909]

My grandpa was rather small when he went into Normandy at 17 with one of these on his side. Man I miss his stories and diagrams that he would draw up for me.

[@KappaSlappa-t8o]

GeorgiaBoy1961 I'm 5'7", 146 pounds, and I gotta say if I got sent to war, I'd carry whatever they'd give me. Folks aren't built the same anymore I guess. I'm in college and I shook an army recruiters hand on campus yesterday... so limp you'd think he fell asleep standing up. Unfortunate.

[@GUAVcis06]

Nick Ross we’re just not at war so we don’t understand hardships anymore. That could change if we had to fight again

[@linnfairchild229]

Teaching my wife to shoot. I only have 22 rifles and shotguns with a .243 high-power. Glad you posted this so she could see how powerful some guns are. Awesome!!

[@tonkadriver1833]

My dad is a Marine He was this smallest in his platoon 5'6" 145lbs (actually 5'4" 125lbs) He carried this weapon into Lebanon Its like him though and reliable

[@FA-te4yt]

In the 80s?

[@sifuhotman1300]

The BAR is a very big rifle... I don't know where Hickok45 got himself a mini version tho... Oh wait.

[@Stargazzer811]

@@FA-te4yt You'd be surprised how long the BAR and other WW2 era weapons were in service with the US Military.

[@FA-te4yt]

@@Stargazzer811 when was the US in Lebanon?

[@joesummers9864]

@@FA-te4yt 1983

[@jimh527]

Son "Ok dad, I guess I'll hand it back to you.." Dad "Weapons not safe, son."

[@rondj1965]

It's what dads do.

[@JohnSmith-zx2ge]

That is a beast of a gun

[@soloagent47]

John Smith So good the gangsters fell in love with it. Unfortunately for them so did the law. Just think if you had the money in 1920's you could purchase one.

[@greenfrogg565]

John Smith especially in cod ww2

[@soloagent47]

Greenfrogg55 - Wow! So they didn't dumb it down. I used the FAL in COD. Outstanding. Only if Rainbow would do the same with its weapons

[@ciro79]

mighty 30-06 caliber.

[@tedpawlowski5682]

L

[@AmericanPatriot-cw9xe]

what a sweet firearm ! My dads brother uncle Art was in the army and fought in korea, he used to shoot it with dad at milk jugs making them vanish and thru solid oak trees, I knew then I needed to get a 30-06 someday, I thought it was awesome he could shoot his guns n have fun after being in war because he normally looked very serious and had that thousand yard stare, yet he was great with us kids teaching us all he knew about different things, Sadly the the stress from Combat took its toll on his health and he fell over dead one day walking across his living room floor with a cup of coffee before work, the widow maker n hardening of his artery's from his tough hard life they grew up in, plus the toll from the korean war he never talked about, RIP Uncle Art gone since 1975 you are not forgotten ever!

[@Dmog97]

Surprised this old fuckers arm didn’t fall off

[@Ryan-em1sv]

Love the Grateful Dead shirt on John. Wonder what hickock was like in the 60’s

[@BlackArtBMX]

He's been smoking pots for over 60 years

[@TheDirtyBum900]

Probably a hybrid of Elias from Platoon and Animal Mother from FMJ