The BAR's Role in Creating an Iconic Military Photo

[@Taskandpurpose]

5 times 5 is 20 guys.....trust me I only got my ASVAB waived twice! Seriously though what do you think of the Browning Automatic Rifle? Was the Japanese type 11 better? Check out Nixplay photo display for your family they're a great product bit.ly/3kCJVia

[@theredbear7174]

Could you link me the document that talked about the weapon systems and tactics of the Japanese army in world War II? It looked interesting and I kind of want to read it myself

[@Hybris51129]

The BAR is a gun designed for a purpose that never really had a chance to manifest in WWI and it was kept in action for so long that it was placed into a role that it wasn't optimized for that it led to people looking down on the design. Regardless it was the first gun that I fell in love with playing the original Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. It's big, loud, heavy, and a bit impractical these days but it has a charm that I can't accurately put into words.

[@communism_is_wrong7167]

Mal Indio In real life no, but in battlefield 1 yes

[@jamieobree1181]

Damn it, now I know why I got my times tables wrong, I always thought 5 x 5 was 55. Also while I reckon the browning was better than the type 11, you have to give props to the Madsen light machine gun. Considering it had a minimum 25 round magazine, all the way up to 40, was only 2 pounds heavier, could double as a medium machine gun in a pinch, and was the first ever light machine gun produced. It came out in 1902! Beating the browning by 16 years and predating ww1 by over a decade!

[@communism_is_wrong7167]

Jamie Obree the Lewis gun was also one of the first legs being made in 1914

[@dongerdongson9474]

Everyone is making fun of Chris’s grunt math but can we just appreciate his correct usage of clips finally

[@Taskandpurpose]

They only waived my ASVAB twice so I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about when I say 5 times 5 is 20. I heard math is just a construct anyway?

[@obiwankenobi2749]

As a veteran, he had better get it right

[@badasscustodes1697]

But clips and magazines aren't the same thing I assume that's What saying he called the BAR mags clips

[@Giraffe69420]

NOOB

[@RABB1DSQ1RR3L]

My how the time tables

[@robegan1881]

My grandfather carried a bar as a replacement in the battle of the bulge. He told me he was taught in basic that you could shove 21 rounds in magazine. He stated he found out very quickly under fire that this caused an instant jam. He was always upset over that, never would explain more.

[@stevenbaringer7309]

Grandfather was an artillery Officer during Pacific campaign.... Said the infantry would do through and they would set up but there would be snipers left up in the trees that would start shooting at them..... He said he would call up the boys with the BARs to strafe the tree line and they would drop like coconuts.......

[@jeffreykershner440]

I've heard they would sometimes tie themselves into the trees and then just dangle when dead.

[@connorsimpson338]

5x5=20? That math don’t add up

[@nathanracher2911]

ikr it would be 4x

[@charlesquinn4246]

Unless he mean it as bolt action rifles are 4+1 in and the BAR could have 20+1 so 5x??

[@arkadeepkundu4729]

Are you sure this guy wasn't a marine? He says he was army, but idk. Sometimes gives off Marine vibes

[@Itsprincesweets]

-5 for being a dumb dumb

[@GCJT1949]

You want good math? Find an FO. Geoff Who prays for the accuracy of the FO's math.

[@thomasgibbons4551]

He wouldn't be such a fan of the BAR if he'd ever had to carry it. The weapon and ammo were very heavy and cumbersome. One of the funniest imagines I have from Vietnam, is a little 90 lb. 4' 10" RVN soldier firing a BAR. Every time he pulled the trigger he went backwards about 3 feet until he finally tripped and went ass over tea kettle.

[@Taskandpurpose]

completely agree the thing was like carrying a Squad Automatic Weapon but it didnt fire 200 rounds belt fed

[@HaqqAttak]

@@Taskandpurpose And its front heavy and has a terrible bipod. Look up the Inrange TV video of someone trying to use it in a 2 gun match. Its bad.

[@johnpearce9891]

I'd have to say its bulky but average grunt wasn't wearing what 40 lbs of kevlar and other gear

[@rheesthebeast8928]

I like how this is the first thing i go to for military info

[@fossilfountain]

This is where I go to hear Chris’s self-degrading jokes 😂

[@griffin_5979]

Why do so many people have that profile picture

[@hennessydrew735]

LMAO... "you got military info??"

[@rheesthebeast8928]

@@hennessydrew735 yeah like the new generation of weapons and armor and what the military is up too

[@hennessydrew735]

@@rheesthebeast8928 yes... that wasnt a sarcastic response. It was a confirmation.

[@armyofshea7941]

Grandfather, who never allowed us to call him that, only “C.T.” was a 26 year old private in WWII. According to him, everyone called him the old man. And, yes, he was a BAR man. Mainly because every time he got promoted he did something to get demoted. If the stories are true, he made PFC four times. No clue if that’s true, but I don’t even care. The stories he told! Having now served 26 years and counting his stories add up. Good ole Joe, or in my case C.T. RIP.

[@whirving]

Well he's a hero to me for getting demoted intentionally. He wanted to be in the mix. Good man.

[@jmmartin7766]

@ Army ~ "C.T." did it right. When I was in (bout 40 yrs. after him), we use to say, "The fastest way to get promoted is to get de-moted first..." Because, we watched it happen over and over... lol!

[@effygoodwin37]

What branch was he in and what part of the war was that? Privates/junior enlisted in their late 20s and 30s was very common in WW2, especially in the US Army, as the draft went up to around 40. The Marines were younger on average. Eugene Sledge (USMC WW2) in his book 'With the Old Breed' comments on how the Army infantrymen he worked with in the Peleliu battle in the Pacific were older men, whereas most Marines were 18-24. The average age was young later in the war as the older guys were replaced through promotion/attrition/being rotated out and fresh 18 y/os were being drafted. WW1 and WW2 were kind of unusual in that it wasn't uncommon for there to be 40-year-old privates and guys only in their mid-20s leading battalions and 30-year-olds leading regiments (or higher).

[@nipplelesscage3151]

Dude's hipfire more accurate that old blitz, monty and fuze

[@sophieirisviel4100]

maestro alda hipfire

[@danialyousaf6456]

It's cuz it's a real gun. Most guns shoot in a straight line unlike what the hipfire is in games. Just look at tarkov for example. Every gun is pretty much a laser.

[@hennessydrew735]

Russia called: niet its totally fine...

[@communism_is_wrong7167]

Old fuze with the PMM laser sight and shield while crouching👌 obscure but amazing

[@Taskandpurpose]

he put all his stats into hip fire accuracy

[@Stogie1]

Man the Japanese got lucky he ran out of ammo. If he didn't he would of just taken the whole damn island by himself

[@cyberherbalist]

That's why they called him the "one man regiment".

[@Zeknif1]

Guy carried 15 minutes worth of ammo… I would not want to be kicked by a guy who could do that.

[@davebud5658]

The HCAR was designed starting with a BAR receiver and operating system the designer than used modern materials and engineering to lighten the weight and recoil it is a fantastic weapons system worth getting your hands on

[@brianbirc]

John Browning's was an amazing gun maker of his time. His guns and copies of them are still very popular great guns today and will be for ? Thanks John Browning you will be honored for as long as can be imagined.

[@iladelproductions8820]

Hes a legend for sure!! I'll take him over kalashnikov any day!

[@sierramike5259]

My dad was in Korea and to him the BAR was the ultimate battlefield infantry rifle...the only other weapon he spoke in tones of reverence was the M2 50 cal machine gun...and he had the opportunity to use both while there...

[@hennessydrew735]

Everone: dont shoot from the hip. Micro Draco: hold my extra mag...

[@mattpiersma7355]

M240 has a BAR op rod, so the BAR does live on. The FN company worked with Browning on designs until he died, including some of that work into the MAG 58 machinegun, known to the US military as M240

[@sgtmayhem7567]

Fantastic comment!

[@GCJT1949]

The M240 is a BAR upside down with a belt feed. I'm surprised it took this long for someone to comment. Geoff Who was leaving the US Army as the 240 was being put in tanks.

[@cltnc571]

Thank God you weren’t in the artillery. With those math skills you would have been the friendly fire champion.

[@ecrusch]

I was a street cop for a long time and in the 70's we would do firearms training with all the surrounding departments. Anyway, one of our neighboring departments had a couple of BAR's they got from the Army and we go to shoot them a lot. That 30 -o6 ammo was heavy and packed a punch. That thing was awesome to shoot. I'd love to own one.

[@DougCaldwell]

Circa 1965 at Marine Corps Infantry Training Regiment (ITR) the BAR was still being used to train new boot camp graduates. We also carried M1 Grand rifles for training at ITR. Never saw the BAR after that time.

[@mikegallegos7]

Prior to USN Service, I was in USMC 1963-69 and had familiarization training on the BAR and others like the M30. I preferred the BAR over all the weaps including my TO M14. Smooth action and easy to get into a rhythm and, imo, gave birth to the reason of the phrase, "rock and roll" as it relates to firing a weap. Excellent weapon with only draw back, imo, is the weight of having to carry plenty of extra, preloaded mags so as to keep up with a fast rate of 🔥 .

[@anchorbait6662]

Legend has it that he was named "private Willson" because he was shot in every part of his body except his privates. Thank you for your service Wilson, and God bless your beautiful intact privates.

[@rifles_up2263]

Watson survived his wounds firing in 1994 at the age of 72 thanks for leaving that our cappy👍🏼😐

[@daringdare5078]

The first time it was used in WW2 was with the Polish Army in the 1939 invasion of Poland!

[@asweet6513]

The operating system is still in service. Flip over the locking link of an M240. The bolt lock goes down onto a block in the middle of the receiver of an M240. The BAR locks up to the hump on the top of the receiver. The M240 and M240C still have the washers in the buffer like the BAR. I recall the bipod weighed over 3 pounds. Leaving the bipod behind brings the BAR weight down to 16 pounds.

[@delta1195]

Fun fact, the picture of Eisenhower talking to the troops at 4:32, he was actually talking about fly fishing.

[@jeffchilds8050]

The HCAR has been around for several years with a cost in the $4.5k range.

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

Out of date? Sure Effective? Definitely

[@DannyHeywood]

Oooooh! That's why they shoved the Magazine on top with the Bren Gun, I always wondered.

[@aidenhall8593]

2:36 I think "5 times the ammo" would be 25 rounds but I failed math so

[@saberdogface]

Frickin love the BAR. Hooooah!

[@xanderjackson8518]

The BAR is my favorite American rifle design. Especially the modern HCAR. Mainly because I like battle rifles over assault rifles.

[@Hybris51129]

.30-06 - Because bad guys hide behind things.

[@cyberherbalist]

Just curious, what is your take on the difference between a "battle rifle" and an "assault rifle"?

[@siko9799]

Mike Clark battle rifles fire big boolets like 7.62 nato and 7.62x54, while an assault rifle would fire an intermediate cartridge like 5.56 nato and 5.45x39

[@xanderjackson8518]

@@cyberherbalist I'd say battle rifles fire full-power rifle cartridges that hit hard at close range and are effective at long range but are limited in capacity vs assault rifles that are fire intermediate cartridges that are meant for medium and close range and are significantly lighter. It's a bit subjective especially closer to the middle

[@CoolBeansYoFohShizzle]

@@Hybris5112930.06 because what the Krauts think is cover is merely concealment.

[@SD78]

0:02 WUT? The BAR was an evolutionary deadend that was replaced by the M60 (MG42 knock-off) and eventually a good GMPG with the FNMAG.

[@sgtmayhem7567]

The 60’s slower rate of fire and it’s high quality construction made it more like a knockoff of the MG-34.

[@zonzone6635]

Best Military channel on youtube! More vids man! Cheers! (sorry for the over use of exclamation points) (!!)

[@stevenswallers6571]

My Uncle John carried the BAR all along the spine of New Guinea onto Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines until he was hit by a Japanese sniper while advancing through a cemetery (he survived the war). He was the smallest man in his squad at 5 ft. 6 in. tall and liked the BAR although he got rid of the bipod to lighten it up a bit.

[@LondraCalibro9]

great video, but I'd love to see a longer, more in-depth video on the BAR, I know there are existing documentaries/videos on the weapon, but I really like your style of presentation, humour and way of approaching teaching/information. keep up the great work! PS fired the BAR a few times and it certainly doesn't disappoint in the fun department.....!

[@VashGames]

What in the world was holding up the rest of the platoon for 15 minutes before even one additional person could reinforce him?

[@ChristnThms]

officers

[@Seth9809]

What happened to the assistant gunner?

[@fi4re]

Jeff Clark agreed. They were fighting a war against a strong enemy who was trying (and often successful) to kill them.

[@darphbobo55]

Oh man private Wilson sounds like a real life Rambo holy heck

[@sgtmayhem7567]

1.1K views in just 2 hours, you make my 11B2P1G heart swell with pride for you. I’ve never felt all warm and fuzzy about the BAR, it’s a perfect example of equipping troops to fight the previous war. As soon as the MG-34 was spotted the US military should have been developing our own belt fed LMG. A belt fed LMG would have saved quite a few American lives in WWII and Korea.

[@Wienerslinky]

You mean the 1919 browning? Or the ma deuce? I know the .50 is a bit too big but the 1919 fit the role of a lightweight machinegun perfectly

[@GCJT1949]

General Motors made a copy of the MG42/34 allegedly it failed tests because of tolerance stacking. Geoff Who notes reverse engineering isn't as simple as some believe. Note: the production of 1911s took off when the Tech Data Package was published. Also early attempts to make an AR to compete with Colt.

[@Taskandpurpose]

thanks for watching SGT Mayhem ! Yes the BAR was outclassed by the MG-34 I agree. Do you think the Garand being better than the German's bolt action is the only thing that gave us the advantage? I do think there is some evidence that the "Automatic Rifle" role can be effective instead of the belt fed Squad Automatic Weapon types

[@molderman7673]

Sent by our Lord and Savior John Moses Browning, may his holiness rain among all.

[@hennessydrew735]

Mikhail Kalashnikov was the true lord and savior... change my mind you dirty AR fu#@$...

[@molderman7673]

Hennessy Drew Ummm. Do you have any clue who John Browning was. Now Ive watched a few videos on the guy and I’m pretty sure that he died 30+ years before the AR project even started.

[@hennessydrew735]

@@molderman7673 I forgot text cant relay jokes very welll... LMAO continue.

[@happykiller14]

No Ian McCollum is our lord and savior. John Browning is the big man himself

[@krispyluck]

Im getting some Joshua Graham vides from this comment

[@ngjliang303]

The BAR was my favorite WW2 gun ever.

[@TR1ppl3]

2:28 dID I JusT HeAR FulLY AuTOmATIc?

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

New one looks like the Mk14 EBR or M21, no joke 😳

[@nerd_world8919]

is no one gonna call him out on his bad math when talking about the low mag capacity? like he says it has 20 rounds, then most guns have 5, so thus it's 5 times bigger

[@kdak247]

Yea! Soldier not mathmagician!

[@williambarnebee40]

Dumb crunchie

[@LonersGuide]

What? 5x5 = 20, duh!

[@adrianfrift7571]

Fuck off he is a grunt not a nerd

[@skinnytothefeet3531]

4 in the magazine x 5 is 20. 4 in the magazine plus one in the chamber x5 would be 25

[@mikeburch2998]

If I could have any rifle it would be a BAR. No doubt about it. Greetings from Arizona.

[@MarshFlyFightWin]

Amazing video do you think you could make a video on the MG42 and how it's still used today as the MG3

[@vercingetorix5708]

1:42 “hey son, mind trying my new invention on the Western Front?”

[@miltonwarden9033]

Awesome, Chris. Just discovered your Chanel and I’m hooked already

[@aleksandartokin6914]

Bar looks so powerful and intimidating

[@elizabethwoodylindquist6865]

I love these untold stories of war heros

[@owentowery7313]

Most definitely one of the best rifles ever made I own a civilian version and i’ve never found a gun i love more than it

[@Nacalal]

Anyone else think that HCAR looks like one of those "machine gun" weapons you see in sci-fi games with a 50 round mag and horrible accuracy?

[@popattara]

5 rounds Max for bolt action rifle BAR have 20 rounds 5 time the Ammo. 5x5=25 ? do the math plz.

[@adrianfrift7571]

popattara Fuck off mate he is a grunt

[@hanro7430]

Haven't he mentioned he did bad in the tests? Maybe he wasn't joking

[@iarissei]

I love all your videos. Task and Purpose is part of my youtube staple. love you guys!

[@Taskandpurpose]

that is much appreciated really it is. Thank you !

[@jessabell7364]

I believe higher capacity mags were made but were for anti-aircraft usage or something. They interferes with the ability to use the weapon on its bipod.

[@casbot71]

Just think of how your grandkids someday will look proudly at photos of you, fighting in the _mask wars_ of today…

[@skookapalooza2016]

Chris, the HCAR shares the BAR receiver. Hence, why it accepts BAR mags.

[@furmanmackey5479]

A cousin, from the maternal side of the family shrub, was armed with a BAR from D-Day to VE Day. He loved that old rifle but did have one complaint about it. Apparently German MG-42/43gunners HATED BAR teams and would make it a point to concentrate their fire on such teams. Al felt that he and his assistant gunner/ammo monkey had one advantage over the German gunners because magazines could be changed out faster than belts. When called back to active duty for the Korean War Al was again armed with a BAR and toted it from 1952 till he mustered out for the last time in 1956.

[@martinschofield4895]

I had one of those toy bazookas (briefly shown in intro), my Nana bought it for me at a yard sale around 1980, and I used it to launch tennis balls. Sometime around 1990 I found out they were "compressed air launchers" recalled for blowing out kids ear drums over a decade before she bought it for me .. I also have real Lawn Darts.

[@landomt8138]

It’s interesting hearing about the US military doctrine you talked about. From what I read, the US army command figured the whole squad having semi auto rifles in the M1 Garand along with a BAR would be enough to achieve fire supremacy over the Germans with their bolt action rifles and an MG-34s or MG-42s. I heard they were wrong and that Americans were poorly outgunned vs German squads fitted with those rapid firing guns. Then again, their entire squad tactics were based around the machine gun, and like you said the Americans focused on the individual soldier more.

[@Taskandpurpose]

yes its true the semi auto Garand helped the squad achieve the fire superiority. The germans I feel like a better machine gun but a worse main rifle

[@Idahoguy10157]

John Browning developed the BAR. His son Val Browning was the son mentioned. The BAR replaced a miserable French automatic rifle. Except for the full power cartridge I call the BAR the first widely used assault rifle.

[@robertad8433]

Your math skills are amazing Cappy you should re-enlist in space force this time and be in charge of orbit calculations and shit 😅

[@edm240b9]

Technically speaking, the M240/FN MAG is really just a belt fed BAR. The reciever and action are just flipped upside down to accommodate the belt-feeding design. This concept was actually tested by the US in the later stages of WWII, but were never fully perfected.

[@Paladin1873]

The HCAR is the really more of a successor to the Colt Monitor and several European variants of the BAR.

[@justinderosa6915]

Love your work Cappy, especially your newer stuff because its smart, insightful, funny and well spoken and put together. Thank you for getting me and so many others throughout the day.

[@IvorMektin1701]

The FN D version is super nice.

[@Sierra-208]

Wasn't the BAR the US military's standard issue light machinegun during WW2? And if I believe some specifications on the internet to be believed, it was originally intended for a role similar to modern assault rifles.

[@loumencken9644]

I did a quick look-up of Wilson Watson and found that after the war, he was discharged from the Marines but quickly enlisted in the Army as a private. That must have been an interesting interview with the recruiter: "So tell me son, do you have any previous military experience?" "Yes sir, I won the Medal of Honor on Iwo Jima." "Say what?"

[@mylesdobinson1534]

Bren used the same way but 30 round mag feeding from the top. 🇭🇲

[@jeronimocanton9557]

The FN MAG is based on a BAR receiver upside down with a ammo belt feeder.

[@Jackalski57]

TBH, that "nub" of a protrusion behind the trigger on the original BAR was what passed for a pistol grip on a rifle back in the day. Look at the '03 Springfield's straight stock, etc. The new one just made it a "modern day version" aka a real pistol-type grip.

[@kclcmdrkai1085]

Was the two BARs that was shown in the movie ' Kelly's Heroes ' realistic ?? The one in the minefield and the other one shooting down an alleyway in town?

[@kyoMcMushy]

The people on those photos are legends too the U.S... imagine that

[@andrerebello6927]

Learned more about the nixplay than BAR

[@tomcarr7099]

I love your videos , and your self deprecating sense of humor . Did your DI think you are as funny as we all do ?

[@LucaZ283]

Hi Chris, would you be able to make a video on the pros and cons of traditional vs forward support-hand position in assault rifles? Cheers

[@smokin70chevelle]

Just picked up a HCAR. it's internals are identical to the m1918 A2. The composite grip kinda sucks and moves around, and the M4 stock is so light it makes the gun very forward heavy and unbalanced. It's a great rifle, and the machine work is some of the best I've seen. Very high quality rifle, and a ton fun to shoot.

[@exactinmidget92]

In my unit all the big guns where giving to the little guys. That's how I was stuck with a 249 :(

[@crackshot4888]

Great vid like always :D

[@myyrdinwyltt1557]

Legend has it that, if you use the word "Clip" correctly 3 times in one sentence, you will summon a CWO5 2311, Ammo Tech. He'll just complain that the crates aren't organized, but still, cool legend. 😎

[@matthewzuber9823]

Huge fan!! keep up the good work!

[@stewartbirkmyre9136]

You should do a comparison of the BAR with the Bren Gun. R. Lee Ermey demonstarted both weapons on his show a few years ago. God rest his badass soul.

[@sgtmayhem7567]

The Bren gun would win every time, but only because of its larger magazine capacity.

[@stewartbirkmyre9136]

@@sgtmayhem7567 well, it was much quicker to reload, superior as it was a true light machine gun whereas the BAR is a fire support weapon, the Bren has more flexibility the BAR lacks. The RoF was higher than the BAR, had a quick-change barrel which an experienced gunner could change in a second or less. 30 round magazine with integral bipod and options for tripod and vehicle mountings, better accuracy, and was still in service till 2006, and the Indian Army having phased it out of milotary service in 2012

[@jantschierschky3461]

The BAR influential weapon ? Thought the MP 18, STG 44, MG34. Or just maxim MG.

[@TheHartsook69]

Hey Chris I'm new to your Channel do you know they even use these in Vietnam and Beyond I saw pictures in those picture books of Vietnam and they had soldiers using them and they even used him after that do you know if they're having a civilian version of the BAR?

[@jeffbenton6183]

3:01 "Trench Warfare essentially ended after World War I" Korean War: "Hold my beer" Iran-Iraq War: "Hold my coffee"

[@kimshaw9799]

Ohio Ordnance Works also makes a semi auto BAR . And if you are a class 3 dealer you can get the full auto version.

[@ashley2108]

It was disapionting, though not unexpected; when i found out it was an re-enactment put on the the higher ups that obviously have to lead from the rear. This is not a condembation as you cannot have the leaders killed. Was pleased though that they did not get there greedy hands on the origanal flag though.

[@DonMeaker]

Short Magazine Lee Enfield had 10 round magazines. Chauchat had 20 round magazines. John Moses Browning demonstrated blindfolded disassembly and assembly to sell his machine guns.

[@nunyabidniz2868]

@ 00:52 -- Don't know how it was done in the Army, but the Marines issued the BAR to the shortest man in the squad. Why? That determines the rate of advance: the other members of the squad can't advance any faster than their slowest member. [Per my dad, Korea '51.]

[@maverickfox4102]

The BAR was Bonnie and Clyde's weapon of choice.

[@firemasterx23]

2:40 MATH !

[@Mega-P71]

I'm thinking about joining the Army and crewing the Stryker with the 105mm on it and I was going to ask is it true that they're phasing them out?

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

Maybe the HCAR is closer to the later verison of the BAR, such as the Wz1928 used by Poland. I'm assuming they are refereing to the operating system being similar to the BAR.

[@nekominarie]

u not the only one having this opinion and thats why people build the stinger machinegun and hip fire sounds like the chauchat

[@lorddarius8417]

The magazine capacity is low because the weapon must easily shootable from prone

[@Jackalski57]

That 6' height rule is definitely BS. My Great-Uncle, who was a replacement Ranger right after D-Day was the BAR man for his squad. At 5'7" and 140 lbs. or so, I laughed at the thought of this. But thought, "Damn, dude definitely had to me one wiry son of a gun!"

[@jeffreykershner440]

Then there's me 5'10” 135 lbs. I wouldn't even look at a BAR.

[@evansokolson9221]

The U.S. military would love to have some power rangers mechs. Super modular.

[@tulipassasin]

we got too use that when we were 15 England's great! Altho now days its the new LSW

[@ojasbaghel8535]

Although the Bar was a squad automatic, i it was lightweight enough to run around with it and had low enough recoil to use it like an assault rifle at mid range

[@TommygunNG]

.30-06 caliber is the commonality between the BAR and HCAR.

[@andrewstoll4548]

Bonnie Parker handled one pretty well. Or 4X the ammo....

[@sgtmayhem7567]

Clyde loved BAR too, he’d saw off the barrel to make it more manageable.

[@Hybris51129]

I don't care that the HCAR is too big and overpowered I love it all the same. Too bad they are just so hard to get.