Comments by "Kevin Oliver" (@kevinoliver3083) on "FN Model 30: The First Belgian BAR" video.

  1. I don't think the Wehrmacht were interested in the BAR, or in the Browning 1917. They used the 7.92x57mm guns they captured in Poland. But didn't continue production of either weapon in during their Occupations of Belgium and Poland. Apart from pistols, FN was used to make components for German gunmakers, including Walther. And also military motorcycle/sidecar combinations.
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  2. No, FN developed the M1930 after the Poles had adopted their version of BAR. Most Browning wz 1928 guns were made in Poland, under licence. With only the initial batch of Colt made guns being bought from FN.
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  3. The intransigence of the US Ordnance Department was legendary.
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  4. Development of what became the M1918A2 began in 1938. By which time the Depression was easing. Colt's prototypes had the pistol grip and FN's proven rate reduction mechanism. But Ordnance ordered them deleted in 1939 because of NIH syndrome.
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  5.  @kenneth9874  Repeat please.
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