Comments by "Simon Nonymous" (@Simon_Nonymous) on "The BAR M1918A3 by Ohio Ordnance - Shooting and Mechanism" video.

  1. +domnikoli Indeed for its time it was advanced, but 20 round mags, no barrel change facility, no pistol grip... perfect? Compare perhaps to the BREN or the MG34 with a 50 round drum and see what was being used 20 years later?
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  2. Whatever you think it was designed for, it was used as an LMG... so in its role obsolete. Poland made a much better job of trying to get the best out of it in the 1930s than the USA if you watch Ian's video on the Polish version of the BAR. As an autorifle... well Ian's fired it here and we can make of that what we will. Interestingly as full calibre autorifles were introduced in the 1950s (-ish) they were made to be fired from the shoulder, and Ian shows how hard this is with something that weighs nearly as much as a 'proper' LMG. Also interesting is how having developed rifles such as the M14 and FN FAL that could be fired as a normal automatic rifle, there was then a realisation that in full auto mode, they were almost uncontrollable so the trend then moved on again. The idea that if everyone had a BAR instead of a Garand... would it have made any difference? NB - TFB TV has a rather interesting view of the Thompson SMG as well in a comentary on overrated weapons. Spooky.
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