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Publication Date: 1964

Creator / Author: Department of the Army

Collection: Military Publications

1. TITLE:  RIFLE, CALIBER .30, AUTOMATIC, BROWNING, M1918A2

This manual is published for the in formation and guidance of personnel responsible for direct and general support
and depot maintenance of caliber .30 Browning automatic rifle Ml918A2. It contains information on maintenance which is
beyond the scope of tools, equipment, or supplies normally available to using or ganizations. This manual does not contain
information which is intended primarily for the using organization, since such in formation is available to maintenance
personnel in the pertinent operator's technical manuals.

This manual contains description of and procedures for removal, disassembly, inspection, repair, assembly and installation of groups and assemblies of the caliber .30 Browning automatic rifle M1918A2. The appendix contains a list of current references, including supply manuals, technical manuals, and other available publications applicable to the materiel.

Publication Date: 1940

Creator / Author: Department of the Army

Collection: Military Publications

2. TITLE:  BASIC FIELD MANUAL - BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE CALIBER.30, M1918A2 WITH BIPOD

DESCRIPTION OF THE RIFLE.-The Browning automatic
rifle, caliber .30, M1918A2, with bipod, is an air-cooled, gas operated,
magazine-fed shoulder weapon. (See fig. 1.) It
weighs approximately 21 pounds without sling. The ammunition
is loaded in magazines of 20 rounds. The weight
of the magazine when empty is 7 ounces; when filled, 1
pound 7 ounces.

FIRE POWER.-The Browning automatic rifle, caliber
.30, M1918A2, is not capable of semiautomatic fire. There
are two cyclic rates of full automatic fire, normal and slow,
which may be selected by the firer. The normal cyclic rate
is approximately 550 rounds per minute; the slow cyclic rate
is approximately 350 rounds per minute. The effective rate
of fire for this weapon is from 120 to 150 rounds per minute.

Publication Date: 1943

Creator / Author: Department of the Army

Collection: Military Publications

3. TITLE:  BASIC FIELD MANUAL - BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE CALIBER.30, M1918A2, 30 June 1943

DESCRIPTION.—The Browning automatic rifle, caliber .30,
M1918A2, is an air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed shoulder
weapon with bipod (fig. 1). It weighs approximately 20
pounds with sling. The ammunition is loaded in magazines
of 20 rounds. The weight of the magazine when empty is
7 ounces; when filled, 1 pound 7 ounces.

FIRE POWER.—The Browning automatic rifle, caliber-.30,
M1918A2, is not mechanically capable of semiautomatic fire,
though it can be fired single shot by proper trigger manipulation
There are two cyclic rates of full automatic fire,
normal and slow, which may be selected by the firer. The
normal cyclic rate is approximately 550 rounds per minute;
the slow cyclic rate is approximately 350 rounds per minute.
The most effective rate of fire for this weapon is from 120
to 150 rounds- per minute. The sustained rate, however, is
from 40 to 60 rounds per minute.

 

4. TITLE: FIELD MAINTENANCE CAL .. 30 BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml918A2, February 1957

Scope

These instructions are published for the use of personnel responsible
for field maintenance of this materiel. They contain information on
maintenance which is beyond the scope of the tools, equipment, or
supplies normally available to using organization. This publication
doe. not contain information which i intended primarily for the using
organization since such information is available to ordnance maintenance personnel in FM 23-15.

 

5. TITLE: BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE CALIBER .30 M1918A2, JULY 1951