Machines

1918 · 53954 — Washington D.C.: War Plans Division Office of the Adjutant General August 1918. 12mo. 40 pp. With 9 plates couple photographic 1 large folding. Light tan printed softcovers minor edgewear still NF copy from the library of former Sergeant Errol George Sinclair 1895-1971 enlisted in 1917 trained with the Machine Gun Company at Fort Logan CO and Fort Douglas UT and then transferred in 1918 to the 10th Division at Camp Funston Fort Riley KS. First edition of this very scarce United States Army manual on the famed Browning Automatic Rifle BAR and the M1918 version was chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the AEF. Although designed to be used firing from the hip with a sling over the shoulder in practice this light machine gun was often fired from a bipod and eventually became standard issue in the US Army in 1938 used extensively through World War II and the Korean War. Worldcat locates 6 copies Connecticut State Library Hagley US Army Combined Arms War College Western Reserve Wisconsin Vet Museum. War Plans Division, Office of the Adjutant General, paperback