BAR M1918

The M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), or the M1819, known in-game as the BAR M1918, is an LMG that uses the 7.62mm Ammo added in the v0.6.3 "" event on October 18, 2018. It is the only weapon so far to stay after an event, along with the MIRV Grenade. The BAR M1918 can be found as extremely rare ground loot, but can be found in Airdrops and in the Hatchet Crate in the Hydra Bunker and rarely in the Storm Bunker. The BAR M1918 does 75% extra damage to Obstacles, the second to have such a feature besides the M249 (the DP-28 and QBB-97 have a 50% boost).

Strategy

 * This weapon, like all the LMGs in the game, deals extra damage to obstacles, which is very helpful, especially considering that the Autumn Map has considerably more trees than the Default Map.
 * This weapon can be compared to the SCAR-H, as the two weapons perform similarly, use the same ammo type and have the same magazine capacity. Think of the BAR M1918 as a SCAR-H with slightly increased damage, increased damage to Obstacles boost of an LMG, more accurate in long range, with a lower fire rate that results with a lower DPS (damage per second) than the SCAR-H (147.92 instead of 166.67).
 * Despite being an LMG, this gun has a surprisingly low capacity of 20, the lowest of its class; however, it compensates with the fastest reload time of all LMGs and the most damage per shot of all machine guns in the game.
 * This weapon is extremely effective with a 15x Scope, due to its moderately high fire rate, being fully automatic, and being extremely accurate. You can stand still and take out enemies from the edge of the range almost without fear of retaliation.

Countering

 * Because of its long reload time, try attacking when your enemy is reloading.
 * The BAR is very weak at close range, so try to get in tight with a Shotgun.

Pros

 * High DPS
 * Does 75% extra damage to Obstacles
 * Accurate
 * Long ranged

Cons

 * Low magazine
 * Slow fire rate

Sounds
Firing

Reloading

Swapping To

Trivia

 * It's the second American WW2-era firearm to be added in the game, with the M1 Garand being the first.
 * It's also the second WW1-era weapon to be added in the game, with the Mosin-Nagant being the first. Unlike the Mosin-Nagant, which was used by the Russian Empire as the standard issue rifle, the M1918 BAR was deployed in limited quantities by the US Army during its involvement in WW1 due to being introduced late in the war.
 * The pickup icon seems to be based on the original M1918 version, as it lacks the bipod and adjustable iron sights of the M1918A1 or M1918A2 variants that were issued after WW1 and before/during WW2.
 * It's the oldest weapon of the LMG class, starting production in 1918, right at the last days of WW1, around nine years before the DP-28.
 * The M1918 is the only LMG in the game that doesn't have a visible magazine.
 * The reload sound of the BAR indicates that the player racks the bolt before replacing the magazine. This is possible to do on an open-bolt weapon such as the M1918.
 * The reload sound is similar to the QBB-97's and the M4A1-S's reload sound.
 * Due to not looking like a LMG and more similarly to the M39 EMR, some players may mistaken it as a DMR, using it as such.