On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:28:03 -0600, Don Foreman
wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:13:46 GMT, Gunner
wrote:


The BAR was not a .50 cal, but a 30-06. That indeed was a full auto
weapon at 19 lbs.

That detail occurred to me also, but I kept still because the Ma deuce
is automatic, is a rifle, and is made by Browning.

The Ma Duce is even less of a rifle than the BAR (which isn't really a
rifle, but the terminology wasn't sorted out in 1917 when John
Browning invented the thing.) It's a heavy machine gun.

--RC

"Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells
'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets
fly with a club.
-- John W. Cambell Jr.