It can help show where you're hitting. It significantly improves accuracy. to show the gunner where his shots are going, but due to differences between the regular ammunition and the tracers it usually is only somewhere close. However, it DOES show the enemy exactly where the shots are coming from! This decision must have been made by a politician.
The B.A.R Stands for Brownings Automatic Rifle and is,well, an automatic rifle or form of machine gun.
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Depends. The original M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle was a full auto only firearm, used as a military support weapon. It could be classed as a light machine gun. The BAR name was also revived for a series of semi automatic hunting rifles.
The M4 is a military rifle capable of semi automatic or 3 shot automatic fire. It is used where a lighter shorter rifle is useful.
British: Lee-Enfield Bolt-Action rifle, Sten Sub-Machine Gun, Bren Light Machine gun, Vickers .303 Machine gun. American: M1 Garand Semi-automatic rifle, M1903 Springfield Bolt-action Rifle, Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle), M1897 Trenchgun shotgun, M1919 .30 Caliber Light Machine gun, .50 Caliber M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun, Bazooka. German: Karabiner 98K Bolt-action rifle, Gehrwehr 43 Semi-Automatic rifle, STG44 Assault rifle, FG42 Battle rifle, MP40 Sub-Machine gun, MG34 Medium Machine gun, MG42 Medium Machine Gun, Panzershreck. (I may have missed a few. Sorry.)
a light machine gun is a fully automatic rifle that one man can operate. during ww2 the most common light machine gun was the BAR (browning automatic rifle) in 30 cal. or 3006 in todays lingo.
The M4 Carbine used by the US military is LEGALLY classed as a machinegun. It is capable of firing more than one bullet per pull of the trigger. The civilian version of the M4 is not, and can only fire in the semi-auto mode. From a military standpoint, it is not a machine gun, but an automatic rifle.
You'd need to define your criteria by which you define "better". Most military doctrines dictate that riflemen fire in semi-automatic, and are supported by automatic weapons. Which is "better" depends on purpose, typically.
A TRUE Assault Rifle is legally a machine gun. They are used by military and by specialized security forces, and shot by a very few collectors that can afford a several thousand dollar rifle. What people are CALLING an Assault Rifle, such as the AR-15, is nothing more than a semi automatic rifle. They are used for hunting, target shooting, and self defense.
No. The SMG is a pistol caliber machine gun, such as 9mm, .45 ACP, etc. The AK is an automatic rifle. You may see them referred to as an assault rifle.
Idaho does not prohibit possession of either a semi-automatic rifle, nor a fully automatic rifle (machine gun) Fully automatic firearms are regulated under Federal law in ALL states. Possession of a fully automatic firearm is legal in Idaho so long as the gun has been registered with the Federal BATFE.
Machine gun or machinegun. All of them are automatic, so it is redundant to say that. There is no such thing as a semi automatic machine gun, or a single shot machine gun. That answer is correct, but many people use the term fully automatic machine gun or full auto machine gun to specify they are not talking about a semi-auto pistol or rifle, which are commonly referred to as autos, and sometimes that term confuses people.