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The Jungle bar would be a great addition to an event with the Jungle carbine. The M1922 calvary MG would also be great. I would love to see this at BR2 as we need a good US MG at br2. In general id love to see rare variants of iconic ww2 us weapons such as the ‘tanker’ garand. it be great to add a 30 and 40 round bar as a br4 replacement for the Johnson. Sory for rambling but i would love to see two to four Jungle bars added.
. In 1932, a greatly shortened version of the M1918 BAR designed for ‘bush warfare’ was developed by USMC Major H.L. Smith, and was the subject of an evaluative report by Capt. Merritt A. Edson, Ordnance officer at the Quartermaster’s Depot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[12] The barrel was shortened nine inches (229 mm) at the muzzle, and the gas port and gas cylinder tube were relocated. The modified BAR weighed 13 lb. 12 oz. and was only 34.5 inches (880 mm) long overall.[12] Though it proved superior to the M1918 in accuracy when fired in automatic mode using the prone position, and equal in accuracy to the standard M1918 at ranges of 500-600 yards when fired from a rest, it was less accurate when fired from the shoulder, and had a loud report combined with a fierce muzzle blast.[13]
Attaching a Cutts compensator materially reduced the muzzle blast, but this was more than offset by the increase in smoke and dust at the muzzle when fired, obscuring the operator’s vision.[12] Nor did it improve control of the weapon when fired in bursts of automatic fire.[12] Though the report recommended building six of these short-barrelled ‘jungle’ BARs for further evaluation, no further work was done on the project.[12]