21st Century BAR

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Surfing the ole interwebs one night and came across this:

http://soldiersystems.net/2013/11/11/hcar-bar-21st-century/

They started with M1918A3 BAR parts, changed it to closed bolt, added a 30 round magazine, new trigger & stock, cut 8 pounds out of it, and added a suppressor.

Looks awesome, but beyond having a heavy hog gun, how applicable is this to the modern battlefield other than as a DMR?

Still, I'd love to have one just for the cool factor alone:what:
 
I doubt it would be worth the effort for any military. For that weight you could have an M249 or M240. For a DMR you can go with a lighter AR10. The BAR only wins on awesome points.
 
Holy crap thats awesome! Definitely does not have a place in the military, but it does have a place in my home..... donations welcome!

That is by far one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time, definate buy if I won the lottery.
 
Definitely no point to it. I can't think of anything it does that something else doesn't do better, and simpler, and more elegantly than a chopped and modded version of a heavy, complicated 100 year old design.

But not everything has to make a lick of sense. I like it. :)
 
Ohio Ordnance Works is simply looking for more sales. (Which is odd, because they already have a waiting list for M1918A3 BAR's in standard configuration.)

This monstrosity is an answer to a question no one is asking. A "modernized" semi BAR doesn't do anything that other guns don't do better, in the current military. And of course the FA BAR is long obsolete.

I've built two of the M1918A3's using the OOW receiver kits. These are good guns in their original context. They shouldn't be jazzed up with "modern" features, IMO.

If you want a "modern," updated BAR with reasonable weight, look no further than an FAL. It's basically a BAR action turned upside down.
 
M240 (aka FN MAG58) is the modern equivalent that fills that role. (7.62 NATO chambering). General-purpose machine gun, belt fed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_MAG
" In the infantry assault role, the weapon can be fitted with a sheet metal container that houses a 50-round belt and is attached to the left side of the receiver."

Obviously not the same vintage cool factor.
 
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