The Real Reason Germans Hated the Browning Automatic Rifle BAR

Описание: The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) is often remembered as an American icon — a rugged “walking firepower” weapon that helped U.S. infantry push through World War Two. But if you look at it from the German side, the story gets more interesting. Many German soldiers didn’t just fear the BAR… they resented it — and the real reason isn’t what most people assume.

In this video, we break down why Germans disliked the BAR, and it comes down to battlefield role and squad doctrine. German infantry squads were built around a true general-purpose machine gun — MG Thirty-Four / MG Forty-Two, belt-fed, sustained fire, quick barrel changes, and a whole team concept behind it. The BAR was different: heavy, magazine-fed, and limited in sustained fire, designed more as an automatic rifle than a dedicated squad machine gun. That difference shaped everything: suppression, tempo, reload pressure, and how firefights “felt” when the BAR opened up.

We’ll cover:

The BAR’s strengths (reliability, punch, mobility, shock value)

The weak points Germans exploited (magazine limits, sustained fire, overheating role limits)

Why German doctrine made the BAR feel “wrong” compared to an MG-centered squad

The truth behind “hate” vs respect for what it could do in the right hands

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