Still as support weapon, 1-2 per squad. Possibly more in Korea due to lots of spare ones lying around since WW2.Wasn't the BAR pretty common for standard infantry in WW2, especially as a ww2 SAW? I know it was WIDELY used during Korea.
From what i've heard what made BAR a bad LMG also made it a surprisingly viable battle rifle - its 8 kg weight combined with low RoF made the automatic fire much easier to handle than in typical post war 4-5 kg battle rifles with 600+ rpm, which are notoriously hard to handle in full auto.I'm not your grandfather, so I cannot comment.
I can imagine situations where a BAR - especially if stripped of bipod and other wannabe SAW bling - is prefereable over the M14.
It was a reliable weapon. Does not change the fact that it was trash as a SAW. Like I said - practical ROF was 80 rpm or thereabouts.
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