WHAT DOES OHIO ORDNANCE BAR MEAN?

“On May well 1, 1917, the Secretary of War convened an ordnance panel to test and propose for adoption a light-weight equipment gun or automatic rifle. Browning’s was rapidly adopted. It absolutely was referred to as the Browning Automatic Rifle’ and was soon referred to largely by its initials ‘B-A-R.’ The BAR was chambered for your stan