[Panzerman]

The BAR is a pretty typical gas-operated automatic rifle - it kicks back, but not quite as hard as a bolt action of the same caliber (30'06, in this case). Basically, whoever wrote that book is full of shit. I've fired a BAR, and it kicks up and back hard enough that it's difficult to keep it pointed at a distant target in rapid fire - the MoHAA BAR is pretty close, IMO.

It'd be pretty goddamn difficult to get any gun using a cartridge that size to "pull" instead of "kick" (even if it wieghs 19 lbs), and I'd imagine that the army would reject such a weapon out of hand, anyway. And think of the sheer rediculousness of fitting a gun that "recoils" forward with a shoulder stock - it would need a strap to keep it stuck to you, if anything.

Cheers,

Pman