The Model 45A was a .30 caliber bullpup battle rifle/light machine gun developed by the United States Army in the Philippines in 1945.
The weapon existed in prototype or mockup form, but never entered production.
[citation needed] The Model 45A utilized the magazine from the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle.
Its purpose is unclear, but it is alternately described as an "experimental .30 caliber light machine gun (LMG)" or a "field expedient .30 cal.
"[citation needed] This article relating to rifles is a stub.