This is designed primarily for use by organization commanders in the instruction of en-listed men of antiaircraft artillery units (except searchlight batteries) of the Coast Artillery Corps.
In imparting instruction in Artillery drills, it should be borne in mind, that in every change of numbers men have to learn different duties and to handle different implements from those they were previously engaged with; the duties again vary with...
This book provides information relative to firearms most frequently sought by sportsmen. It includes a short history of guns, ammunition, gun-making, proofing, testing, calibrating, shooting techniques, riles, and rifle characteristics.
This document details the light and heavy machine guns of the German Armed Forces (firing action, general descriptions, non-recoiling portions, action of mechanism, etc.).
Since its inception in 2001, the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) has been a geographically limited force addressing a problem that is not geographically constrained. ISAF operations were limited to Kabul initially. In 2003, the...
Discusses various artillery pieces and their mechanical parts. Second volume includes additional information on improvements in gun mounting, the Welin breech mechanism and carriage improvements.
Final Report of the Concept Evaluation of the Bowen- McLaughlin-York (BMY) Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle (FAASV), TRADOC Project Number OCEP020
Sections detail information on the inspection and maintenance of mount, a general description of the 12-inch howitzer railway mount (recoil mechanism, elevating / traversing mechanism, ammunition crane, brakes, foundation, muzzle support, etc.),...
A handbook to be used in the instruction of the use of the Vickers machine gun, stressing the mechanism and parts to help correct stoppages and technical problems.
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer section of the firing battery.
This 1942 manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one-gun seciton in the firing battery.
"This 1944 manual prescribes the knowledge and skill required to serve effectively the multiple gun motor carriages M15 and M15A1. Variations in assigned materiel may necessitate changes in the prescribed drill."
This text is intended to present the general characteristics of existing field artillery weapons in a manner not too highly technical to be understood without an examination of the materiel under discussion.