Machine Gun Manual

About this eBook

Author

Douglas, H. (Composer), 1882-1954

Title

Machine gun manual : a complete manual to machine gunnery, containing details of Maxim, Vickers, Lewis, Colt, Hotchkiss, together with drill (elementary and advanced) fire orders, notes from the front and a mass of other useful information

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Harrison and Sons, 1917.

Credits

Brian Coe, Thiers Halliwell, who created the book cover, which is placed in the public domain, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

UF: Military science: Artillery

Subject

Machine gun drill and tactics

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72736

Release Date

January 17, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Machine Gun Manual
2. 2.Contents.
3. 3.The Maxim Gun. — GENERAL DESCRIPTION. — Non-Recoiling Portion. — Recoiling Portion. — Converted Guns. — Ammunition. — MOUNTING, TRIPOD, ·303-in. MAXIM GUN, MARK IV. — TO MOUNT AND DISMOUNT GUN. — To Mount Gun. — To Dismount Gun. — TO LOAD AND UNLOAD GUN. — To Load. — To Unload. — TO CLEAN GUN. — Mechanism. — Barrel. — Treatment in Frosty Weather. — MUZZLE ATTACHMENT. — THE FUSEE SPRING. — To Weigh and Adjust. — STRIPPING THE GUN. — (i) Lock and Feed Block. — (ii) Fusee Spring Box. — (iii) Tangent Sight and Cover Lock. — (iv) Cover. — (v) Rear Crosspiece. — (vi) Slides, Right and Left, and Check Lever. — (vii) Recoiling Portion. — (viii) Foresight. — (ix) Steam Tube and Packing Gland. — (x) Breech and Barrel Casings, and Ejector Tube Spring. — (xii) Feed Block. — (xiii) Tangent Sight. — (xiv) Rear Crosspiece. — EXAMINATION AND TESTING. — ASSEMBLING THE GUN. — REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE PARTS OF THE LOCK. — (i) Sear. — (ii) Tumbler. — (iii) Trigger, Lock Spring or Extractor Levers. — (iv) Firing Pin. — (v) Gib, Gib Spring, or Extractor Spring. — STOPPAGES. — 1. Temporary. — 2. Prolonged. — (i) Broken Cover Springs. — (ii) Broken Ejector Tube Spring , — (iii) Cotter working out , — (iv) Damaged Parts of the Lock, no Spare Part being available. — (v) Gunmetal Valve Working Loose.
4. 4.·303–inch Vickers Gun. — VICKERS LIGHT MACHINE GUN. — TO MOUNT AND DISMOUNT GUN. — TO LOAD AND UNLOAD GUN. — To Load Gun. — To Unload Gun. — TO CLEAN. — MUZZLE ATTACHMENT. — FUSEE SPRING. — To Weigh and Adjust Fusee Spring. — TO STRIP AND ASSEMBLE GUN. — Lock. — Feed Block. — Fusee Spring Box. — Fusee. — Ball Firing Attachment. — Slides, Right and Left. — Recoiling Portion. — Roller. — To Strip Lock. — Tangent Sight and Spring. — EXAMINATION AND TESTING. — Assembling. — REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE PARTS. — STOPPAGES. — DAMAGED PARTS OF LOCK, &c. — BELT FILLING. — Belt Filling by Hand. — Belt Filling by Machine.
5. 5.The Lewis Automatic Machine Gun. — LIST OF PARTS. — Description. — Shell Deflector. — Light Folding Field Mount. — To Put Gun into Action. — Single Shots. — Semi-Automatic Fire. — Full Automatic Fire. — General Note. — TO STRIP AND ASSEMBLE. — Stripping. — DETAILED STRIPPING. — Buttstock Group. — Receiver Group. — Mainspring Group. — Guard Group. — Bolt and Rod Group. — Bolt Complete. — Operating Rod Complete. — Barrel Group. — Assembling. — STOPPAGES.
6. 6.The Colt Automatic Gun — (1914 MODEL.) — Equipment. — Spare Parts. — Accessories. — Instructions for Operation. — To Dismount Breech Mechanism. — To Assemble. — To Remove Barrel. — To Replace Barrel. — To Strip. — To Assemble. — LIST OF PARTS.
7. 7.Hotchkiss Portable Machine Gun. — COMPONENT PARTS. — ACCESSORIES. — GENERAL DESCRIPTION. — Feed. — ACTION OF THE MECHANISM — TO STRIP AND ASSEMBLE THE GUN. — ASSEMBLING. — In order to replace a defective extractor or firing pin proceed as follows:— — POINTS TO BE ATTENDED TO BEFORE FIRING. — OPERATING THE GUN. — RAPID CHANGE OF BARREL IN THE FIELD. — COOLING BARREL. — USE OF THE REGULATOR. — ACCIDENTAL STOPPAGES IN THE AUTOMATIC ACTION OF THE GUN. — STOPPAGES AND THEIR REMEDIES. — CLEANING AND CARE. — FEED STRIPS. — FEED STRIP FILLING MACHINE. — RE-SIZING THE FEED STRIPS.
8. 8.General. — DUTIES. (Referring mainly to the Maxim and Vickers’ Guns.) — Section Officer. — Sergeant. — Corporal. — No. 1 Firer. — No. 2. — Nos. 3 and 4. — No. 5—Scout. — No. 6—Range taker. — Drivers. — SECTION DRILL (WITH TRANSPORT). — Drill with Limbered Wagons. — Drill with Pack Transport. — SECTION DRILL (WITHOUT TRANSPORT). — Prone Position. — TESTS OF ELEMENTARY TRAINING. — CHARACTERISTICS OF MACHINE GUN. — FIRE DIRECTION. — Ranging Fire. — Rapid Fire. — Traversing Fire. — Swinging Traverse. — Combined Sights. — Bracketing. — Vertical Searching. — Overhead Fire. — Indirect Fire. — Night Firing. — EXAMPLES OF FIRE ORDERS. — Normal Fire Order using One Elevation. — Combined Sights. — When Brigaded within Hearing. — Traversing Fire. — Vertical Searching Fire. — Bracketing Fire. — SIGNALS. — By No. 2. — By Controlling Officer. — GENERAL MACHINE GUN COURSE. — 3. GENERAL MACHINE GUN COURSE. — Notes. — WAR ESTABLISHMENTS OF NEW ARMIES, 1915. — NOTES FROM THE FRONT. — Points to Remember. — Choice of Gun Positions. — Employment of Machine Guns. — Machine Guns and Artillery. — The Occupation of Various Positions by Machine Guns. — General Notes on Trench Work. — Machine Guns in Action. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR MACHINE GUN OFFICER. — SUGGESTIONS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE MACHINE GUNS OF A BRIGADE TAKING PART IN AN ATTACK ON AN ENTRENCHED POSITION. — A.— Some to go forward with the Attacking Infantry. — B.— Some to Cover the Infantry Advance. — C.— Some Detailed in Pairs to Engage the Enemy’s Machine Guns when these are Located. — D.— Some in Reserve under the Brigade Commander. — CO-OPERATION. — RANGES. — NATURE OF TARGETS FIRED AT. — FIRE ORDERS. — METHODS EMPLOYED IN CONTROLLING FIRE OF SECTION. — NUMBER OF GUNS UNDER ONE COMMAND. — ALTERNATIVE POSITIONS ARRANGED FOR. — GENERAL REMARKS OF INTEREST. — GUNS BRIGADED IN ACTION. — FIRE ORDERS. — “INDICATION AND RECOGNITION.” — WORKING GUNS IN PAIRS AND INTERVALS BETWEEN GUNS. — OBSERVATION OF FIRE. — OVERHEAD FIRE AND CONDITION OF GROUND. — INDIRECT FIRE BY GRATICULES, LEVEL, AIMING POSTS AND OBSERVATION. — CLOSE CO-OPERATION BY MACHINE GUNS WITH THE FRONT LINES OF ATTACKING INFANTRY. — OBTAINING AMMUNITION FROM LIMBER FOR GUNS WHEN ATTACKING. — CHIEF MECHANICAL TROUBLES. — 1. Broken Lock Spring. — 2. Bulged Barrels. — 3. Wet Belts. — 4. Muzzle Cups (Vickers’ Gun). — 5. Stove Pipe Attachment. — 6. Loose Belts. — 7. Firing Pins. — USE OF PACK TRANSPORT. — THE FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. — PACKING AND CARRYING GUNS IN LIMBER. — BREAKAGES TO LIMBER. — BILLETS. — TO TRAIN NEW MEN FOR GUN TEAMS. — PAINTING OF GUNS. — KEEPING OFFICERS IN PRACTICE.

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