Browning machine guns, caliber .30, M1917A1, M1919A4, and M1919A6
Series: Its Field manual -- FM 23-55
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Printing Office
Published: 1945
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Browning machine gun
Description: FM 23-55 Browning Machine Guns, Caliber .30, M1917A1, M1919A4, and M1919A6 1945-07-30.
Notes: "Changes no. 1, 1946   " inserted
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER 1. MECHANICAL TRAINING; title: Section I Descriptions 1-5 1; title: II. Disassembling, assembling and changing parts 6-19 7; title: III. Care and cleaning 20-30 29; title: IV. Mechanical functioning 31-33 36; title: V. Stoppages and immediate action 34-37 45; title: VI Mounts 38-43; title: CHAPTER 2. TRAINING FOR PLACING MACHINE GUNS IN ACTION.; title: Section I. General 44-45 57; title: II. Gun drill with M1917A1 machine gun 46-54 58; title: III. Gun drill with M1919A4 machine gun 55-62 79; title: IV. Gun drill with M1919A6 machine gun 63-69 90; title: V. Measuring and laying off angles 70- 97; title: VI. Battery drill 82-92 103; title: CHAPTER 3. MARKSMANSHIP.; title: Section I General 93-96 109; title: II. Preparatory exercises 97-109 110; title: III. Range practice 110-111 126; title: IV. Conduct of range practice 112-120 128; title: V. Safety precautions 121-122 142; title: CHAPTER 4. MARKSMANSHIP FOR MOVING GROUND TARGETS. 123-127 143; title: CHAPTER 5. MARKSMANSHIP FOR AERIAL TARGETS.; title: Section I Antiaircraft gunnery 128-131 147; title: II. Preliminary training 132-138 151; title: III. Advanced training: towed-target and radio-controlled plane-target firing 139-151 156; title: CHAPTER 6. TECHNIQUE PF FIRE: DIRECT LAYING.; title: Section I. General 152-153 163; title: II. Characteristics of fire 154-157 163; title: III. Classes of fire 158-161 167; title: IV. Range determination and windage 162-168 170; title: V. Elements of fire orders 169-170 171; title: VI. Target designation 171-172 172; title: VII. Fire distribution 173-178 174; title: VIII. Fire control 179-181 181; title: IX. Auxiliary aiming point 182 183; title: X. Fire orders 183-184 185; title: XI. Overhead fire 185-186 191; title: XII. Final protective lines 187-193 196; title: XIII. Range cards 194 200; title: XIV. Direct laying on landscape targets at 1,000 Inches 195-201 202; title: CHAPTER 7. TECHNIQUE OF FIRE: POSITION DEFILADE.; title: Section I Firing positions 202-203 204; title: II. Firing 204-208 206; title: III. Fire orders and new targets 209-210 213; title: CHAPTER 8. TECHNIQUE OF FIRE: INDIRECT LAYING.; title: Section I. General 211-212 214; title: II. Theory of indirect laying 213 217; title: III. Solving an indirect laying problem 214-216 220; title: CHAPTER 9. ARMORED APPLICATION (M1919A4 MACHINE GUN).; title: Section I Mounts and mount adjustment 217-219 237; title: II. Sights and sight adjustment 220-221 238; title: III. Placing guns in action 222 238; title: IV. Marksmanship training 223-227 238; title: APPENDIX I. ACCESSORIES 248; title: II. CONSTRUCTION OF WOODEN WORKING MODEL 259; title: III. FIRING AT FIELD TARGETS 267; title: IV. INFANTRY PLOTTING BOARD MIO 270; title: V. COMPUTATION OF FIRING DATA 276; title: VI. DESTRUCTION OF ORDNANCE MATERIEL IN EVENT OF IMMINENT CAPTURE 288; title: INDEX 291