Russian Maxim Mm Machine Gun
Feed Fabric belt holding 250 rounds. Mounting Tripod with detachable wheels. Sights Barleycorn front and V-rear. Elevation from 400 tc 2,000 paces. Locked Standard Maxim system, formation of a toggle joint. Cooled Water. Has water jacket around barrel to absorb heat. Cyclic Rate of Fire Aoout 500 per minute. rype of Fire Full automatic only. Special Features The only unusual features in this gun are the mountings employed. The wheeled mount permits rather easy manoeuvering for such a heavy gun,...
How The Pistol Luger Works
Starting with the Pistol Loaded and Cocked, the action is as Follows The trigger being pressed, a connecting piece forces back a pin which presses out a spring-retaining lock permitting the striker to go forward and fire the cartridge in the chamber. The involved trigger system of this pistol is one of its greatest weaknesses. As the bullet goes forward down the barrel, the barre and the recoiling mechanism locked together move backwards about half an inch. There is a toggle joint behind the...
How The Reising Gun Works
Starting with the Gun Loaded and Cocked the action is as follows The Trigger is pressed. This results in the hammer being released to be driven forward by the compressed hammer spring. The hammer drives the firing pin against the primer in the head of the cartridge. The primer explodes the powaer in the sheH. The bullet is driven forward and out of the barrel. The rearward thrust of he gases formed by the combustion of the powder pushes ihe empty cartridge case or shell back against the bolt....
Danish Madsen Mm Light Machine Gun
the cartridge in the firing chamber. A coiied spring around the firing pin, which is compressed by the hammer movement, pulls the firing pin back into the face of the breech block as the cartridge is fired. As the recoiling parts are thrust forward by the recoil lever spring, a circular stud in the lower part of the breech block, working In the guide grooves of a switch plate which is fitted to the non-recoiling portion of the receiver, strikes the rear of the center block in the plate and so...
Note On Italian Rifles
Besides the two models mentioned the Italian Army was equipped with a wide variety of Carbines and older model bolt action weapons. An automatic rifle of 6.5mm caliber was used to some slight extent. This is called a Reveilli. So few were in use or manufactured that a detailed description is not warranted. The wide variety ot rifles in use by the Italians during this war at least 15 types can be identified all have one thing in common, all are poor military weapons in comparison with United...
Field Stripping Qal
Turn the pin in the oack plate down to a vertical position and pull it out. The back plate group and heavy recoil spring may now be removed. Pull the cocking handle back and it will bring with it the slide, bolt, and bolt lock which may be removed when the bolt slide lugs are lined up with the openings for the slide on the receiver. Like the light Nambu, this weapon is fitted with an oil pump device. This is mounted on the left side of the receiver and may be pushed forward to raise the rear of...
French Chauchat Mm Machine Rifle
Called Fusil Mitrailleur This weapon, although obsolescent, was in wide use oy the French and the Be gians when this war smarted. In Europe it is called the Chauchard. Caliber French 8mm. Belgian Caliber .301. Also manufactured in U. S. du 'ng last war for Standard United Spates Service cartridge. Ballistics Average for cartridges employed. Weight of Gun 18 pounds. Fitted with a tripod mount. Sights Graduated to 1200 meters. This is an inaccurate weapon at best. Gun Operated By Long recoil....
Other Italian Weapons
Dozens of types of inferior arms were in use by the Italians, ranging from old model Vetterli rifles which were among the first ever developed to handle metal cartridge cases, to atrocious Bodego revolvers in which the empty cartridge cases have to be dug out with a knife. The 8mm Breda medium machine gun model 37 is a reasonably good, though heavy, gas operated, air-cooled gun. Cocking handle is on the right side, and traversing handles and thumb triggers are provided as in the Revelli gun....
Assembling
1. Replacing gas cylinder, if it has been dismounted, is done by merely reversing the aismounting procedure. 2. To assemble barre and receiver group Tilt the barrel and receiver assembly, sight up and muzzle to the front to an ang e of about 45 . 3. Ho ding the bolt by the right locking lug so the front end of the bolt is somewhat above and to the right of its extreme forward position in the receive', insert the rear end in its cearing on the bridge of the receiver. Switch it from right to left...
British Sten Mm Submachine Gun Mark I Ii And Iii
Magazine Staggered box type, capacity 32-carMdges. Weight of Bullet About 125 grains round rose with metal jacket. Muzzle Velocity About 1060-feet per second. Muzzle Energy About 300 foot pounds. Overall Length of Carbine 35 inches. Weight of Loaded Magazine I ' 2 lbs. Front Sight ' Barleycorn common European type like an inverted V. Rear Sight F'xed aperture, set for 100 yard range. Gun Operated by Backward pressure of gases against fired cartridge case. Locked Simple blow-back. Heavy bolt and...
How The Lewis Machine Gun Works
Starting with the gun cocked and loaded magazine in place, the action is as -follows The ma'nspring or recoil spring in this weapon resembles a heavy clock spring. It is housed in the pinion casing just forward of the trigger guard under the receiver. It is fitted in a gear box and on the under side of Ihe piston teeth are cut to make a rack which engages with this gear. As the trigger is pressed, the nose of the sear is released from the bent in the rear of the rack on the piston rod and the...
BERETTA AUTOMATIC CARBINE MOSCHETTO mm
This also is a blowback weapon of the general Berg-mann order. The magazine is mounted on top of the gun. The magazine release catch is in front of the mounting. This gun fires from an open bolt. The cocking handle is on the right side of the receiver ust to the rear of the magazine. It is pulled back and revolves. ' Note that this revo ving action is not a lock. As the bolt goes forward, it strips a cartridge from the magazine into the firing chamber and fires it. Under the influence of the...
Italian Fiat Mm Machine Gun
Feed 50 round belt additional units may be added to this. Overall Length of Gun About 50. Weight About 40 pounds. Weight of tripod about 50 pounds. Locked Semi-locked. This is a modification of Hie Revelli machine gun. Position of Cocking Handle Directly below and behind rear sight. Same as Revelli. Cooled Air cooled. Has barrel jacket and heavy barrel. As this weapon fires from a closed bolt, the barrel can get dangerously hot after comparatively a short amount of firing. Cyclic Rate of Fire...
U S Browning And A Machine Gun Idf
EXTRACTOR CAM _ PLUNGER SPRING BARREL PLUNGER GUIDE PIN BARREL PLUNGER EXTRACTOR CAM _ PLUNGER SPRING COCKING LEVER -COCKING LEVER PIN -DRIVING SPRING ROD ACCELERATOR PIN ACCELERATOR STOP LOCK FRAME SEPARATOR -TRIGGER PIN LOCK FRAME GUIDE LBREECH LOCK PIN -BARREL PLUNGER STUD gelt holding pawl ltfeed pawl spring belt holding pawl pin d ng pawl et belt feed lever pivot spring 3elt feed lever belt feed lever pivot spring 3elt feed lever 'belt feed slide -ejector pin extractor cam plunger spring...
British Besa Machine Gun
These guns are widely used in armored vehicles by the British. They do not use the standard British .303 cartridge. They were specially developed for a 7.92mm cartridge, and the standard German rifle and machine gun ammunition may be used in them. Mark I indicates that the gun is converted from a ground pattern. Mark II indicates that it is a specially manufactured gun for armored vehicle use. Differences are comparatively minor. The mounting base on the Mark II is integral with the body while...
British Bren Light Machine Gun
Caliber .303 Inch British service cartridge. Magazine Box type. Arc shaped. Capacity 30 rounds. There is also a 100 round drum type used for antiaircraft work. Position of Magazine Mounted on top of gun in front of the rear sights. Magazine catch is directly behind the magazine. Muzzle Velocity About 2400 feet per second. Weight of 30 Round Magazine Loaded 2 pounds. Sights Fixed front. Aperture type rear. Rear sight adjustable on Mark I model from 200 to 2000 yards. 50-yard clicks and 200 to...
British Bren Light Machine Gun Oho
With the thumb and forefinger of the left hand pull the return sprinq rod to the left out of line with the piston and with the right hand pull the cocking handle With the thumb and forefinger of the left hand pull the return sprinq rod to the left out of line with the piston and with the right hand pull the cocking handle The claws at the front end of the breech block are in engagement with grooves on the piston, and if the breech block is slid to the rear it can be .ifted out of this...
Italian Revelli Fiat Mm Machine Gun 1
Starting with the gun loaded and cocked, the action is as follows Pressing the thumb trigger moves the bent of the sear out of contact with the bolt which is situated in the breech block and permits the striker to run forward under the influence of its compressed spring and discharge the cartridge in the firing chamber. As the bullet is driven down the barrel, the rearward action of the gas against the cartridge case pushes back against the breech bock the barrel, sleeve and breech block move...
British Smith And Wesson Revolver
In all essentials this revolver is identical with the United States Revolver Smith amp Wesson Model 1917. These revolvers when chambered for the .455 British Service cartridge, will usually be found to have stamped on the barrel .455 Eley. This cartridge has a bullet weight of 265 grains, a muzzle velocity of about 600 feet per second in the 6' 2 barre. model illustrated some models of this revolver have been manufactured in 5 barrels . Muzzle enerqy is about 220 foot pounds and extreme range...
British Enfield Pistol No
Caliber Bri iish .380-inch. Cylinder Capacity 6 cartridges. Muzzle Velocity About 600 feet per second. Weight of Bullet 200 grains, lead. Muzzle Striking Energy About 190 foot pounds. Barrel Length 5. Overall Length of Pistol 9' 2. Weight 27 2 ozs. - Other Data In genera same as for pistol No. I. Data on Stripping, Loading, Firing, and Operations, a about the same as for pistol No. I. While it has many points of difference in design, it is operated like Note Pistol No. 2 is produced in two...
Finnish Suomi Mm Submachine Gun
Note This weapon is one of the most remarkable developments of the present world war. Its simplicity, ruggedness, reliability, ease of operation, are al outstanding in machine pistol construction. Added to these qualities, it costs less than a good pistol and is easy to manufacture. The Russians are making wide use of a modification of this weapon. Caliber 9mm Parabellum. This is also the pistol cartridge of the Finns. Magazine a Box type usually ho ding 20 or 30 cartridges. b Drum type...
Table Of Contents
Austrian Steyr 9-mm Pistol 2 Austrian Steyr-Mannlicher Rifle and Carbine 4 Austrian Schwarzlose 8-mm Machine Gun 6 Belgian Browning Long 9-mm Automatic Pistol . . 9 British Enfield .380 Pistol No. 2 II British Webley .455 Mark VI Pistol No. I 12 British Smith and Wesson .38 Pistol No. 2 14 British Webley .455 British Army Rifles British Bren .303 Light Machine Gun 22 British Lewis .30-06 and .303 Light Machine Gun 28 British Besa Machine Guns British Vickers .303 Machine Gun 38 British...
German Luger Parabellum Mm Automatic Eqn
The customary Naval Model has a 6 barrel. Special Caroine models are issued with 8, 10, 12 and sometimes 16 barres. Some of these have a wood fore-end and some do not. All are customarily issued with wood holsters which can be attached to the grip of the pistol to transform it into a carb'ne. These models are normally fitted with elevating rear sights capable of adjusting to 800 meters. The model illustrated has an 8 barrel and A spec'ai 32-shot magazine is sometimes issued for these pistols....
How The Glisenti Pistol Works
Starling with the Pistol loaded and cocked, the action is as follows The grip safety being pressed and the trigger squeezed, the sear is permitted to revolve and the striker is re eased and driven forward by its spring. As the cartridge is fired, the bullet moves forward out of the barrel and the rearward pressure of the gas forces the cartridge case and the locked bo't, barrel and barrel extension directly to the rear. They travel back locked together for about Here the barrel haits against...
French Hotchkiss Mm Machine Gun
The Hotchkiss is a basic weapon. The French type is heavy and unwie dy. A modification of this model is the basic heavy machine gun of the Japanese. The light improved weapon of this type is widely used in Great Britain. Norway uses a machine gun of this type in Caliber 6.5mm. It is also in use in Spain in Caliber 7mm. Caliber 8mm French Service Cartridge. Type of Feed Metal strip, holding 30 cartridges and feeding from the left hand side of the gun. Muzzle Velocity of Cartridge About 2380 feet...
British Webley Automatic
Caliber .455 Webley Self Loading Pistol. Muzzle Velocity 750 feet per second. Weight of Bullet 220 grains, metal jacketed. Muzzle Striking Energy 270 foot pounds. Overall Length of Pistol 81 2. Accurate Range 75 yards. Maximum. Range About 500 yards. Pistol Operated by Recoil. Locked By diagonal inclined planes on the barrel engaging in diagonal grooves on the sides of the slide. Locked barrel and slide recoil together for a short distance, and then the diagonal slots force the barre down out...
U S Thompson Submachine Gun Cnb
Ttw iptii _ Mafczioe eolc ' MifC cotc fWtf D-teefXCUr pci f- amp 4COft lt ftf- Si or I r tpri Fib ' St Of Iff r fro t lOtCH Starting with the Gun loaded and Cocked the action is as follows When the trigger pressed, it moves the disconnector up to lift the sear lever. The sear ever raises the forward portion of sear, thus depressing the rear section and disengaging it from the notch on the bolt. The bolt is now free to be driven forward by the coiled recoil spring. If the ire control lever is...
BRITISH BESA MACHINE GUN CALIBER mm MARK
This is a heavy model of the original Besa Machine Gun developed for use in armored vehicles. Us handling and functioning is much the same as the smaller calibre. It is not equipped with an accelerator as is the lower powered weapons, but it is fitted with a change lever device permitting single shot of full automatic fire. Caliber 15mm Mark I. Feed Metal belt holding 25-cartridges. Muzzle Velocity Approximately 3,000 feet per second. Barrel Length About 57 including the flash hider. Overall...
British Vickers Machine Gun
rected with the top lever, carries trie bottom one over to the right, thus causing the feed clock slide to move over to he right. This movement causes the top pawls in the feed block to drive to the right and slip over and behind the next cartridge in the belt, which Is being held in place by the botlom pawl. Meanwhile the lock has been moving backwards. The extractor attached to it removes the loaded cartridge from the belt at the same time it draws the empty cartridge case from the chamber....
U S Springfield Rifle Fys
Slide-Cap Yftndage ' Screw rScrew Extractor Slide and_ iCollar Slide Cap' Windage-Screw i.Wjndvge-Scrert Collar Knob Cutoff Spindle - gt gt t-Sleeve Lock Safety Lock Sleeve- Thumb Piece I f Safety Lock Main Firing-Pin '-Bofi y Spindle j Spring Sleeve j r-Striker i ' Magazine Guard Screw, Front Magazine Spring Floor Plate liddle finger and right thumb, and turn the safety lock I the left with the right forefinger to release it. This 1 relieve part of the tension of the mainspring. Resting the...
Special Note On The Bren Gun
This is one of the finest light machine guns ever developed. Originally manufactured in Brno, Czechoslovakia, it was further engineered and developed in England and gets its name from the combination of Brno and Enfield. As mentioned before, while this weapon is essentially a one-man machine gun intended to be used from a bipod mount, or fired from the hip while moving in action, it may speedily be converted into a heavy nachine gun firing from a solid tripod mount, or a very effective...
British Australian Austen Mm Machine Carbine Gpz
This submachine gun or machine carbine as the British term it is one of the most remarkable developments of the present war. It combines all the best features of the famous British Sten and the almost equally famous German Schmeisser submachine guns. The Sten Gun was originally adopted by the British to provide a very cheap submachine weapon which would be absolutely reliable, accurate, and would not 'be subject to serious jams encountered in the more expensive submachine guns which are very...
How The Browning Machine Gun Works
rBACK PLATE rGRIP rBUFFER RING rBUFFER PLUG -DRIVING SPRING ROD rDRIVING SPRING ROD PIN rLATCH STOP SCREW r-TOP PLATE 'ER EXTRACTOR SPRING COVER EXTRACTOR SPRING STUD 'ER EXTRACTOR SPRING COVER EXTRACTOR SPRING STUD BARREL PLUNGER SPRING BARREL UJNGELR- L BREECH LOCK CAM BARREL EXTENSION LACCELERATOR P N ACCELERATOR PIN SPRING -ACCELERATOR BARREu PACKING REAP LBELT FEED PAWL SPRING -BELT FEED PAWL -FIRING PIN SPRING PIN LOCK FRAME SPACER LOCK FRAMF GUIDE 1 LOCK FRAME SE RA ORJ BOTTOM PLATE...
German Mm Light Machine Gun Bkr
In general this gun follows the operating detail of the MG-34. However, an entirely new design of bolt and locking mechanism is employed. The barrel and bolt in this gun travel back in a straight line during the period of recoil. There is no turning action. A heavy barrel extension is screwed on to the chamber end of the barrel. In its sides are slots into which cams are machined. As the bolt goes forward, a movable locking stud on each side of the front end of the bolt strikes a corresponding...
How The Pistol Works
1. A magazine holding any number of cartridges from I to 7 is inserted in the handle and pushed in until it locks. This locking is produced by the thumb catch lock snapping into a notch cut in the upper front end of the magazine. 2. As slide is drawn bac lt for the opening movement, it compresses a recoil spring, and forces the hammer back and down to full cock. Here it is held in position by the sear. As the slide goes back the disconnector is pressed bac lt . positively preventing the trigger...
British Lewis Light Machine Gun Mje
feed pawl-stop paw--machine fawis spring The gases upon leaving bom in their forward ruth expand against mils of barrd mouthpiece which deflects Their course, causing scwe to syphon fix cod air through radiator as shovm by arrowed course cartridge spacer ring magazine top plate rivet-magazine center -feed operating arm latch-magazine top plate-magazine latch striker striker pin operating post -,k charging j handle j 5pringj teed cover SECTION C-D back-sight slide f back-5ight bed j1 back-sight...
Tic Pistol Works
During ail this action, the recoil spring has been compressed this compression being brought about by the combination locking piece and recoil spring compressor riding back in a slot under the slide and pressing against the recoil spring housing. The rearward motion is now completed. Return Movement of the Action The compressed recoil spring now pu Is the slide forward driving a loaded cartridge from the top of the magaz'ne into the firing chamber. The s ide connects with the rear face of the...
The Accelerator
When the accelerator is set in its high position, the rear of the piston extension will not make contact with the accelerator and the gun will fire at its normal rate of 450 to 550 per minute. If, however, the accelerator is set in its low position, the complete backward motion of the piston extension is halted by the rear of the extension striking the front face of the accelerator. This forces the accelerator casing to the rear, thereby compressing the heavy ac-celerator springs. Thus, when...
Field Stripping Czw
This gun is designed on the French Hotchklss principle. It is equipped with a special -feeding system, which while theoretically good, evidently did not work very v ell in practice as evidenced 'by the fact that later patterns of the gun and of other Japanese machine rifles utilize the standard magazine or strip type of loading. Caliber 6.5mm Japanese service cartridge. Magazine A hopper. Six clips of 5-cartridges each are placed on top of each other in the magazine and a heavy spring follower...
Field Stripping Bxa
acjclnst the tension of the fjsee spring. Hod it firmly. Reach irside the quo ana lift out the lock which s fastened to tne connection rod. 5. Now lift complete feed block directl up and out of tne cun. 6. Go to the -forward end of the qtn. Pull out the split pin and twls- the outer casing through about one sixth of a -urn. It can now be pulled off to ho front. Tne muz2le cup and the front cone may also be unscrewed and removed. Tne gland one paclcinq should be removed only if aboslutely...
French Modele Dordonnance Revolver
gt . . Muzzle Velocity 625 feet per second. Muzzle Striking Energy 104 foot pounds. Type of Action Double action. Hammer may be cocked by the thumb or the entire firing action may be produced by pulling straight back on the trigger. Cylinder Release Catch This is a thumb piece on the right side of the revolver. It is swung directly back and down on its pivot. The cylinder then may be swung out to the right. Extraction Pushing up on extractor rod. unloads revolver in exactly the same manner as...
Field Stripping Weg
Details o f the Sten Scbrrachine Carbine, wi-h Magazine cut away to show position of Cartridges. Press in the Stud on Return Spring Housing to clear holo and slide Butt down out of its Slots- Press in on Sttd ar.d Spring Cop and twist to the left to unlock Lugs. Details o f the Sten Scbrrachine Carbine, wi-h Magazine cut away to show position of Cartridges. Press in the Stud on Return Spring Housing to clear holo and slide Butt down out of its Slots- Press in on Sttd ar.d Spring Cop and twist...
ITALIAN REVELLi FIAT MM MACHINE GUN
This Is sometimes cal'ed the Fiat, 1914 Model after Caliber 6.5mm Italian service cartridge Calioer .256-inch . Magazine Mouse trap type, holding 50 cartridges in 10 lines of 5 each. Muzzle Velocity About 2000 feet per second. Weight of Bullet 162 grains, lead with full metal jac lt ets. Overall Length of Gun About 46 Mounting Tripod mount is provided with this weapon. It weighs 49' 2 lbs. Sights Barleycorn front and V type rear sight, adjustable from 200 to 2000 meters. Gun Operated By Recoi'...
Instructions For Loading And Firing Hkl
1. Insert loaded magazine, bullets po'ntlng forward, into magazine housing on left side of carbine just ahead o forward end of cocking handle slot. Push in until magazine locks with a click. 2. Pull sack cocking handle and turn down into safety slot if the moder. is Mark I. If model is Mark II or III, the safety slot is us so turn cocking handle up into slot. 3. When ready to fire, turn cocking handle out of the safety slot. 4. Directly under the safety slot is a button passing through the...
Japanese Hotchkiss Heavy Machine Gun
Caliber Either 6.5mm or 7.7mm .256 or .303 inch . Feed Hotchkiss type strip, 30 round capacity. Fed from the left hand sioe. Barrel Length About 30. Overall Length of Gun About 45. Weight of Gun 67-pounds for caliber 6.5mm, and about 62 pounds for the larger caliber. Gun Operated By Gas, Hotchkiss principle. Locked Hotchkiss principle, slide camming down the bolt lock beh'ind locking lugs on sides of receiver. Cooled Air. Barrel partly enclosed with a sheath of heavy radia cooling rings. Cyclic...
Unloading The Garand Rifle
1. First check to be sure that the safety is off. 2. V ith the right forefinger pu'l the operating rod sharp y and hold it in rear position. This will eject cartridge that was in the firing chamber. With the of the hand grasp the trigger guard or the grip . Hold the stock against the right hip to support it. place the left hand over the receiver and with the thumb release the clip latch. 3. The clip and whatever cartridges remain in it now pop up into the right hand and must oe re- 4. With the...
How The Gewehr W Works
This rifle does not have a gas port tapped in the barrel. Instead a gas-trap, cone shaped, is screwed onto the muzzle. As the bullet leaves the barrel, it jumps a gap which for just an instant permits the gas to stop up the muzzle end of this cone. The pressure thus trapped rebounds against the gas piston which fits around the barrel end. and against the rear of the blast cone. This pressure thrusts back the floating operating rod which rests against the cylindrical piston working on top of the...
U S Smith And Wesson Revolver 1
As hammer is drawn back by thumb or by action of trigger its underside catches below the trigger nose and draws the rear end of the trigger up and back. When the hammer reaches fuil cock, it will be held there by the trigger nose. As the hammer goes backwards, it compresses the flat mainspring in the grip. During the rearward motion of the hammer, the attached hand or pawl pushes up against the ratchet on the face of the extractor and revolves the cylinder fhe full distance of one firing...
Field Stripping The Lewis Gun
Insert the pcint of a bullet into the slot below ihe point of the bull where it joins the receiver. In some British models thoro is a latch here which is pushed . Maintaining forward pressure with the bullet point, twis the butt s ock up and to the left and pjll it straight back to Gripping he feed cove the flat piece on top of the receiver at the rear on which the rear sight is mounted draw back abou ' V UP This ex poses all the feed mechanism. Note that the feed arm should oe over to the...