Machine gun manual : $b 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 informationDouglas, H. (Composer)
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Machine gun manual : $b 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
Douglas, H. (Composer)
Machine gun drill and tactics; Machine guns
94. Interruptions in flanges of lock casing.
95. Slots in lock casing for “99.”
96. Bearings on lock casing for “80.”
97. Upper extractor stop of lock casing.
98. Bent of extractor lever for “80.”
99. Lugs on side levers for “95.”
100. Bush, axis, side levers.
101. Pin, split, keeper, bush, axis, side levers.
102. Horns of extractor.
102A. Grooves in extractor for “79.”
103. Shoulders of extractor for “87.”
104. Grooves in extractor for side plate springs.
105. Hole in extractor for “90.”
106. Recess in extractor for “83.”
107. Pin, axis, trigger.
108. Pin, axis, tumbler.
109. Key of pin, axis, tumbler.
110. Projection on firing pin for “89.”
111. Lever, top, feed block.
112. Lever, bottom, feed block.
113. Pins, split, fixing, top and bottom levers, feed block.
114. Stud of top lever for feed block slide.
114A. Slide, feed block.
115. Pawl, top, feed block, rear.
115A. Thumb grips of “115” and “116.”
116. Pawl, top, feed block, front.
117. Spring, top pawls, feed block.
118. Pawls, bottom, feed block (pair).
119. Pin, axis, bottom pawl, feed block.
120. Finger plate of bottom pawls, feed block.
121. Spring, bottom pawls, feed block.
122. Cup, muzzle attachment.
123. Casing, outer, muzzle attachment.
124. Cone, front, muzzle attachment.
125. Gland, muzzle attachment.
126. Screw, clamping, cup, muzzle attachment.
127. Disc, muzzle attachment.
128. Vent, bullet, muzzle attachment.
[Illustration:
Plate IV.
VICKERS GUN.
]
[Illustration:
Plate V.
VICKERS GUN.
]
VICKERS LIGHT MACHINE GUN.
The principal features are as in Maxim with the following exceptions:—
Total weight, ready for firing, is 38½ lbs. (Maxim, 67 lbs.).
Length, width and depth slightly less than Maxim.
Barrel casing is of corrugated steel (affording greater cooling
surface).
Rear end of barrel—_i.e._, chamber—goes back into barrel casing, thus
greatly assisting cooling of barrel where it is most essential.
Foresight is blade pattern, with protector.
No ejector tube or spring, there being an opening at bottom of breech
casing through which empty cases fall. (Shutter requires to be opened
before commencing firing.)
Tangent sight is 2½ in. nearer rear end of breech casing and is U
pattern.
There is no buffer spring or resistance piece.
An elevating stop on outside of left-hand plate, this preventing the
bracket head of the mounting damaging the fusee spring box.
No stud for the shoulder piece.
Connecting rod has an adjusting nut and washers.
Crank handle revolves in the opposite direction to Maxim.
Lock is inverted and joined to connecting rod by an interrupted flange.
Lock has no extractor spring, as cases fall off extractor when clear of
barrel.
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