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
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Position of│ Immediate action. │ Remedy. │ Cause.
C.H. │ │ │
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Forward:— │ │ │
(_a_) │Turn magazine free │ │Magazine empty.
│ and change │ │
(_b_) │If magazine is │ │Missfire or space
│ fixed, pull back │ │ or rotation not
│ C.H. │ │ sufficient.
(_c_) │If recur, change │Examine rim of old │Faulty feed due to
│ magazine │ magazine │ damaged rim.
│ „ │Feed arm pawl. Stop│Feed arm pawl, or
│ │ pawls │ stop pawl.
(_d_) │If missfire on │If too │Weak or broken
│ pressing trigger │ light—adjust. │ return spring.
│ examine return │ │
│ spring │ │
│ „ │If │Damaged or broken
│ │ broken—substitute│ striker.
│ „ │If correct—change │
│ │ rod │
(_e_) │If C.H. will not │If dirty—clean │Dirt.
│ come back pull │ │
│ back with wooden │ │
│ handle │ │
│ „ │If hot—cool │
C.H. back │Pull C.H. back with│ │Bulged cartridge
slightly │ wooden handle or │ │ (should never get
│ pull through │ │ into magazine.)
│ „ │ │Separated case
│ │ │ (unknown as yet).
C.H. nearly│Examine ejection │ │
back │ opening, if clear│ │
│ pull C.H. back │ │
│ and carry on │ │
or, back to│If return spring is│Clean gas cylinder,│Weak or broken
full │ weak, adjust or │ or piston rod and│ return spring.
extent │ change it │ oil up │
│If it recurs, │ │Friction in gas
│ remove magazine │ │ cylinder or
│ and gas regulator│ │ moving parts.
│ and fire. After │ │
│ firing put back │ │
│ gas regulator, │ │
│ with large hole │ │
│ to rear │ │
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