The Machine Gunner’s Handbook

J Bostock (WH Smith and Son)

This is the first edition of a remarkable book that completes the set of all ELEVEN editions in our archive. This is from 1911 and, although the cover is badly damaged, the pages inside are complete and intact.

Description of ·303 in. Maxim Gun; Action of Mechanism; Stripping Machine Guns for Instructional Purposes; Instructions for Care and Cleaning; Points to be attended to Before, During, and After Firing; Stoppages; Examination of Machine Guns; Repairs, and Replacement of Defective Parts of Lock; Elementary Training Vide Sections 9 and 114 Infantry Training; Belt Filling; Section Drill without Transport; Drill with Limbered Wagons and Pack Transport; Signals for use in Observation of Fire; Tests of Elementary Training; Elementary Training in Tactical Handling; Cover and Entrenchments; Table” C”; Characteristics of the Machine Gun; Fire Direction; Application of Principles to the Organization and Tactical Handling of Infantry Machine Guns; Choice of Fire Positions; General Principles of Fire Control.

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