Contents.

Maxim Gun. Page
General description [5]
Plates and list of parts [11]
To mount and dismount [16]
 „ load and unload [16]
 „ clean [17]
Muzzle attachment [18]
Fusee spring [18]
Stripping and assembling [19]
Examination and testing [21]
Stoppages [23]
Vickers’ Light Gun.
Plates and list of parts [31]
Special features [35]
To mount and dismount [36]
 „ load and unload [36]
 „ clean [36]
Muzzle attachment [37]
Fusee spring [37]
Stripping and assembling [38]
Stoppages [39]
Examination and testing [39]
Points to be attended to (Maxim and Vickers’) [40]
Belt filling [40]
Lewis Automatic Gun.
Plates and list of parts [43]
Description [47]
To load and unload [49]
Stripping and assembling [50]
Stoppages [53]
Colt Automatic Gun.
Description [55]
To load and unload [58]
Stoppages [59]
Stripping and assembling [62]
Plates and list of parts [65]
Hotchkiss Portable Machine Gun.
Component parts and plates [67]
General description [71]
Action of the mechanism [71]
To strip and assemble the gun [73]
Points to be attended to before firing [78]
Rapid change of barrel in the field [80]
Stoppages [82]
Cleaning and care [83]
Feed strip filling machine [83]
General.
Duties [85]
Section drill (with and without transport) [86]
Elementary tests [90]
Machine gun characteristics [90]
Fire direction [91]
Fire orders [93]
Signals [94]
War establishment [95]
General machine gun course [97]
Notes from overseas [100]
Points to remember [100]
Choice of gun position [100]
Employment of machine guns [100]
Occupation of positions [102]
Trench work [106]
In action [107]
Village fighting [109]
Attack on entrenched position [110]
Co-operation 112, [118]
Targets and ranges [112]
Guns brigaded in action [115]
Indication and recognition [116]
Observation of fire [117]
Ammunition supply [119]
Mechanical troubles [119]
Pack transport [120]
Training in billets [121]
Painting of guns [122]

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