Aircrewman’s Gunnery Manual 1944

• Description

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

• Forward
• Introduction
• Guns
• Caliber .50 Browning Machine Gun, M2
• The Seven Groups
• The Gun At Work
• Field Stripping And Assembly
• Handling Your Gun
• Safety Rules
• Detail Stripping And Assembly
• Back Plate Group
• Bolt Group
• Oil Buffer Group
• Barrel Group
• Cover Group
• Retracting Slide Group
• Casing Group
• The Gun Is Its Own Tool Kit
• Heaters
• Cycle Of Operation
• Recoil Action
• Cocking Action
• Counter Recoil Action
• Feeding
• Firing
• Extracting And Ejecting
• Adjustments
• Headspace Adjustment
• Timing Adjustment
• Oil Buffer Adjustment
• Buffer Adjusting Screw Adjustment
• Changing The Direction Of Feed
• Care And Cleaning
• Gun Mount Adapters
• Mk 6 Mod 3 Adapter
• Mk 10 Mods Adapter
• Mk 11 Mod 3 Adapter
• Your Ammunition
• Loading Your Ammunition
• Pre-Flight Checks
• Post-Flight Checks
• Trouble Shooting
• Caliber .45 Automatic Pistol
• Caliber .30 Browning Machine Gun M2
• Sighting And Sights
• Position Firing
• Strafing
• 2/3 Of A Second Method Of Sighting
• Tracer
• Your Sights
• Iron Sights
• Reflector Sights
• Computing Sights
• Boresighting
• Mk 18 Gun Sight
• Turrets
• Introduction
• Grumman Ball
• Erco Teakdrop
• Erco Ball
• Martin Ball
• Martin Electric Upper Deck
• Martin Hydraulic Upper Deck
• Martin Hydraulic Tail
• Consolidated Tail
• Sperry Retractable Ball
• Bendix Upper Deck
• Emerson Bow