155-MM HOWITZER MATERIEL MODEL of 1918 (Schneider)
No. 2017 HANDBOOK OF THE 155-MM HOWITZER MATERIEL MODEL OF 1918 (Schneider) MOTORIZED WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR ITS CARE (FIFTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS) ...•••••••••...••••• DECEMBER 14, 1918 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1919 ( No. 2017 HANDBOOK OF THE 155-MM HOWITZER MATERIEL MODEL OF 1918 (Schneider) MOTORIZED WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR ITS CARE (FIFTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS) DECEMBER 14, 1918 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1919 (Form No., 2017.) The Commanding Officer or the Post or Coast Defense Ordnance Officer to whom this copy is issued will be held personally responsible for its safe-keeping. When another officer relieves him a' receipt for it will be taken, which should be mailed to the CHIEF OF ORDNANCE, U. S. Army, Wash- ington, D. C. NOTE.—This pamphlet should be destroyed when superseded by one of later date. (2) WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ORDNANCE, Washington, December 14, 1918. This manual is published for the information and government of the Army of the 'United States. By order of the Secretary of War: C. C. WILLIAMS,. Major General,.Major Chief of Ordnance. (3) PLATE I B 155-mm. Howitzer Carriage, Model of 1918 (Schneider). Traveling Position. CONTENTS. Page. List of plates 10 Table of equivalents 12 PART I.-DESCRIPTION OF MATERIEL. General description of the 155-mm. howitzer materiel 13 155-mm. howitzer 14-20 Table of weights, principal dimensions, etc. Nomenclature of the howitzer. Description of the howitzer. The howitzer. .--,5he breech mechanism. The firing mechanism. The percussion mechanism. Operation of the breech mechanism. To open the breech. To close the breech. Misfirings. Missing of the primer.
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