Technical Training Handbook of the Browning Automatic Rifle Model Of
CONFIDENTIAL TECHNICAL, TRAINING HANDBOOK OF THE BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE MODEL OF 1918 (Air Cooled) PREPARED AT THE INFANTRY SCHOOL OF ARMS FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA WAR PLANS DIVISION SEPTEMBER, 1918 WAR DEPARTMENT Document No. 853 Office of the Adjutant General WAR DEPARTMENT Document No. 853 Office of the Adjutant General. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, September 7, 1918. The following confidential pamphlet, entitled "Technical Train- ing Handbook of the Browning Automatic Rifle, Model of 1918" (technical training series, prepared at the Infantry School of Arms, Fort Sill, Oklahoma), is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. (062.1 A. G. O.) BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR I PEYTON C. MARCH, General, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL : PETER C. HARRIS, Acting Adjutant General^ TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE METHOD OF INSTRUCTION (MECHANISM) PAGE Introduction 6 Organization of Class 7 Subjects 8 Detailed Method of Instruction 8 Regulations Concerning Handling the Rifle 9 PART TWO SCHEDULE OF INSTRUCTION (MECHANISM) General Remarks 1 1 Lesson I. Nomenclature, Stripping, Assembling II Notes on Lesson I 12 Name 12 Type 12 Ammunition 13 Cooling System 13 General Data 13 Sequence of Stripping 14 Notes on Stripping 14 To Remove Firing Pin Without Stripping Gun 15 Sequence of Assembling 16 Notes on Assembling 16 Lesson II. Stripping and Assembling Blindfolded 17 Lesson III. Stripping and Assembling Trigger Mechanism. 17 Notes on Trigger Mechanism 17 Sequence of Stripping 17 Assembling Trigger Mechanism j8 Lesson IV. Magazines 19 Notes on Magazine 19 Lesson V. Spare Parts 20 Notes on Spare Parts 20 3 664364 Lesson VI. Functioning 20 Notes on Functioning 22 General Remarks 22 First Phase 22 Action of gas 22 The slide 23 Unlocking 23 Withdrawal of firing pin 24 Extraction 24 Ejection 24 Termination of first phase 24 Second Phase 25 Action of recoil spring 25 Feeding 25 Locking 26 Priming the cartridge 26 Termination of second phase 26 Action of Buffer 27 Lesson VII.
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