Automatic arms their history, development and use
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New York
Skyhouse Publishing
2014
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Table of Contents:
- pt.1. History and Development
- Early multifiring arms
- Automatic pistols
- Automatic rifles up to and including the first world war
- Post-war military developments
- pt.2. How They Work
- Classification of automatic weapons
- Factors affecting design
- Methods and systems of feed
- pt.3. Malfunctions and stoppages
- Headspace
- Ammunition
- Combat notes
- pt.4. How They May Be Employed in Combat
- Fire effect
- Combat efficiency of the rifle
- Automatics in the squad
- Considerations affecting the L.M.G.
- The problem of ammunition supply
- pt.5. Miscellaneous Considerations
- Accuracy
- Design critique of automatic mechanisms