LEWIS GUN MECHANISM MADE EASY : With Notes on the 300 (American) Lewis Gun

Major C. H. B. Pridham

ISBN 10: 1847348157 / ISBN 13: 9781847348159

Published by Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2009

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The US-made Lewis gun, with its distinctive circular ammunition drums, replaced the VIckers as the standard British Army machine gun in the First World War. This 1941 reprint of a manual first published in January 1919 shows that the versatile Lewis was still a popular and effective weapon twenty years later. Written by a former Officer-Instructor at the Army's School of Musketry at Hythe in Kent, the booklet describes the correct loading and unloading of the gun; the action of the firing mechanism; the magazine; the action of gases and the cooling system and notes on how to deal with jams and stoppages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LEWIS GUN MECHANISM MADE EASY : With Notes on the 300 (American) Lewis Gun
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847348157
• ISBN 13: 9781847348159
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 203W x 127H x 3D millimeters 203 millimeters width by 127 millimeters height by 3 millimeters depth
• Weight: 64 grams

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Synopsis

The US-made Lewis gun, with its distinctive circular ammunition drums, replaced the VIckers as the standard British Army machine gun in the First World War. This 1941 reprint of a manual first published in January 1919 shows that the versatile Lewis was still a popular and effective weapon twenty years later. Written by a former Officer-Instructor at the Army’s School of Musketry at Hythe in Kent, the booklet describes the correct loading and unloading of the gun; the action of the firing mechanism; the magazine; the action of gases and the cooling system and notes on how to deal with jams and stoppages.