manual for commanders of infantry platoons. - US Army Combined ...
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74 MAN3UAL FORE COMMANDER'P%~ gS· OF INFANTRYH C PLATOONS.r<br />
Care.--Disrnonnting andl car~e, atnd the mleans toi be 'uppliedcl<br />
in case <strong>of</strong> jams. etc., ar·e taught only to ihe mnachine-gun mnen.<br />
Support.-The 1907i-T uses eithler o-f the followingf support.s:<br />
Thle tripod, mlodel 1907-C, m~odel 1997'-omnibus, mlode:l 1915oinO:ibus;<br />
th~e nrampart carriage,, model 1907i aznd 1907-omlnibus.s<br />
All. <strong>of</strong> these carria~ges' includle ac pivota~l support andl a. trip~od.<br />
The 19Th.;support is sm~ml~ler andl ligh~ter t~hacn thlose <strong>of</strong> 190.(-O.<br />
Deflection: Tihe p>ivoting suppEort turns onl a circala;r bedl. It;<br />
is immobilizedl <strong>for</strong> lock~edl ire.<br />
EIlevaztion: By means <strong>of</strong> the elevtating screw~T. Elevalti.on limitS<br />
are +t200 and --25o. These limyits mzay b~eextendedl by- mueans <strong>of</strong>.<br />
al movable device at~tachedl to t~he suppor~t.<br />
The ramlpart; carriage alone possesses a swccpinga~ m~cha~inism.<br />
In the other models sw~eeping is regulatedl by hand.<br />
Al~l carr1iaLges are pr~ovidedi wITithgraducated sect~ors <strong>for</strong>1 lanying~<br />
the piece inz deflection. A specia~l leveling dev-iice p~ermits la~ying<br />
All. tripodl sup~por~ts admlnit <strong>of</strong> txvo height-s <strong>of</strong> the piece abovet<br />
thle ground: St~anding. 32.6'7 inches; kineeling, 18.11. inches.<br />
Ammunitionz--TShe malchine gun I 907-T fires; theF ordlinary<br />
cartrid~ge 1886-D. (bsi-ogivale bullet <strong>of</strong> brass, powd-ter·, B. Nu. 3F.~).<br />
but: preferably the 1886 D. A. Mi~.,simlilar to the first, but wtith a<br />
special primler. It fiires allso the old cart~ridge, mlodfel 71836-M<br />
(cylindrlo-ogival bullet, writh -lead~ core andl Gernism silv-er·<br />
shleath), hut requires increased elevations (corr~espondling Ito art<br />
increazse <strong>of</strong> -range <strong>of</strong> one-~third).<br />
The cartridges are arranged in mletallic. strip clips <strong>of</strong> 25~<br />
cartridges each, or in flexrible cloth bandoleers <strong>of</strong> 3093 carltridges.<br />
The allotmlent is 10 <strong>of</strong> the latter per piece.<br />
An acmmultniti~on box contains 12 metallic clip-s or 1 crlothr<br />
bandoleer.<br />
Boxes containing bandzoleers havte as distinct~ive markI', inl add~ition<br />
to a red band, the letter H painted on the large face <strong>of</strong> thle<br />
box, seen whlen the box is upright, cover hinge to the right.<br />
This serves the double purpose <strong>of</strong> distinguishing the top <strong>of</strong> the<br />
box when it is placed fiat in the caisson, the base <strong>of</strong> the cazrtridges<br />
dowLn, and <strong>for</strong> the convenient orientation~ <strong>of</strong> the box<br />
d~uringr fire.<br />
Band'oleer box~es are inseparable fromul their banudoleers, amidl<br />
resupp~lyingr shouldl be accomplllished byT changing boxes contain
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