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This ringbound book provides a reproduction of the U.S. Army Field Manual, Recoilless Rifle M67, FM 23-11. This manual provides information for training personnel to operate the 90mm recoilless rifle, M67. It includes mechanical training, fire control instruments, spare parts and equipment, maintenance, ammunition and fuses, crew drill, marksmanship, technique of fire, and advice to instructors concerning the weapon. The material presented herein is applicable to nuclear and nonnuclear warfare. The 90mm recoilless rifle, M67, is a lightweight, portable, crew-served weapon intended primarily as an antitank weapon. It can be employed in an antipersonnel role too. It is designed to be fired primarily from the ground using the bipod and monopod, but it may be fired from the shoulder. It is an air-cooled, breech-loaded, single-shot rifle that fires fixed ammunition. The rifle is equipped with a manually operated breech mechanism and a percussion-type firing mechanism. It is designed for direct firing only, and sighting equipment for this purpose is furnished with each weapon). In order to keep the M67 operating effectively, all crew members must know the following: Disassembly and assembly of the weapon to the extent authorized. Common causes of stoppages. Immediate actions to clear the weapon. Maintenance procedures. Direct Fire Sight Telescope, M103 – the 90mm rifle is equipped with the M103 sight for direct- fire. There is no provision for an indirect fire sight since this weapon is not designed for an indirect fire role. The M103 telescope has a fixed-focus, 3-power magnification, and a field of view of 10Ã?°. The reticle is an optical glass disc with an 0.749-inch aperture etched with a metric scale. It is graduated at 50-meter intervals at ranges up to 800 meters, and numbered every 100 meters up to 800 meters. Lead lines are provided at 50-meter intervals up to 400 meters and at 100-meter intervals between 400 and 800 meters. The top vertical line is extended through the 0 line to form a Boresight cross. Lead lines and spaces, each representing 5 mils, are provided horizontally for 30 mils on either side of the vertical centerline. Sixty l-mil spaces along the 800-meter range line and twelve l-mil spaces along the vertical axis are provided for small adjustments to the line of fire. Stadia lines are provided for ranging on targets having a 10- or 20-foot dimension. A level vial at the bottom of the reticle provides a zero cant reference for the telescope so that it may be kept level). Our news and educational titles are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents – they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work and educational tool.
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This ringbound book provides a reproduction of the Army War College manual entitled Notes on Bayonet Training, Compiled from Foreign Reports, March 1917. This document, illustrated with black and white photographs, contains lessons in a progressive program of instruction. (Apparently the domestic knowledge of bayonet fighting was thought to be inferior to that possessed by the British and Canadian military, which provided the content for this two-part manual.) The introduction to the first part reads: Training in the use of the bayonet is receiving much attention by all the combatant nations in Europe. The aim of the instruction is twofold (1) To develop great alertness of mind, readiness of muscle, and habit of quick obedience to command; (2) To develop fighting spirit. Physical drill and bayonet training go hand in hand, and their drill periods follow each other. The physical drill consists of calesthenic exercises for 15 or 20 minutes, followed by some game or exercise requiring great quickness of movement. To accomplish the aims of this training, especially the first named above, it is necessary to execute with snap the movements in the physical drill. The following is from the latest British Training Manual (1916), which is based on their experience, and the forces are now being trained in accordance therewith: 1. To attack with the bayonet effectively requires Good Direction, Strength, and Quickness during a state of wild excitement and probably physical exhaustion. The limit of the range of a bayonet is about 5 feet (measured from the opponent’s eyes), but more often the killing is at close quarters, at a range of 2 feet or less, when troops are struggling corps vs. corps in trenches or darkness. The bayonet is essentially an offensive weapon go straight at an opponent with the point threatening his throat and deliver a thrust wherever an opening presents itself. If no opening is obvious, then create one by beating off the opponent’s weapon or make a feint thrust in order to make him uncover himself. 2. Hand-to-hand fighting with the bayonet is individual, which means that a man must think and act for himself and rely on his own resources and skill;but, as in games, he must play as one of a team and not only for himself. In a bayonet assault all ranks go forward to kill or be killed, and only those who have developed skill and strength by constant training will be able to kill. Contents include: Long point, short point, and jab; assault practice; direction practice at thrusting ring; demonstration of successful attack; use of butt; final assault; method of using rifle at close quarters; method of using knife at close quarters; methods of disengaging; method of meeting attacks. Our news and educational titles are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents – they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work and educational tool.
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