Machine Gunner’s Handbook With a Chapter on the Caliber 50 Machine Gun and the 81-mm. Mortar, and other material useful to the soldier By LT. COL. CHARLES H. COATES Infantry, United States Army PR WASHINGTON THE INFANTRY JOURNAL INCORPORATEDCOPYRIGHT, 1942, BY THE INFANTRY JOURNAL, INCORPORATED WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘THIRD EDITION MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY GARRETT & MASSIE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA FOREWORD ‘The complex art of machine gunnery is described in many War Department documents not all of which are readily available to the elementary stadent. The purpose of this handbook is to provide under one cover a simple compilation of essentials, It is not prepared to serve as a leader's text and therefore covers the more ad- vanced subjects only briefly. It is mainly designed to serve as a pocket reference for the individual soldier. The latest War Department texts and illustrations have been used io its preparation. On the other hand, it must not be regarded as an official manual. iii