This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...guns were forwarded by freight in the next two weeks from the same source. The order for Marlin guns was placed in the fall of 1917 in the face of marked opposition, but resulted in providing sufficient fixed guns for the American Air Service, and for other purposes as noted above. At the time of the signing of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...guns were forwarded by freight in the next two weeks from the same source. The order for Marlin guns was placed in the fall of 1917 in the face of marked opposition, but resulted in providing sufficient fixed guns for the American Air Service, and for other purposes as noted above. At the time of the signing of the armistice no other fixed aircraft guns were available from production. PRODUCTION OF LEWIS FLEXIBLE AIRCRAFT GUNS. The first order for Lewis aircraft guns was placed on December 19, 1917, and up to November 11, 1918, 32,957 of these guns had been delivered for use by the American Air Service. The deliveries commenced in February, 1918, with about 1,500 guns per month, and in the month preceding the signing of the armistice--that is to say, in October, 1918, about 6,000 Lewis aircraft guns were delivered. A notable accomplishment of American manufacturing was an increase in the depth of the magazine pan so each magazine held 97 cartridges in place of the previous 47 cartridges. PRODUCTION OF MARLIN FIXED GUNS. The Marlin aircraft machine gun, which has been developed and manufactured by the Marlin-Eockwell Corporation, New Haven, Conn., has been adapted to all American-built planes which carry fixed or synchronized guns as part of their armament. The first order for Marlin aircraft machine guns was placed September 25, 1917, and over 37,500 were produced before December, 1918. Quantity production of 2,000 per month began in January, 1918, and increased rapidly until as many as 7,000 guns were produced in one month. Our aviators report that this gun compares favorably with the best machine guns used by our allies, and is entirely satisfactory in every respect. This machine gun shoots.30 caliber ammunition at the rate of 600 to 650 shots per minute, ..
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