Machine Gun

Abstract

The report describes a method for evaluation of machine gun operational and performance characteristics. It identifies supporting tests, facilities, and equipment required. It provides procedures for preoperational inspection, physical characteristics, safety, personnel training, sights, mounts, accuracy, dispersion, tactical employment, man-portability, transportability, airdrop operations, durability, reliability, maintainability, and human factors evaluation. The report is applicable to ground-to-ground employment only.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 02, 1973
Accession Number
AD0759229

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Weapons
  • Classification
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Guns
  • Machine Guns
  • Reliability
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • Training
  • Weapons

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation