Flexible Gunnery Training in the AAF

Abstract

Although flexible gunnery schools are a product of the years since 1940, there is evidence of casual and continuing interest in that type of training during and since the period of World War I. It was not, however, until some time after the United States entered the war in 1917 that efforts to produce flexible gunners showed results. The process of providing facilities and equipment to prepare them was slow. The Lewis aircraft gun was modified to meet flexible needs, and though 30,000 of that type of gun had been produced by the time the Armistice was signed, none had been delivered until late in May 1918. The Browning gun also was adapted to flexibility, but too near the end of the war to be of much use.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1945
Accession Number
ADA529938

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Flight Training
  • Gunnery
  • Guns
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Mounts
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States

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