The Machine Gun

Preface......Page 2
Contents......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 10
Part 1 Forerunners of the Machine Gun......Page 22
Ch1 Weapon History Prior to Gunpowder......Page 23
Ch2 Firearm Development to Percussion Ignition......Page 31
Ch3 Background of Machine Gun Development......Page 44
Part 2 Manually Operated Machine Guns......Page 52
Ch1 Billinghurst Requa Battery......Page 53
Ch2 Ager "Coffee Mill" Gun......Page 55
Ch3 Claxton Firing Mechanism......Page 59
Ch4 Machine Guns Used By The Confederacy......Page 60
Ch5 Gatling Machine Guns......Page 66
Ch6 Mitrailleuse Type Weapon......Page 82
Ch7 Farwell Machine Gun......Page 87
Ch8 Hotchkiss Machine Gun......Page 89
Ch9 Gardner Machine Gun......Page 97
Ch10 Lowell Machine Gun......Page 107
Ch11 Wilder Machine Gun......Page 118
Ch12 J. H. Mcleans Peacemakers......Page 122
Ch13 Bailey Machine Gun......Page 125
Ch14 Nordenfelt Machine Gun......Page 128
Ch15 Taylor Machine Gun......Page 135
Ch16 End of Manually Operated Machine Gun......Page 137
Part 3 Full Automatic Machine Gun Development......Page 139
Ch1 Maxim Machine Guns......Page 140
Ch2 Skoda Machine Gun......Page 167
Ch3 Browning Automatic Machine Guns......Page 173
Ch4 Hotchkiss Automatic Machine Guns......Page 204
Ch5 Nordenfelt Automatic Machine Gun......Page 221
Ch6 De Knight Water-Cooled Machine Gun......Page 224
Ch7 Madsen Automatic Machine Gun......Page 226
Ch8 Bergmann & Dreyse Machine Guns......Page 231
Ch9 Perino Machine Gun......Page 237
Ch10 Carr Machine Gun......Page 241
Ch11 Schwarzlose Machine Gun......Page 245
Ch12 Mclean Machine Gun......Page 249
Ch13 Chauchat Machine Gun......Page 255
Ch14 Berthier Machine Gun......Page 260
Ch15 Kellman Machine Gun......Page 265
Ch16 Revelli Machine Gun......Page 268
Ch17 Laird-Menteyne Machine Gun......Page 273
Part 4 Aircraft & Airborne Weapons......Page 274
Ch1 Early Aircraft Developments......Page 275
Ch2 Lewis Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 291
Ch3 Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 317
Ch4 German Maxim Type Aircraft Weapons......Page 325
Ch5 Marlin Aircraft Machine Guns......Page 336
Ch6 Browning Aircraft Machine Guns......Page 343
Ch7 Hotchkiss Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 361
Ch8 Nambu Automatic Weapons......Page 369
Ch9 Revelli Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 372
Ch10 Bergmann, Dreyse & MG-13 Machine Guns......Page 380
Ch11 Villar-Perosa Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 387
Ch12 S.I.A. Machine Gun......Page 390
Ch13 Gast Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 395
Ch14 Darne Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 400
Ch15 Beardmore-Farquhar Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 405
Ch16 Brixia Machine Gun......Page 409
Ch17 Mendoza Light Machine Gun......Page 413
Ch18 Chatellerault Machine Gun......Page 417
Ch19 Madsen Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 423
Ch20 B.S.A. Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 428
Ch21 Breda Machine Guns......Page 432
Ch22 Furrer Machine Gun......Page 441
Ch23 ZB Machine Guns......Page 445
Ch24 Vickers-Berthier Machine Gun......Page 457
Ch25 Lahti (Suomi) (L/S) Machine Gun......Page 462
Ch26 Rheinmetall-Borsig Machine Guns......Page 466
Ch27 Scotti Machine Guns......Page 477
Ch28 Bang Aircraft Machine Gun......Page 480
Ch29 Sistar Machine Gun......Page 481
Ch30 Knorr-Bremse Machine Gun......Page 485
Ch31 Mauser Machine Guns......Page 488
Ch32 Johnson Light Machine Gun......Page 496
Ch33 MG-42 Machine Gun......Page 500
Ch34 FG-42 Machine Gun......Page 505
Part 5 Automatic Aircraft Cannon......Page 508
Ch1 Davis Non-Recoiling Gun......Page 509
Ch2 Vickers Aircraft Cannon (COW)......Page 514
Ch3 Revelli Aircraft Cannon......Page 519
Ch4 Puteaux 37-MM Aircraft Cannon......Page 521
Ch5 Becker-Semag-Oerlikon Automatic Aircraft Cannons......Page 526
Ch6 Szakats 20-MM Aircraft Cannon......Page 537
Ch7 Baldwin Aircraft Cannon......Page 540
Ch8 Browning Aircraft Cannon......Page 545
Ch9 Madsen Aircraft Cannon......Page 551
Ch10 Hotchkiss 25-MM Aircraft Cannon......Page 556
Ch11 Scotti Aircraft 20-MM Cannon......Page 559
Ch12 Lubbe 20-MM Aircraft Cannon......Page 562
Ch13 Rheinmetall-Borsig Automatic Aircraft Cannon......Page 564
Ch14 Birkigt Type 404 20-MM (Hispano-Suiza) Cannon......Page 576
Ch15 Furrer Automatic Aircraft Cannon......Page 605
Ch16 American Armament Automatic Aircraft Cannon......Page 607
Ch17 Lahti Aircraft Cannon......Page 610
Ch18 Breda 20-MM Automatic Cannon......Page 612
Ch19 Mauser Automatic Cannon......Page 616
Ch20 Automatic Aircraft Cannon Caliber .90 Series......Page 621
Ch21 Bofors Automatic Aircraft Cannon......Page 624
Ch22 Japanese Automatic Aircraft Cannon......Page 628
Conclusion......Page 633
Appendix A Patents......Page 634
Appendix B Tabulated Characteristics of Machine Guns......Page 669
Bibliography......Page 682
Index......Page 685
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