Handbook of Ordnance Data (1919) Article Photocopy List

Handbook of Ordnance Data (1919)

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War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance. Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1861 Handbook of Ordnance Data (1919); 523 pages, 226 illus. Price 55.00 {Item No.2179} [This is the most extensive book on WWI ordnance data which we have ever found. Containing 43 detailed tables, hundreds of photographs, and line drawings on weapons used by most WWI armies, it covers everything from railway guns down to body armor. It even details the types of metal used in many weapons]

Chapter I. Artillery, General; 20 pages, 7 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.22450} [Includes the below chapter listings]

General Summary: General statement, Guns, Classification of gun mounts, Wheeled mounts, Field Guns, Antiaircraft guns, 4.7 inch field Gun, 155 mm gunm Five inch and six inch seacoast guns on improved wheel mounts, Railway mounts, Howitzers, Various typies of howitzers, 8 inch howitzers, 9.2 inch howitzer, 240 mm howitzer, 16 inch howitzer mount, Mortars, 12 inch mortars, Comparitive designs, American private ordnance plants, New sources developed, Typical instance 155 mm howitzer, New ingot molds required, Rough maching, Machining, New plants, Necessary equipment, Shrinking on the jacket, Parts of 155 mm howitzer, Time required in manufacture, A new American plant, Construction, Approximate cost and cost of relining, Relining requirements, Accuracy life of United States guns. [Table 1. Principle characteristics of United States Army cannons and projectiles (30 characteristics of 28 weapons)]; 12 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.22471}
Mobile Artillery: Summary: 75 mm Field Guns: Model of 1916, Model of 1917, 75 mm model of 1897 (French), [Table 2: Characteristics of United States Field artillery - carriage data], Comparative characteristics, Motorization, 75 mm and 3 inch antiaircraft guns, 4.7 inch antiaircraft gun, 4.7 inch guns model of 1906, 4.7 inch guns model of 1917, 155 mm gun (Filoux), 155 mm field howitzer, 9.2 inch howitzer, 8 inch howitzer, 240 mm howitzer, 12 inch howitzer, Seacoast guns, mortars, and howitzers on mobile carriages, Table 3: Characteristics of United States seacoast cannon adapted for field use]; 20 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.22472}

Chapter II. Field Artillery; 48 pages, 17 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.22451} [Includes the below chapter listings]

The 37 mm gun: 37 mm gun, Model of 1918, ballistics properties, Plan of manufacture. The 37 mm semiautomatic motor gun, model 1918: Development, Nature, Weights and dimensions, Operation of the gun, Ammunition, Use of the gun, The 37 mm full automatic cannon model 1918 for airplane service; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22473}
75 mm gun - United States Model 1916: General nature, Construction, Carriage, Recoil mechanism, Original orders, Limbers; 3 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22474}
The French 75 mm field gun: General nature, Breech mechanism, Carriage, Shrapnel, French and German field guns [including Comparision Chart]; 3 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22475}
75 mm Field Gun, model 1917 British: General characteristics, Weights and dimensions, Breech mechanism, Action of the breech mechanism, Action of the firing mechanism, Source of supply]; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22476}
75 mm Aircraft Gun and Mount: General nature, Ballistic data, Operation; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22477}
4.7 inch Field Gun: Models used, 4.7 inch field gun, model 1906, Gun carriage, model 1906, Limber, Cassion, Motorized 4.7 inch battery, Ammunition, Range of model 1906, Greater elevations, Maximum elevation, 4.7 inch antiaircraft trailer mount gun model 1918, Source of materiel; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22478}
155 mm Gun Model 1918 (Filloux): General nature; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22479}
155 mm Howitzer: Schneider model used, Bethlehem type, General description, Carriage, Recoil, Traversing and elevating, Accessories, Sources of supply, American manufacturers, Comparison of 4 types of 6 inch and 155mm Howitzers; 6 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22480}
8 inch Howitzer: Types used, Distribution, Supply from England, Necessary accessories; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22481}
Vickers 9.2 inch Howitzer Mark I: General nature, Characteristics; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22482}
Vickers 9.2 inch Howitzer Mark II: General nature, Characteristics, Vehicles used by Howitzer units Chart; xx pages, xx illus. Price x.00 {Item No.xxxx}; 2 pages. Price .50 {Item No.22483}
240 mm Howitzer: Types used, Source of supply, Orders at Watervliet Arsenal, Forgings, Recuperators, Carriages, Auxilliary equipment; 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22484}
Sights: Sights for field guns, Panoramic sight model of 1917, Optical system, Mechanical parts, Rotating head prism, Elevation worm, Open sight, Aximuth circle, Lens system, Differences in type, Adjustment; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22485}
Fire Control Instruments: Battery commander's telescope model of 1915, Periscope azimuth instrument model of 1918, Battery commander's periscope model of 1918, Aimiing circle model of 1916, One Meter base range finder, model of 1916, Essential parts, Battery commander's ruler, wooden, Firing board, model of 1917, Semicircular protractor, model of 1917, Slide rule, model of 1917, 24-inch straight edge, Prismatic compass, model of 1918, Sitogonicmeter, model of 1918, Zinc square, The 12-inch semicircular protactor, 12-inch rule, Observation circle, model of 1918, Rocket board, model 1918, Table 5: Fire control equipment, divisional artillery: Ordnance material, Signal Corps material, Engineer material, Table 6: Fire control equipment, army artillery: Ordnance material, Signal Corps material, Engineer material; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.22486}

Chapter III. Long Range Artillery - Seacoast Guns on Wheels and Mounts; 25 pages, 13 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.22452} [Includes the below chapter listings]

General statement: Demand from abroad, Spare guns and mortars, Production of large guns and howitzers, Forging, Machining, Problems in big gun manufacuture, Necessary machine tools, Developing facilities, Plan decided upon; 5 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22487}
Seacoast Guns on Improvised Mounts: 5-inch and 6-inch seacoast guns, Sights, Transport; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22488}
Railway Artillery: General, Fire of railway artillery, Fire of destruction, Counter-battery work, Fire of interdiction; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22489}
7-inch railway project: Gun mount, Adapter casting, Railway gun car, model 1918; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22490}
8-inch railway artillery project: 8-inch railway car, model of 1918, Mark I, Firing platform, Outriggers, Trucks; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22491}
8-inch Barbette carriage, Model 1918: Ammunition car, Narrow gauge equipment, Armament train; 2 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22492}
305-mm railway mount: Car body, Trucks, Jackscrew, Translating mechanism, Elevating mechanism, Loading mechanism; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22493}
10-inch and 12-inch gun railway carriage project; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22494}
12-inch mortar railway project: Sliding railway mount, model 1918, Car body, Span bolsters and trucks, Translating mechanisms, Supporting mechanism, Elevation mechanism, Sights, Weight and other characteristics; 5 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22495}
12-inch (50 cal.) railway carriage, model E; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22496}
14-inch gun railway carriage, model E; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22497}
16-inch howitzer railway mount, Model E, Cradle, Elevating gear, Transport trucks, Base ring; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22498}
16-inch howitzer railway mount, Model of 1918; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22499}
Railway artillery fire control: Panoramic telescope, Elevation quadrant, Fire control Equipment ofr Railway Heavy Artillery Table; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22500}

Chapter IV. Antiaircraft Materiel; 9 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22453} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Types of antiaircraft mounts: Improvised antiaircraft carriage, model 1917, for 75-mm gun, 1897; Antiaircraft truck mount, model 1917, for 75-mm field gun, model 1916; Auto-trailer carriage, model 1917, for 3-inch antiaircraft gun, model 1918; 3-inch antiaircraft mount, model 1917, for 3-inch (15-pounder) gun, Model 1917; 4-7-inch caterpillar trailer mount, model 1918, for aircraft, model 1918; 5 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22501}
Sights for Antiaircraft Carriages: Sight for antiaircraft carriage, model 1917; Sight for antiaircraft carriage, model 1918; Sight for antiaircraft trailer mount for 4.7-inch antiaircraft guns; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22502}
Antiaircraft Fire-Control Instruments: Antiaircraft fire-control in France, System of United States Army, Instruments ordered from France, Table 7: Antiaircraft fire-control instruments; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22503}

Chapter V. European Artillery; 22 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.22454} [Includes the below chapter listings]

British materiel: Table 8: British gun data; Table 9: Railway and seacoast carriage, British 9.2-inch B.L.guns, Marks X, XIII, and XIV; Railway truck for breech-loading 9.2 inch Mark II; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.22504}
French Artillery: Table 10: Characteristics of French Cannnon and projectiles; Table II: List of French guns, howitzers, and mortars in service at the front; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22505}
Life and Muzzle Velocity of French Guns: Average life of guns, French Practice, Three year's experience, 75-mm gun, 105-mm field gun, 155-mm howitzer, 120 and 155 mm Gun, 220-mm mortar, Recent guns and mortars, Maximum muzzle velocity; 1 pages Price .50 {Item No.22506}
German Artillery - Organization and Materiel: Emplaced artillery, Foot artillery, Field artillery, Composition of batteries and battalions, German artillery tendencies; Field Artillery, Projectiles, Defects of elongated shell, Other shell, Detonating fuzes, Percussion detonating fuzes, Fuzes for light howitzer, Summary of use, Fuzes shrapnel; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22507}
Development of the German 77-mm field gun, model 1896, n/A: General appearance, Gun, Mechanism, Carriage, Sight, Vehicles Ammunition, Fuzes, Cartridge cases and propellants. Table: Comparative characteristics of ammunition for German 77-mm guns, models 1896 and 1916; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.22508}[German gun]
77-mm Field Gun, Model 1916: Comparison with French gun, Table: Comparative characteristics of 77-mm and 75-mm (French) field gun materiel, Sight, Vehicles, Cartridge cases and propellants; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22509}
German 13-cm Gun: General nature, Barrel, Carriage, Ballistic properties; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22510}
Table 12: Characteristics of German Artillery: Materiel: Railway Artillery; Field Artillery: Field Guns, Light Field Howitzers; Foot Artillery: Medium Range Guns, High Velocity and Long Range Guns, Heavy Field Howitzers and Mortars, Captured Russian Guns; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22511}
Table 14: Artillery Materiel of Austro-Hungary: 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22512}
Italian 75-mm Field Gun, Models 1906 and 1911: Data relative to guns, Data on munitions, Data on carriage of 75-mm gun, models 1906 and 1911, Italian gun characteristics; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22513}

Chapter VI. Artillery Ammunition; 51 pages, 37 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.22455} [Includes the below chapter listings]

General Statement, Fixed and separate loading ammunition, Materiel (forgings), Machining, Production, Filling, Table 16: Projectiles for field guns, antiaircraft guns, howitzers, etc., as used during the war; United States types of ammunition, Developing an ammunition program, Semisteel shell, Shrapnel, High explosive shell, Illuminating shell, Tracer shell, Weight markings, Marking 75-mm ammunition, French system, Marking 4.7-inch shells, Designing colors and marks for projectiles; 15 pages, 10 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.22514}
Fuzes: General Considerations, Safety devices, American conditions, Table 17: United States Ordnance Department fuzes and projectiles in which they are used, Table 18: Adapters and boosters, Marks I and II fuzes, French fuzes, Notes on above fuzes, Mark IV and V fuzes, Base percussion fuzes, Base detonating fuzes, Time fuzes, Time fuzes for antiaircraft shell, Waltham mechanical time fuze, Colored marking for fuzes; 18 pages, 16 Price 2.00 {Item No.22515}
Adapters and Boosters: Definition, Action of the fuze, Use with gas shells, Adapters and boosters for high-explosive shell; Adapter and booster casing, Mark I; Adapter and booster casing, Mark II; Adapter and booster casing, Mark III; 4 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22516}
Cartridge Cases: Nature and Function, Nature of cartridge cases, Diaphragm, Bursting charge, Propelling charge; Fixed ammunition, 75-mm field gun; Semifixed ammunition, 4.7-inch howitzer; Separate loading ammunition, 8-inch howitzer; 8-inch gun railway mount; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22517}
Primers: Table: Primers, Primers, The 20-grain percussion primer; The 21-grain percussion primer, Mark IIA; The 110-grain percussion primer; The 49-grain percussion primer, Mark I; The "T" model friction primer, Mark IV; Percussion and friction compositions, The friction primer; 7 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22518}
Fuze Setters: Use and types, Bracket fuze setter, model 1916; Hand fuze setter, model 1912; Hand fuze setter, model 1913; The French bracket fuze setter; Hand fuze setter, Mark I; Antiaircraft fuze setter for 75-second mechanical fuzes; 5 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22519}
Preparing Artillery Ammunition for Shipment: Parking fuzes, Shipping without boxes; Specifications for packing of ammunition components: Primers, Cartridge cases, Boxes, Shell, Adapter and booster, Fuzes, General consideration, Marking of ammunition packing boxes, Marking of fuze packing boxes; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22520}

Chapter VII. Ammunition Loading and Supply; 9 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.22456} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Loading plants, Table of loading plants; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22521}
Loading Smokeless and Ignition Powder into Charges: Powder charges in bags for cannon, Loading plants, Loading plants, Nature of cartridge cloth, Substitute for raw silk for cartridge bags, Three kinds of cartridge cloth, Cartridge bag cloth, Cartridge case cloth, Accessories, Cartridge bags, Cartridge bag igniters, Propelling charges for separate loading ammunition; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.22522}
Ammuntion and Explosive Depots at Atlantic Ports: General plan, Raitan ordnance depot, Sandy Hook, Kearney depot, Delaware, Baltimore - Curtis Bay ordnance depot, Turner ordnance depot, Hampton Roads - Pigs Point depot, Charleston ordnance plant, Use of these depot; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22523}
Moving of Ammunition Supplies at the Front: General principles, Ammunition allowance, Organization depots and delivering ammunition, Handling of depots, 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22524}
Supply and Consumption of Artillery Ammunition (from Confidential French gun data furnished 14 Dec 1917): Days of fire, Reserve of ammunition, Trench mortars, Other ammunition, Daily consumption of ammunition, Instruction, Distribution of various models of ammunition, Hand grenades and rifle grenades, Signal rocket; 3 pages Price .500 {Item No.22525}

Chapter VIII. Explosives; 10 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22457} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Explosives approved, Explosives under investigation, Suitability of service explosives: Picric acid, Amatol, Sodatol; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22526}
Explosives under Test: Anilite, Methyl tetryl, Nitrated ivory nut; 2 pages. Price .50 {Item No.22527}
Manufacture and Supply of High Explosives: Trinitrotoluol (TNT), Toluol, Toluol from by-product coke ovens, Gas stripping plants, Cracked crude petroleum or fractions thereof, Ammonium nitrate, Shell filling: Amatol, Sodatol, TNA, Tetyl, Picric acid, Picric acid requirements, Explosive "D", Mercury fulminate, Nitrostarch, Preparation, Characteristics, Commerical, Trojan grenade powderm Resources and capacity, Black powder; 6 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.22528}
Smokeless Powder for Cannon: Use, Manufacture, Specifications, Granulation, Deterioration, Production capacity; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22529}

Chapter IX. Nitrate Plants; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.22458} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Table 24: United States nitrate plants - Nitrate division, Ordnance Department, General Statementl; Nitrate Plant No.1, Sheffield, Ala.; Nitrate Plant No.2, Muscle Shoals, Ala.; Nitrate plants No.3 and 4 Cincinnati and Toledo, Ohio; Research Section, Housing, Features of the plants; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22530}
Nitrate Plant No.1: Approval of project, Construction and operation, Manufacturing process, Products; Buildings, water supply, and powder; Railroads, Cost and appropriations, Completion of plant; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22531}
Nitrate Plant No.2: Nature of project, Approval , Construction, Contract, Operation, Manufacturing process and capacity, Buildings, Water supply, Power plant, Railroad, Cost and appropriations, Completion of plant, Muscle Shoals Transmission Line for Plant No.2: Construction and operation; Warrior Steam power plant extension for Plant No.2: Construction and operation, Water supply and railroads, Cost and appropriations; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22532}
United States Nitrate Plants No.3 and 4: Approval, Location; Construction, operation, and process; Buildings, Cost and appropriations, Work discontinued; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22533}
Estimated output of ammonium nitrate from synthetic plants in year 1919: Nitrite Plant No.1, Nitrate Plant No.2, Nitrate Plant No.3; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22534}

Chapter X. Trench Warfare Material; 31 pages, 26 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.22459} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Hand Grenades: Nature and Use, Classification, Table: Grenades, Defensive hand grenade Mark II: Change of design, Dummy hand grenade Mark I, Method of marking, Packing for shipment and subequent assembly, Testing grenade; Offensive Grenade Mark III, Phosphorus hand grenade Mark II, Gas hand grenade Mark II, Thermit hand grenade Mark I, Incendiary hand grenade Mark I; 10 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22535}
Rifle Grenades: Use, V.B.rifle grenade Mark I, The V.B.rifle grenade discharger Mark IV, Adaption to United States rifle ammunition, The dummy rifle grenade; 4 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22536}
Trench Mortars and Ammunition: Nature and use, Table 21: Trench mortars and trench mortar bombs, Trench mortar bombs (European manufacture), 3-inch Stokes trench mortar, 4-inch Stokes trench mortar, 6-inch trench mortar, 6-inch trench mortar shell Mark I, Propelling charge, Operation, Bed, The 240-mm trench mortar, Mark VII trench mortar fuze, Mark VI trench mortar fuze, Livens projector; 17 pages, 15 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.22537}

Chapter XI. Aircraft Armament; 39 pages, 16 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.22460} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Types of airplanes: Pursuit, Observation, Day bomber, Night bomber; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22538}
Machine Guns: Table 22: Machine guns for aircraft installation on American airplanes at end of war; Vickers aircraft, Marline aircraft, Lewis aircraft, 11-mm Vickers, Working-in plants, 4 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22539}
Synchronization tests: 37-mm motor cannon, 37-mm ammunition; Synchronizing devices: Synchronizing devices, Mechanical gears, Hydraulic gears; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22540}
Machine Guns mounts and other accessories: Bowden control, Twin-gun mount Single gun mount. Scarf ring, Gunner's belt, Ammunition box, Ammunition links, Shell ejection chute, Shell ejection tube, Shell ejection bag, Lewis magazine, Electrical mahcine gun heaters; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22541}
Fixed Machine Gun Mounts: 5-inch ring and head sight, Chretien sight, Aldis sight; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.xxxx}
Free Machine Guns Sights: Norman wind vane sight, Base for Norman wind vane sight, Bases for 5-inch ring and bead sights; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22542}
Aerial Drop Bombs: Table 23: Bombs in use by the allies in 1918, Table 24: Aerial drop bombs, Ordnance Department, United States Army, November 19, 1918; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22543}
Aerial Drop Bombs: Nature and Use, Types, Safety features; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22544}
High Capacity Drop Bombs: High capacity drop bomb Mark II, High capacity drop bomb Mark III, High capacity drop bomb Mark I, High capacity drop bomb Mark IV, High capacit drop bomb Mark V., High capacity drop bomb Mark VI-A, High capacity drop bomb Mark I-A and V-A, High capacity drop bomb Mark IV-A; 6 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22545}
Fragmentation Bombs: Design and action, Barlow heavy drop bomb; 5 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22546}
Incendiary Bombs: Incendiary drop bomb Mark I, Incendiary drop bomb Mark II, Incendiary drop bomb Mark III, Incendiary darts; 4 pages, 3 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22547}
European Bombs: 90-mm fragmentation, 90-mm with Gros-Andreau key support, Cooper bomb, 115-mm long, 112-pound English, 155-bis bombs, 155-mm pentration bomb, Chanard incendiary, Michelin illumination parachute flare, Bourges illuminating parachute flare, Holt landing flare; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22548}
Aerial Bomb fuzes: Tail fuzes (French), Nose fuzes (French), Gros-Andreau nose fuze for 90-mm, Chanard fuze, Cooper nose fuze (English), Stokes assemblage (English), Nose fuze (English); 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22549}
Bomb Carrier and Release Mechanisms: Nature and Use, Mark V release mechanism, Mark I release mechanism, Release mechanism Mark VIII, Release mechanism Mark VIII-A, Mark IX release mechanism, Mark II release mechanism, Mark IX-A release mechanism, Mark VII-B release mechanism, Release mechanism developed in Europe, Michelin Type IV carrier, Michelin Breguet Type I, Cooper quadruple 20-pound carrier, 112 pound carrier, 230 pound carrrier; 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22550}
Bomb Sights: Nature and use, French S.T.Ae bomb sight, Various types, Bomb sight Mark I-A, Bomb sight Mark I-B, Michelin bomb sight, Description, Operation; 5 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22551}

Chapter XII. Pyrotechnics and chemical apparatus; 9 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22461} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Modern use, Rockets: Signal parachute rocket Mark I, Signal illuminating rocke Mark I, Star and parachute cartridge for V-B rifle grenade discharger, V-B star cartridge Mark I, V-B parachute cartridge Mark I, Position lights and smoke torches, Position light Mark II hand, Smoke torch Mark I, Airplane flare Mark I, Wing tip flare Mark I, Very pistol, Very pistol Mark III, Major parts, Operation of pistol, Signal light Mark II Very, Very pistol Mark IV, Very star cartridge Mark I, Very parachute cartridge Mark I, Aviation signal pistol and cartridge, Signal cartridge 35-mm Mark I aviation; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22552}
Pyrotechnics: Pyrotechnics laboratory, Candlepower, Table 27: Pyrotechnics - Nomenelature, Smoke tests, Method of test, Smoke readings, Apparatus, Method of test and calculations, Laboratory methods; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22553}
Gas and Incendiary Devices: Gas-emplacement set, Flame projectors - Knapsack, Flame projector tractor type, Flame projector parapet type, Smoke knapsack; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22554}

Chapter XIII. Machine Guns; 23 pages, 15 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.22462} [Includes the below chapter listings]

General: Method of fighting, Condition at outbreak of the war, Choice of guns, Lewis and Browning, Production, Browning gun water cooled, Browning automatic rifle, Browning aircraft machine gun, Lewis machine gun caliber .303, Lewis machine gun army type, Lewis machine gun aircraft type; 6 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22555}
Marlin aircraft machine gun: Mounting for four synchronized Marlin guns, Development of Marlin aircraft gun for use on flexible mount; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22556}
Vicker machine gun: 11-mm Vicker aircraft machine gun for firing incendiary ammunition, Vicker aircraft model; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22557}
Hotchkiss machine gun, Chauchat automatic rifle, Berthier light machine, Colt machine gun: Table 28: Machine guns, Automatic Rifle, Aircraft machine guns, Talbe 28: Machine Guns; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22558}
Machine-gun accessories: Belt-loading machine for metallic links, Armorer's took kit, Armorer's tool chest for use in air squadron, Table 29: Articles transported by machine gun units (motorized), Special aircraft ammunitions, Mounts for machine guns; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22559}
Machine-Gun Unit Equipments: Machine-gun organization and supply, Automatic rifle organization and supply, Sights; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22560}
Fire Control Instruments: Plane table, Machine gun panoramic sight model of 1918, Machine gun clinometer model of 1918, Bruntion compass machine gun type model of 1917, Prismatic compass and clinometer, Lensatic compass model of 1918, Angle of site instrument model of 1917, Other instruments; 3 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22561}
Semiautomatic Rifles: Progress, Bommarito automatic rifle, Rychiger semiautomatic rifle (also called the Swiss rifle), Elder semiautomatic rifle, Bang rifle; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22562}

Chapter XIV. Small Arms - Rifles, Pistols, and Revolvers; 24 pages, 7 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.22463} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Tables: Table 30: Particulars of military magazine rifles, Table 31: Breech loading magazine rifles of small caliber of various armies, Table 32: Small arms; 6 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.22563}
General statement: Prewar conditions, British contracts in United States, American supply at outbreak of war, Interchangeability, Advanges of standardization, Production; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22564}
United States rifle caliber .30 model 1903: Exterior ballistics, Source, Table 33: Principal dimensions and weights of United States rifle caliber .30 model of 1903, Extension magazine; 6 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22565}
Unites States rifle, caliber .30, model of 1917: Breech mechanism, Magazine, Follower, Extractor, Ejector, Firing pin, Safety lock, Sights, Production, Table 34: Principal dimensions and weights of United States rifle caliber .30 model of 1917; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22566}
Russian three line rifle, caliber 7.62-mm (0.30): 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22567}
United States Krag model of 1898: Receiver, Barrel; 1 paragraph. Price .50 {Item No.22568}
Sights: United States telescopic sight rifle model 1918, Reciever, Barrel, Telescopic musket sight model of 1913, Winchester telescopic sight, Telescopic musket sight model of 1918, The Warner objective sight, The Elder windage sight, Sniper's micrometer sight, Winder telescoping tube sight for 1908 rifle, Periscopic attachment, Musketry rule model 1918; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22569}
Bayonet: Bayonet model of 1917, Weight and dimensions, Marking, Bayonet model of 1905, Marking, Bayonet scabbard; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22570}
Riot Shot Gun: Repeating shotguns riot pattern, Winchester riot shotgun, Remington riot shotgun, Ammunition for riot shotgun; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22571}
Pistols: Automatic pistol caliber .45 model 1911, Operation, Magazine, Miscellaneous data, Exterior ballistics, Extension magazine for automatic pistols, Improved automatic pistols, Jolidon pistol. Grant Hammond automatic pistol (sometimes called the "Liberty"); 4 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22572}
Revolvers: Service revolvers model of 1917, Colt's double action revolver caliber .45 model of 1917, Operation, Exterior ballistics, Smith & Wesson double action revolver caliber .45 model of M1917, Operation, Cylinder and ejector, Exterior ballistics; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22573}

Chapter XV. Small Arms Ammunition; 14 pages, 12 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.22464} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Caliber .30 model of 1905 servive ammunition: Classification and uses , Clips, Bandoleers, Packing boxes; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22574}
Special Ammunition Caliber .30; Tracer model 1917, Armor piercing, Incendiary, Inspection; 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22575}
Caliber .30 Ammunition - Miscellaneous; High pressure test cartidges, Caliber .30 blank cartridges model 1909, Dummy cartidges, Guard cartridges caliber .30 model 1906, Caliber .30 gallery practice cartridges; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22576}
Caliber .30 Ammunition for Model 1898 Rifle: Caliber .30 service ammunition model 1898, Caliber .30 model 1898 blank cartridge, Caliber .30 model 1898 dummies, Caliber .30 gallery practices for model 1898 rifle; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22577}
Caliber .45 Ammunition for use in Pistols and Revolvers: Caliber .45 service cartridge, Caliber .45 dummy cartridges, Caliber .45 blank cartridges, Caliber .45 high-pressure cartridges, Caliber .38 revolver ball cartridges; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22578}
Other Ammunition: Gallery practice cartridges caliber .22, Caliber, Caliber 7.62-mm ammunition for the Russian three-line rifle, French 8 mm Lebel cartridges, 11 mm ammunition, ; 2 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22579}
Small arms repair and cleaning outfits: Armor repair chest model 1910, Armor-repair chests model 1917, Tool roll for United States rifle model 1903; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22580}
Table 35: United States small arms and machine gun ammunition, Table 36: Rifle Ammunition of various armies; 2 page Price .50 {Item No.22581}
Miscellaneous: Clip-loading machine for caliber .45 revolver ball cartridges, Cartridge belts, Table 36: Rifle ammunition of various armies; 2 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22582}

Chapter XVI. Motors, Tractors, and Tanks; 54 pages, 18 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.22465} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Advantages of motor traction, Economy of supply and maintenance, Mobility, Vulnerability, Leather saving, Supply of tractors unlimited, Ease of comcealment, Sanitary conditions, Motorization of field artillery - 75mm gun, Motorization of 155mm howitzer, Motorization of the 4.7 inch gun, Number of vehicles, Motor transport for one army, five corps, Initial requirements, Repairs and replacements, Repairs, Training in United States; 6 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22583}
Motor Trucks: Table 37: Trucks and cars (chassis only), Table 38: Trucks and cars complete3-ton truck chassis F.W.D. models B and B-1917, Engine, Table: 39: Motor trucks supplied by Ordnance Department, Steering, Clutch, Transmission, Brakes, Axles, Chassis; Truck 3-ton model of 1918 ordnance department, Weight, Nature of units employed, Interchangeable parts, Conditions to to satisfied, Preliminary tests, Service test, Results of tests, Standardization, Interchangeablity of gears; Two ton truck chassis Nash moded 4017 F.and L., Power plant, Transmission, Axles Transoms, Speed of truck, Staff observation car, Operation and function, Body and equipment, Chassis and equipment, Reconnissance car, Operation and function, Body and equipment, Chassis motor tires and equipment; Light repair truck. Use, Ammunition truck, Equipment for care maintenance and repair of ordnance materiel, Repair vehicles, Repair shop equipment, Equipment repair truck, Use, Artillery repair truck, Use, Artillery supply truck, Types of loads, Chests carried; Four ton trailer crane: Table 40: Trailers and trailer chassis, Three inch field gun trailer, Ten ton trailer, Construction, Loading; 24 pages, 11 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.22584}
Use of Artillery Supply Truck: Load A, Load B, Load C, Load D, Load E (for heavy batteries), Organization supplied, Heavy artillery mobile repair shops, Special trailer, Equipment and arrangement of a repair section, Four ton trailer, Body, Top, Use; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22585}
Tractors, Gun Mounts, and Tanks - Track Laying Types of Vehicles: Transport of artillery in the field, Development of tractors, Types of tractor, Ten ton tractor, Five ton trackor, Two and a half ton high speed tractor, Trucks, Table 41: Artillery tractors, Three ton caterpiller trailer, Gun sleds, Eight inch howitzer - 240 mm howitzer caterpillar, Ford tank, Caterpillar attachments for trucks, Needs of cross country mechanical transport; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22586}
Tractors: Two and one half ton artillery tractor model 1918, Operation, Description, Engine, Use; Five ton artillery tractor model 1917, Engine, Use; Ten ton artillery tractor, Engine, Use; Fifteen ton artillery tractor; Twenty ton artillery tractor, General description; United States productive capacity for tractors; 8 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22587}
Caterpillar Artillery Mounts: General features, United states project for caterpillar artillery mounts, Weights and motive power, Three ton caterpillar gun mount, Gun, Ammunition, Thirty ton caterpillar gun mount, Traversing, Recoil Ammunition, 220mm St.Chamond caterpillar artillery; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22588}
Tanks: General Features, Large tank, Operation, Table 42: Camparative data of tanks (US, UK, French and German), Sponsons, Small Tank, Uses of both tanks, Steering, Fighting value, Equivalent in Artillery fire, Table 43: Tanks; 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.22589}
Mark VIII Tank: General nature, Overal dimensions, Armament, Ammunition, Personnel, Power, Transmission, Controls, Engine Room, Fire Control, Summary; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22590}
Six Ton Tank: Model, Plan, General character, Front chariot, Rear chariot, Rollars, Longeron, Tension wheel, Varying tension, Support of chassis, Giving movement to track, Front spring, Track, Chassis and turret, Gasoline tank, Power plant, Mode of steering, Inside cranking device, Turrets, Armament, Ammunition, Armor, Gunner and operator, Maneuvering ability; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22591}

Chapter XVII. Miscellaneous Equipment; 8 pages, 14 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22466} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Sabers and Knifes: Cavalry saber model 1913, Officer's saber, Bolos model of 1917 and model of 1917 C.T., Miscelleneous equipment; 2 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22592}
Helmets and Body Armor: Value of body armor, Armor experimental work of equipment section, Types of armor proposed, Summary of experiments, Types of armor needed, Ballistic quality, Manufacture of helmets, Manufacture of helmets; 6 pages, 12 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22593}

Chapter XVIII. Proving Grounds and Arsenals; 34 pages, 6 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.22467} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Proving Grounds: Aberdeen Proving Grounds: Need of incresed testing facilities, Topography, Buildings and roads, Proving ground railroad, Appropriations, Construction, Improvements, Water supply, Sewerage, Service fleet, Quartermaster's department, Traffic department, Post exchange, Enlisted personnel, Hospital, Schools, Housing; Savanna proving ground, near Rock Island; Lakehurst proving ground; Proving grounds under control of inspection division: Eric Proving Ground, Scituate Proving Ground, Saybrook Proving Ground, Sackett's Harbor Proving Ground, Elizabethport Proving Ground, Nitro Proving Ground, Old Hictory Proving Ground, Clear Spring Proving Ground, Other Proof work, Redingtoin Proving Ground; 9 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.22594}
French Proving Grounds and Laboratory Activities: Necessity of proving ground facilities, Proving ground activities, Laboratory activities, Cooperation with the French, Activities under way, Bourges - Field Artillery, Gavre-Quiberon - Heavy Artillery, Versailles-Commission de'Experience - Small Arms, St.Jean de Monts - Machine guns, Small arms range, Ordnance proving ground; 3 pages Price .50 {Item No.22595}
Laboratories: Bourges - Ammunition and explosives, Montiucon - Metallurgical research, Versailles - Commission de poudre - Powderm, Purpose of the work; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22596}
Arsenals: General Statement: 24 pages, 5 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.22597} [Includes all the below descriptions of arsenals]

Augusta Arsenal, Augusta, Ga.: Augusta Arsenal, Equipment, Storehouse; 1 page Price .50 {Item No.22598}
Benicia Arsenal, Ca.: Benicia Arsenal, Reservation, Wharfage, Activities of Benica Arsenal, Storage facilities, Personnel; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22599}
Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.: Frankford Arsenal, Product, Activity of the arsenal, Personnel; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22600}
Hawaii Arsenal: Location, Buildings, Roadroad facilities, Equipment; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22601}
Manila Arsenal: Location, Buildings, Foundry, Blacksmith Shop, Harness Shop, Features; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22602}
New York Arsenal; 1 paragraph Price .50 {Item No.22603}
Panama Arsenal: Location, Buildings, Power; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22604}
Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.: Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., Product, Personnel; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22605}
Raritan Arsenal, N.J.: Location, Division, General supply ordnance depot, Assembling plant, Ordnance training camp, Ordnance meter instruction schools, Organization; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22606}
Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.: Rock Island Arsenal, Railway facilities, Power supply, Products, Rock Island general ordnance supply depot, Increase of activitiy, New buildings and construction, Field Artillery machine shops, Small-arms plant, Road tests; 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22607}
San Antonio Arsenal, Texas: San Antonio Arsenal, Texas, Product, Personnel; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22608}
Springfield Armory, Mass.: Springfield Armory, Product, Experimental department, Personnel; 2 pages Price .50 {Item No.22609}
Watertown Arsenal, Mass.: Watertown Arsenal, Original plant and personnel, Enlargements: Projectile plant, Seacoast carriage plant, Mobile carriage plant, Gun forging plant, Steel foundry; Power, Fuel and water, Fire protection, Yard, Personnel, Cost of improvments; 5 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22610}
Watervliet Arsenal, N.Y.: Watervliet Arsenal, Organization, The new gun shop, The liner shop, Breech mechanism shop, New tool room, Pump house, Cannon relining school, Y.M.C.A, The general supply ordnance depot, Housing, Plant and personnel; 4 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22611}

Chapter XIX. Gauges; 19 pages, 14 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.22468} [Includes the below chapter listings]

Gauges and interchangeability, Tolerances, Prewar conditions, Manufacture of gauges, Ordnance department gauge work, Bureau of Standards, Specifications, Ordnance tolerances, Classes of gauges, Master gauges, Inspection gauges, Working gauges, Maximum and minimum gauges, Design of gauges, Production and cost, Estimates, Conference with allies; 8 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22612}
Types of Gauges: Types of gauges, Screw thread gauges, Caliper gauges, Snap gauges, Star gauges, Ring gauges, Taper gauges, United States standard threat system, A.S.M.E. gauges for machine screws, Thread plug limit gauges, Limit snap gauges, Rapid inspection limit gauges, Concentricity gauges, Commission for standardizing of screw threads, Purpose, Organization; 9 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22613}
Definitions; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22614}

Chapter XX. Americal Ordnance Base Depot in France; 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.22469}[Original project in United States, Transfer to France, General progress, Construction and maintenance, Shop and maintenance section, General ordnance repair shop, Warehouses for the storage of shop supplies, tools, etc.; Advance repair shop at Is-sur-Tille, Railway artillery and corps repair shop at Haussimont, Corps repair shop at Doulaincourt, Corps repair shop at Liousaint, Other corps shops, Other functions of construction and maintenance division, Ordnance armament school at St.Jean Demonts, Ordnance aerial armament shot at Courbevois, Ordnance shot at Romorantin, Ordnance shot at Orly Field, Tank and tractor repair shops - Chalindrey, Bourg, Small arms corps shop, Experimental shot at Langres, Repair shops at O.and T.centers, Liborune, Limoges, Clermont Ferand, Angers, Coetquidan, La Courtine, Meucoe, Souge, Valdahon, Artillery School at Saumur, Construction section]
Chapter XXI. Index; 42 pages Price 4.00 {Item No.22470}

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