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Over 1,100 total pages ... Publication Date: 1964 Creator / Author: Department of the Army Collection: Military Publications 1. TITLE: RIFLE, CALIBER .30, AUTOMATIC, BROWNING, M1918A2 This manual is published for the in formation and guidance of personnel responsible for direct and general support and depot maintenance of caliber .30 Browning automatic rifle Ml918A2. It contains information on maintenance which is beyond the scope of tools, equipment, or supplies normally available to using or ganizations. This manual does not contain information which is intended primarily for the using organization, since such in formation is available to maintenance personnel in the pertinent operator's technical manuals. This manual contains description of and procedures for removal, disassembly, inspection, repair, assembly and installation of groups and assemblies of the caliber .30 Browning automatic rifle M1918A2. The appendix contains a list of current references, including supply manuals, technical manuals, and other available publications applicable to the materiel. Publication Date: 1940 Creator / Author: Department of the Army Collection: Military Publications 2. TITLE: BASIC FIELD MANUAL - BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE CALIBER.30, M1918A2 WITH BIPOD DESCRIPTION OF THE RIFLE.-The Browning automatic rifle, caliber .30, M1918A2, with bipod, is an air-cooled, gas operated, magazine-fed shoulder weapon. (See fig. 1.) It weighs approximately 21 pounds without sling. The ammunition is loaded in magazines of 20 rounds. The weight of the magazine when empty is 7 ounces; when filled, 1 pound 7 ounces. FIRE POWER.-The Browning automatic rifle, caliber .30, M1918A2, is not capable of semiautomatic fire. There are two cyclic rates of full automatic fire, normal and slow, which may be selected by the firer. The normal cyclic rate is approximately 550 rounds per minute; the slow cyclic rate is approximately 350 rounds per minute. The effective rate of fire for this weapon is from 120 to 150 rounds per minute. Publication Date: 1943 Creator / Author: Department of the Army Collection: Military Publications 3. TITLE: BASIC FIELD MANUAL - BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE CALIBER.30, M1918A2, 30 June 1943 DESCRIPTION.—The Browning automatic rifle, caliber .30, M1918A2, is an air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed shoulder weapon with bipod (fig. 1). It weighs approximately 20 pounds with sling. The ammunition is loaded in magazines of 20 rounds. The weight of the magazine when empty is 7 ounces; when filled, 1 pound 7 ounces. FIRE POWER.—The Browning automatic rifle, caliber-.30, M1918A2, is not mechanically capable of semiautomatic fire, though it can be fired single shot by proper trigger manipulation There are two cyclic rates of full automatic fire, normal and slow, which may be selected by the firer. The normal cyclic rate is approximately 550 rounds per minute; the slow cyclic rate is approximately 350 rounds per minute. The most effective rate of fire for this weapon is from 120 to 150 rounds- per minute. The sustained rate, however, is from 40 to 60 rounds per minute. 4. TITLE: FIELD MAINTENANCE CAL .. 30 BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml918A2, February 1957 Scope These instructions are published for the use of personnel responsible for field maintenance of this materiel. They contain information on maintenance which is beyond the scope of the tools, equipment, or supplies normally available to using organization. This publication doe. not contain information which i intended primarily for the using organization since such information is available to ordnance maintenance personnel in FM 23-15. 5. TITLE: BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE CALIBER .30 M1918A2, JULY 1951