Machine gun nest

Title
Machine gun nest
LC Subject
Armed Forces Soldiers
Description
When in action the gun is fired as shown here. It is not aimed at the same point while firing but is moved up or down or from side to side. If it were held in the one position it would shoot the same man ten or more times while he was falling down — a useless waste of good ammunition, when a sweeping series of shots would mow down the front rank of the advancing column. The guns are fired in bursts of 20 or 40 seconds between bursts for changing the cartridge belts can be fired before the gun becomes so hot that a stoppage for cooling is necessary.
Work Type
lantern slides
Date
1900/1940
Identifier
P217:01:031
Rights
In Copyright
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 1 - Making the American Army
Institution
Oregon State University
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