Aberdeen Proving Ground - Yearbook (Aberdeen, MD)

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Assembl all Targets. WheTher iT loe The Tried and True Army .45 or The newesT in auTomaTic rifles The Ordnance small arms secTion is Tamiliar wiTh Them all. On The range and in The shops, day in and day ouT, men are Trained in The many uses of all our small arm equipment They are TaughT how To dismanTle, repair and reassemble pis- Tols and machine guns. They TesT new Types oT guns, and new Types of ammuniTion. ln The baTTle To sTay one iump ahead of The enemy no device is overlooked and no experimenT is Too small To receive a Thorough invesTigaTion and TesT. M hine 9Ufl. .50 caliber class. Machine gun, .30 caliber class. manmm1uMfaeiemm,,:,,,.,,.s .fe ,2:mxQnw21z.ar2w2v4eml ,

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Loading ammuniTion in The clepof T ,ll lfllflw T? Q T fl i. X . I H fbw 1 1, , T W A 'U I WHHUN3 EEJTT EDN pound bombs are TesTed and handled by The Ordnance DeparTmenT. ConsTanTly working To perTecT beTTer ammuniTion as well as beTTer ways in which To handle and sTore iT, ordnance men musT be Tamiliar wiTh The consTrucTion and use oT diTTerenT Types oT shells, bombs and grenades. BoTh beTore and during combaT, The mosT essenTial iTem To be supplied To The combaT Troops is ammuniTion. Making This com- modiTy available To The using Troops in The lcinds and quanTiTies needed, and aT The Times required, is one oT The major responsibililries oT ordnance soldiers. Below: Aircraff bombs. Boffomz DemoliTion exercise wiTh a dummy l05-mm. projecfile.