US Naval Training Center - Anchor Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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ORDNANCE 81 GUNNERY To be an effective lighting unit, a warship must be capable of inflicting maximum damage upon the enemy, to survive, it must be able to defend itself against hostile attack. In Ordnance Training, the recruit learns some of the duties performed on board ship by "The Man Behind the Gun." Ordnance and Gunnery training begins with in- struction in the use of small arms. At the snapping- in range, under the guidance of experienced rifle range coaches, the recruit learns how to load and sight a rifle, how to adjust the sling, and how to fire the weapon from the several positions. In the small bore gallery he has a chance to test his marksman- ship using a .22 caliber rifle. Later he will spend a day on the outdoor rifle range firing the Garand M-l riHe 'cfor record." He will also be instructed in the use of thc service pistol and Carbine and will witness firings of the Browning automatic rifle and the Thompson sub-machine gun. Throughout, the safe use of weapons is stressed in instruction and rigidly enforced on the firing line. In advanced training the recruit receives an intro- duction to the larger weapons he will see on board ship and learns some of the principles of their opera- tion. Although he will not witness the actual firing of these shipboard weapons until he goes to sea, he receives practical experience in sighting and loading a five-inch and a LLOMM gun, using dummy ammu- nition. He is shown the various types of ammunition he will encounter and handle on board ship, and learns the necessity for strictly observing the safety precautions which are necessary for his own safety and that of his shipmates. ,. . I 44-4 tl z

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Ammunition Handling S""'nv Left and above: loading Drill R