INDEX
AB. Bofors-Gullspång 610
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md 480, 481, 511, 514, 571, 574, 578, 580, 581, 583, 586
AC Spark Plug Div., General Motors Corp. 339
Accles, James G. 57, 60, 63
Accles feed 60
Adams, Capt. E. R. S. 579
Ader, Clement 260, 261, 264
Aerodrome 261
Ager, Wilson 37
Ager gun 37-40, 48
Agnelli, Giovanni 374
Aircraft, Early 259-274
Aircraft, Naval 269-271
Aircraft armament. Early 268-278
Aircraft. Armament Board 325-326
Aircraft Armament Unit 588
Aircraft cannon (See Individual names of cannon)
Aircraft launching 269-271
Alfonso XIII 562
Allen, Capt. Henry B. 182
American Armament aircraft cannon, 37 mm 593-595
American Armament Co. 593
AN-M1 adapter 583
AN-M2 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 576-577, 578-583, 585-590
(See also Hispano-Suiza aircraft cannon, Type 404, 20 mm; M1 aircraft cannon, 20 mm; M2 aircraft cannon, 20 mm)
AN-M1 electric trigger 582-583
AN-M1 feed mechanism, 20 mm 581
AN-M1A1 feed mechanism, 20 mm 581
Anciens Etablissements Pieper 243
Ansaldo Co. (See Società Italiana Ansaldo)
Antiaircraft guns 315, 553, 554-555, 604-606
Antitank guns 315, 316, 499
Archery laws 9
Armes Automatiques Lewis 279
Armor 18
Armor-piercing ammunition 315
Armor-piercing projectiles 115
Armor plate on aircraft 314
Armstrong, William G., Co. 55, 77
Armstrong-Whitworth Co. 532
Army and Navy Register 289
Army-Navy Board 167-168
Arnold, (Gen.) Henry H. 267, 1076
Arrows dropped from planes 347
Arsiad synchronizer 301
Auray, Battle of 18
Auto Ordnance Co. 237
Automatic aircraft cannon, cal. .90 series 573, 607-609
Automatic Arms Co. 275, 278, 279, 285, 286
Aviation, French 265-266
Aviation, German 266
Aviation, Russian 265
Avion 261
"Avions-canons" 508
B.A.R. (Browning automatic rifle) 175-176, 180-181, 342-343, 401
B.S.A. aircraft machine gun 412-415
Bacon, Roger 11, 259
Bailey, Fortune L. 107, 108, 109
Bailey machine gun 107-109
Baker, Newton D. 180
Baldwin, A. S. 526, 529
Baldwin, F. W. 264
Baldwin, Capt. Thomas G. 267
Baldwin aircraft cannon, 37 mm 526-530
Ballista 5, 8
"Ballon poste" 260
Balloon gun 202-203
Balloons 259, 260
Bang, Soren Hansen 464
Bang aircraft machine gun 464
Coventry machine gun (See Laird-Menteyne machine gun)
Coventry Ordnance Works 256, 500
"Covered bridge" guns 36, 39
"Cow" gun (See C.O.W. automatic cannon)
Crank-operated machine cannon 24
Crécy, Battle of 10
Crissy, Lt. Myron S. 271
Crossbow 9
Crozier, Gen. William 232, 285, 297, 289, 299
Culley, Lt. 296, 297
Curtiss, Glenn H. 264, 265, 268, 270
Curtiss Aircraft Co. 497
Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corp 580, 588
Curtiss-Wright Field 587
Custer, Gen. George 58
D.R.R.S. machine gun (See Madsen automatic machine gun)
D.W.M. (See Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabrik A. G.)
Dai Nippon Heiki Munitions Works 517
Danish Recoil Rifle Syndicate (See Dansk Rekylriffel Syndikat)
Dansk Rekylriffel Syndikat 209, 407, 408, 464, 537, 538
Darne, Pierre 384
Darne, Regis 384
Darne aircraft cannon, 25 mm 388
Darne aircraft machine gun 384-388
Davis, Cmdr. Cleland 495, 497
Davis, Dwight F. 186
Davis recoilless cannon 495-499
Degaille, Pierre A. 256
De Knight, Victor P. 207
De Knight water-cooled machine gun 207-208
Deperdussin, Armand 346
de Reffye, Commandant 50, 64, 65, 67
Deringer, Henry 28
Desvignes cartridge 305
Detonating powder 20
Deutsche Waffen— und Munitionsfabrik A. G. 310, 450, 459, 472, 602
Device 104 (recoilless cannon) 499
Dibovsky, Victor V. 301, 304
Dibovsky rate-of-fire attachment 304
Dietrich, L. O. 479
Dirigibles 260, 267
(See also Zeppelins)
Doerge, Dr. 603
Dormus, Col. von 150
Drake gas machines 126
Dreyse, Johann Nikolaus von 65, 216
Dreyse Co. 216
Dreyse machine gun 216-219, 364, 368-370
Driggs-Seabury Gun and Ammunition Co. 224
Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Co. 281
Drummond, William 16
Eclipse Machine Div., Bendix Aviation Corp. (See Bendix Aviation Corp.)
Edgewater Steel Co 580
Ehrhardt, Heinrich450, 550
Ehrhardt aircraft cannon, 20 mm 550
Ely, Lt. Eugene 269
Enfield Royal Arms Manufacturing Arsenal 432, 436
Experimental Battery, Annapolis, Md. 96, 119
F.N. machine gun (See Browning machine guns)
Fabbrica d'Automobili Isotta-Fraschini 461, 545, 546, 563
Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Fiat) 252, 356, 358, 360, 361, 374, 416, 505
Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre 166, 186, 337, 342
Fafschamps, Capt. 64
Fahrzeug Fabrik 523
Farquhar, Col. Moubray Gore389, 391
Farries, Samuel 22
Farrington, DeWitt C.89, 92, 93, 95, 99
Farman, Henry 264, 265
Farwell, W. B. 69
Farwell machine gun 69-70
Feed mechanisms 580-582
Feld machine gun 68
FG-42 paratroop machine gun 489-491
Fiat Co. (See Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino)
Fiat machine gun 356-363
(See also Revelli machine gun; Safat machine gun)
Fickel, Lt. Jacob E 268
Flak 18 antiaircraft cannon, 37 mm 554-555
Flak 30 antiaircraft & tank gun 553
Flak 38 antiaircraft cannon, 20 mm 604-606
Fleck, Kurt 603
Flintlocks 16, 20
Flying machines 259
Fokker, Antony H. G. 312, 313, 314, 347
Fokker synchronization system 304, 312-314
Fonck, René 509, 562
Forsyth, Rev. John Alexander 20-21
Fosbery, Maj. George V. 39, 67
Foulois, Lt. Benjamin D. 267, 268, 272
Foure, Ferdinand 562
Frankford Arsenal 184
French Military Competition 266
Friberg, Lt. D. H. 248
Frigidaire Div., General Motors Corp 339
Frommer, Rudolf 238
Front gun, Spad 248
Furrer, Col. Adolf 425, 427, 591
Furrer aircraft cannon 591-592
Furrer machine gun 425-428
Fuze 15
Gardner, William 79, 85, 86, 88
Gardner machine gun 79-88, 163
Garros, Roland 301, 304, 347
Garros bullet deflector 347
Gaskell, Lt. Penn 282
Gast, Carl 379
Gast aircraft machine gun 379-383, 388
Gatling, Dr. Richard Jordan:
Association with Colt's Co. 54
Challenge to other inventors 58
Correspondence with Lincoln 50, 52
Demonstrations of gun 50
First machine gun 48
Improvements on gun 60-63
Negotiations with France 50
Origins and education 48
Production of 1865 model 51
Gatling Gun Co. 57, 60, 163
Gatling machine guns:
Adoption by Great Britain 58
Adoption by the United States 54
Automatic model 63
Competition with Colt machine gun 163
Demonstrations 50
Improvements in design 60-63
International acceptance 55-57
Model 1862 48-51
Model 1865 51-54
Performance in Spanish-American War 59
Gazda, Antoine 515, 516, 517, 519, 520
Gazda aircraft cannon 519-520
General Motors Corp.
(See AC Spark Plug, Brown-Lipe-Chappin, Frigidaire, Oldsmobile, and Saginaw Steering Gear Divs., General Motors Corp.)
General Ordnance Co. 497
German armament nomenclature 602
German ordnance plant designations 555
Gladiator, M. 242
Gliders 259, 260, 263
Goethals, Geo. W., Co. 381
Gorgas, Gen. Josiah 47, 48
Gorgas machine gun 46-47
Gorloff machine gun 57, 145
Gotha armored plane 314, 315
Gotha Waggonfabrik A.G. 314
Graham, Lt. Harry 272
Grandi Co. 461
"Grape shooter" (See Mitrailleuse)
Green, Dr. Samuel G. 334, 335, 336, 337
Greenwood, Miles, and Co. 49
Grossfuss, Johannus, Metall- und Locierwarenfabrik 487
Grunow, Dr. 484, 485, 487
Guidoni, Capt. Alessandro 271
Gun, Automatic, 20 mm, M1, M2, & AN-M2 (See M1, M2, & AN-M2 aircraft cannon, 20 mm)
Gunpowder 11-12
Gunsmithing 20, 21-23, 29-30
Gustloff Werke 478, 487
Guthrie and Lee Explosive Arms Co. 41
Guynemyer, Georges 509, 562
Haemmerli, Rudolf 425
Hall, John H. 28
Hall, Robert Clark 500
Hall rifle 21
Hambroe, Mr. 407
Hatcher, (Gen.) Julian S. 336, 527
Hazelton, George 304
Hazelton attachment 292, 304
Heinemann, Karl 310, 311, 364, 453, 472
Henning, Hermann 453
Henry, Tyler 28, 129
Henry Rifle Barrel Co. 129
Herlach, Fritz 453, 551, 553
High Standard Manufacturing Co. 337, 338
Higson, Percy R. 502
Hispano-Suiza aircraft cannon, 23 mm 565, 570
Hispano-Suiza aircraft cannon, Types 7 and 9 (See Oerlikon aircraft cannon, 20 mm)
Hispano-Suiza aircraft cannon, Type 404, 20 mm:
Adoption by Great Britain 566-569
Adoption by the United States 575
American and British designations 577-578
American negotiations for 570-574
Bendix attempts to obtain licensing rights 574
British modifications 568, 569
Contract for American production 575
Evaluation after World War II 589-590
Feed mechanisms 569, 580-581, 585, 587
First model 563-565
Japanese version 615
Licensing agreement with United States 574-575
Operation 566
Related models (Types 405, 406, and 407) 574
Sources of basic principles 563-564
Tested by United States 571-572
Types 582-583
(See also AN-M2 aircraft cannon, 20 mm; M1 aircraft cannon, 20 mm; M2 aircraft cannon, 20 mm; Mark I [etc.] aircraft cannon, 20 mm)
Hispano-Suiza aircraft engines 508, 516, 562, 573
Hispano-Suiza S. A. (See Société Francaise Hispano-Suiza S. A.)
HO-5 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 614
HO-401 aircraft cannon, 57 mm 615
Hoff, Gen. Samuel 336
Holek, Emanuel 429
Holek, Vaclav 429, 436, 437
Hollandische Industrie und Handels Mattschapv (HIH) 450, 550
Hopkins and Allen Co. 181, 247
Holder Bergwerk 450
Horsman, Paul 610
Hotchkiss, Benjamin B. 71, 72, 76, 77, 78. 187, 495
Hotchkiss aircraft cannon, 25 mm 542-544, 570
Hotchkiss cannon, Model 1885, 37 mm 508
Hotchkiss & Cie. (See Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss & Cie.)
Hotchkiss machine guns:
Aircraft guns 345-351
Balloon gun, 12 mm 202-203
Japanese models 350-351, 353
Model '97 182-192
Model 1900 192-194
Model 1914 200-201
Model 1922 429
Tabulation of models 351-352
(See also Benét-Mercié machine rifle; Puteaux machine gun; St. Etienne machine gun)
Hotchkiss Ordnance Co., Ltd. 77, 187
(See also Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss & Cie.)
Hotchkiss "Portative" machine rifle (See Benét-Mercié machine rifle)
Hotchkiss revolving cannon 71-78
Humphreys, Lt. Frederick E. 267
Hurley Machine Div., Thor Corp. 581
Hussey, (Adm.) George F., Jr. 336
Ignition of ammunition 15-16
Incendiary bullets 297, 310
Inertia firing, Origin of 92-93
Inter-Allied Control Commission 316, 450, 550
Interchangeability of parts 21, 30
International Business Machines Corp. 577
International Harvester Co.577, 579, 586
Irwin, Will 644
Isenberg, H. C. 381
Isotta-Fraschini Co. (See Fabbrica d'Automobili Isotta-Fraschini)
Japanese aircraft cannon 614-617
Japanese machine guns 350-351, 353-355
Johnson, Capt. Melvin M., USMCR 480, 483
Johnson Automatics, Inc. 480
Johnson light machine gun 480-483
Joyce, B. P. 593
Keith, Capt. C. H. 565
Kelsey Hayes Wheel Co. 339
Kendall, Dennis 568
Kjellman, Rudolf H. 248, 249, 250
Kjellman-Friberg machine gun (See Kjellman machine gun)
Kjellman machine gun 248-250
Knife 4
Knorr-Bremse Manufacturing Co. 469
Knorr-Bremse machine gun 469-471
Krieghoff, Heinrich, Waffenfabrik 450, 479, 489, 555
Krum, Alfred 453
Krupp, Friedrich, A. G. 450, 555, 610
L/S light machine rifle 446-449
Lahm, Lt. Frank P. 267, 271
Lahti, Aimo Johannes 446, 596
Lahti aircraft cannon, 20 mm 596-597
Lahti (Suomi) light machine rifle (See L/S light machine rifle)
Laird, Charles W. 256
Laird-Menteyne machine gun 256
Langley, Samuel P. 261, 264
Larimer, Adm. E. B. 337
Lauf, Hans 469, 470, 471
LePrieur rocket 348-349
Lewis, Col. Isaac Newton 275, 276, 278, 279, 281, 284, 285, 289, 290, 291, 293, 297, 298, 299.
Lewis automatic machine gun:
Accessories for air use 291
Adoption by United States Navy 293-295
Aerial use by British 282-284
Aircraft models 293
British production in World War I 279-281
Comparison with B.S.A. machine gun 412
Comparison with FG-42 machine gun 491
Derivation 279
Ends Zeppelin menace 295-297
European demonstrations 278-279
First aerial firing 275-278
Memorandum by Chief of Ordnance 285-288
Operation 281
Presentation to Army board 278
Press comments on 288-289
Production by Savage Arms Co. 279-281
Production in World War I 293
Reasons for failure in American tests 289-291
Speeding up of weapon 291-292
Tabulation of models 299-300
Use since World War I 299
Lewis automatic rifle 284
LH-33 machine gun (See Knorr-Bremse machine gun)
Lille, Sir James S. 24
Lincoln, Abraham 39, 40, 50
Linden, Thomas E. 24
Lissak, Col. O. M. 237
Loiseau, M. 345
Longbow 9
Lossnitzer, Otto Helmutt von 603
Lowe, Prof. 260, 295
Lowell Firearms Manufacturing Co. 89, 91, 93, 96, 99
Lowell machine gun 89-99, 461
Lübbe, H. F. A. 548
Lübbe aircraft cannon, 20 mm 548-549
Luger, Georg 310
Luger pistol 310
M1 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 576, 578, 579, 582, 583
M2 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 576-577, 585, 589
M3 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 589
M1 feed mechanism, 20 mm 587
M2 feed mechanism, 20 mm 587
M1 gun adapter, 20 mm 580
M6 gun adapter, 20 mm 580, 583
M7 gun adapter, 20 mm 580, 583
M1 magazine, 60 round, 20 mm 580
M1A1 magazine, 60 round, 20 mm 580
M2 manual charger 583
M1 muzzle brake 582, 583
M1 sear mechanism 583
McClean, Samuel N. 232, 235. 237, 279
McClean automatic cannon 232-237
McClean-Lissak automatic rifle 237, 279
McClean machine gun (See McClean-Lissak automatic rifle)
McClean Ordnance and Arms Co. 232, 237
McClellan, Gen. George B. 39, 10
McClung, Cmdr. Edgar R 336, 337
McCurdy, J. A. D. 264
Machine gun 08 (See T.u.F. machine gun)
Machine guns (See Individual names of weapons)
Machine tools 29
McLean, Dr. James H. 104, 105, 106
McLean's "Peace Makers" 104-106
McWhinny, Rindge and Co. 49
Maddox, Ens. Charles H. 273
Madsen aircraft cannon 537-541, 570, 572, 573
Madsen machine guns209-213, 407-411
Magazines (See Feed mechanisms)
Maget Co. 478, 487
Magnavox Co. 582
Mahoney, Cmdr. John J. 336, 337
Mancini, Niccolo 465
Mandl, Fritz 451
Manly, Charles E. 261
Mannlicher, Ferdinand 473
Mannlicher self-loading pistol 239
Manton, Marcus D. 282
Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault 401, 403, 406
Manville, Eli J. 30
Marek, Anton 429, 435
Mark I aircraft cannon, 20 mm 577
Mark II aircraft cannon, 20 mm 577, 578, 579, 585
Mark V aircraft cannon, 20 mm 585
Marlin, J. M. 320
Marlin aircraft machine gun 320-326
(See also Colt machine gun, Model '95)
Marlin Firearms Co. 320
Marlin-Rockwell Corp 181, 320, 321, 328
Mascarucci, Giuseppe 358, 360, 423, 424
Maschinenfabrik-Augsburg-Nuremburg A. G. 316
Mass production 21, 23
Massuger, Louis 562
Mauser, Andreas 472
Mauser, Paul 472, 473
Mauser A.G. (See Waffenfabrik Mauser A.G.)
Mauser automatic cannon (See MG-151 aircraft cannon, 20 mm; Flak 38 antiaircraft cannon, 20 mm)
Mauser machine guns (See MG-34 light machine gun; MG-81 aircraft machine gun)
Maxim, Hiram Stevens:
Activities in electrical engineering 127-128
Article published in Engineering 140-141
Demonstrations of weapon 131, 134, 136-139
Departure for Europe 127
Designs flying machine 261
Designs gas machines 126
Early years 123-128
First automatic machine gun 128-131
Improvements on guns 134
Later inventions 143-144
Production facilities 142
Reception of gun by European public 136-140
Maxim Gas Machine Co. 127
Maxim machine guns:
Adoption by Germany 146
Caliber .75 gun 143
Description of 1884 model 131-134
Early use in battle 142, 144-147
European trials 136-139
First purchase by British 136
First working model 128-131
German model '08 309-310
Operation 134-136
Performance with various cartridges 140-141
Pom-pom shell gun 143-144
Rapid-fire performance 141
Russian model M1910 146
Tabulation of models 317-319
Trials in United States 147
(See also Parabellum machine gun; T.u.F. machine gun; Vickers machine gun; Vickers-Maxim machine gun)
Maxim-Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co 142
Maxim-Nordenfelt rifle-caliber machine gun 143
Maxim-Weston Co. 128
Mayo Radiator Co. 181
Means smoke telegraph system 274
Mendoza, Rafael 397, 398, 400
Mendoza light machine gun 397-400
Menteyne, Paul M. 256
Mercié, Henri A. 187, 188, 196
Mercury fulminate 20-21
Mergenthaler Linotype Co. 575
MG-151 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 602-604
MG-15 aircraft machine gun 454-455, 478
MG-17 aircraft machine gun 455-457
MG-81 aircraft machine gun 478-479
MG-131 aircraft machine gun 457-460
MG-13 light machine gun 367-370, 550
MG-30 light machine gun 453-454
MG-34 light machine gun 473-478, 484
MG-42 light machine gun 484-488, 489
Military aviation, Early 265-268
Milling, Lt. T. DeWitt 267, 272, 273, 276
Minié-type bullet 39
Miranda, I. J. 593
Mitrailleuse weapons 64—68
Mitsubishi Tank Factory 517
MK-101 aircraft cannon, 30 mm 555-556
MK-103 aircraft cannon, 30 mm 557-558
MK-108 aircraft cannon, 30 mm 558-561
MK-ST-11 aircraft cannon 552
(See also Solothurn cannon)
MK-ST-5 antiaircraft cannon 553
(See also Solothurn cannon)
MR S-18-100 semiautomatic antitank gun 554
MK S-18-1000 semiautomatic antitank gun 554
Model 08 automatic cannon, 20 mm 615-617
Mohammed II 15
Mondragon, Manuel 282
Mondragon self-loading rifle 282
Montgolfier brothers 259
Montigny, Joseph 64, 68
Montigny mitrailleuse 64-68
Moore, Fred T. 334, 337, 527, 531, 536
Moore-Brabazon, Col. 504
Morse, George W. 26
Mountings, Aircraft cannon 579-580
Multifiring weapons 12-15, 24-25
Muzzle blast 160
Muzzle brakes 581-582
Nambu, Gen. Kijiro 353
Nambu machine gun 353-355
Nambu Rifle Manufacturing Co. 354
National Arms Co. 397, 398
National Pneumatic Co. 575, 581
Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va. 119, 336
Naval Proving Ground, Indian Head,
Md. 119, 224
Needle gun 65, 66
Nelson synchronizing gear 323, 328
New England Westinghouse Co. 178, 179, 328
Nobel, Alfred 610
Norddeutsche Maschinenfabrik G.m.b.H. 479
Nordenfelt, Thorsten 110, 111, 115, 116, 142, 206, 315
Nordenfelt machine guns 110-116, 204-206
Nordenfelt Co. 110, 112, 113, 204
North, Simon 28
Odkolek, Adolph von 187, 188,194
Odkolek machine gun (See Hotchkiss machine guns)
Oerlikon aircraft cannon, 20 mm:
Acceptance by various nations 516, 517
Comparison with Gazda cannon 520
Comparison with Polsten cannon 520
Comparison with Scotti cannon 545
Comparison with T2 cal. 90 cannon 608
Derivation from Becker cannon 515
Fired in competition with Hispano-Suiza
Type 404 cannon 565
Japanese adaptations 614
Models 515
Operation 522
Produced by Hispano-Suiza under license 563
Test by U.S. Navy authorized 570, 572
Oerlikon Co. (See Werkzeug Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon)
Oerlikon-Zurich Co. 515, 545, 563
Oldsmobile Div., General Motors Corp. 577, 579, 580, 585, 586, 587
Ordnance Committee (See U.S. Ordnance Committee)
Organ guns 15
Orgues des Bombardes 15
Otis Steel Works 60
Pacha machine rifle (See Berthier-Pacha machine rifle)
Paget and Co. 55
Palmcrantz, Heldge 110, 111
Parabellum machine gun 310-312
(See also Maxim machine gun)
Parachute 259
Paris, Siege of 260
Parker, Col. John H. 59, 182, 203
Parkhurst, E. G. 79, 191
Parmalee, P. O. 268, 271
"Pavement buster" 561
Perino, Giuseppe 220, 462
Perino machine gun 220-223
Pershing, Gen. John J. 182, 292, 315, 333
Platex sear cover assembly 582
Podrabsky, Antonin 429
Polsten automatic cannon, 20 mm 520-521
Polybolus 5
Pom-pom shell gun 143-144, 315
Poniatowski, Prince Stanislaus562, 570
Poole Engineering and Machine Co 237, 526, 529, 531
"Potato digger" machine gun (See Colt machine gun, Model '95)
Pratt, Francis A. 30, 79, 83, 85, 136
Pratt and Whitney Co. 30, 79, 85, 86, 136, 163, 207
Prideaux, William de Courcey 304
684
Prince, Norman 508
Propeller arc, Firing through 301
Puckle, James 17-19
Puckle revolving firearm 17—19
Puteaux Arsenal 194
Puteaux aircraft cannon 508-511, 593
Puteaux machine gun 194
(See also Hotchkiss machine gun)
Radio, First aviation 273
Rakula, Theodor 551, 553
Rasmussen, Julius A. 210
Reber, Maj. Samuel 271
Recoilless weapons 495-499
Reliners, Gun barrel 427
Remington, Elihu 28
Remington Arms Co. 100, 166, 178, 179, 260
Requa battery 35-36
Research and Development Service 587
Revelli, Bethel Abiel 251, 252, 358, 360, 371, 505
Revelli aircraft cannon, Model 1917 505-506
Revelli machine guns 251-255, 356-363, 416
(See also Fiat machine gun)
Revolving firearms 16, 19
Revolver, Automatic 22
Rexer machine gun. (See Madsen automatic machine gun)
Reynolds, John A. 23
Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik A.G. 216, 364, 450, 451, 453, 454, 456, 457, 548, 550
Rheinmetall aircraft cannon, 20 mm 550
Rheinmetall-Borsig A.G. 450, 457, 459, 473, 499, 554, 555, 602
Rheinmetall-Borsig cannon 570, 572
(See also Ehrhardt aircraft cannon, 20 mm; Flak 18 antiaircraft cannon, 37 mm;
Flak 30 antiaircraft and tank gun; MK-101 aircraft cannon, 30 mm;
MK-103 aircraft cannon, 30 mm; MK-108 aircraft cannon, 30 mm)
Rheinmetall-Borsig machine guns (See MG-15 aircraft machine gun; MG-17 aircraft machine gun;
MG-131 aircraft machine gun; MG-30 light machine gun;
Solothurn machine gun, Model 1929)
Ribauld 12
Ribeyrolle, M. 242
Rider, John 28
Rifling, Progressive 29
Ripley, Ezra 26, 28
Ripley gun 26-28, 48
Robertson machine gun 88
Robinson and Cottam 45
Rockets in World War I 348-349
Roosevelt, Quentin 315, 333
Rossmanith, Wolfgang 453
Rounds indicator 291
Royal Fire Arms Factory 472
Russell, Charles Edward 289
Russia—Aeronautical schools 265
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05 145-146
S-2-200 machine gun (See MG-30 light machine gun)
S.A.M.M. cradle 568, 579
S.I.A. aircraft machine gun 374-378
Safat Co. (See Società Anonima Fabbrica Armi Torino)
Safat machine gun 419
(See also Fiat machine gun; Breda machine gun)
Saginaw Steering Gear Div., General Motors Corp 339, 487
St. Etienne Arsenal 194
St. Etienne machine gun 194
(See also Hotchkiss machine gun)
St. Petersburg Convention71, 495, 512
Salvator, Grand Duke Karl 150
Santos-Dumont, Alberto 260, 265
Savage, Arthur 281
Savage, Edmund 28
Savage Arms Corp 279, 288, 291, 292, 293, 295, 298, 338
Scanlon, Bob 508
Scarff, Frederick William 301
Scarff-Dibovsky synchronizing gear 301
Schmeisser, Louis 216, 364, 453, 550
Schneider, Franz 312, 313
Schneider synchronizer 312-314
Schoeffel, (Adm.) Malcolm F. 337, 338
Schouboe, Lt. Theodor 210
Schouboe machine gun (See Madsen automatic machine gun)
Schwartz, Barthold 11, 12
Schwarzlose, Andreas W. 228
Schwarzlose machine gun 228-231
Schweizerische Industrie A.G. 282, 461
Scorpion catapult 5
685
Scott, Lt. R. E. 273
Scotti, Alfredo 461, 473, 545, 563, 564, 570
Scotti aircraft cannon, 20 mm 545-547, 563-564
Scotti machine gun 461-463
Scotti-Zurich Co. (See Brevetti-Scotti S.A.)
Seebach Machinenbau A. G. 514
Selfridge, Lt. Thomas E. 264, 265, 266
Semag cannon, 20 mm 514-515
Semag Co. (See Seebach Machinenbau A.G.)
Seng Co. 580
Seven Pines, battle of 42
SG-113A (Recoilless cannon) 499
SG-116 (Recoilless cannon) 499
Shackleton, W. S. 593
Sharps, Christian 25
Shaw, Joshua E. 21
Shelldrake Arms Co. 63
Sherman, (Adm.) Forrest P. 336, 337
Shoulder weapons, Repeating 28
Siegen-Solingen-Gusstahl A. V. 316
Simson and Co. 368
Sistar Co. 465
Sistar machine gun 465-468
Skoda machine gun 150-155
Skoda Werke A. G. 151, 429, 432
Sling 4
Slow match 15
Smith and Welton, Inc. 26
Smokeless powder 141
Snaphance 16
Società Anonima Fabbrica Armi Torino (Safat) 358, 419, 423
Società Italiana Ansaldo 374, 461
Società Italiana Ansaldo machine gun (See S.I.A. machine gun)
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda 416, 419, 423, 601
Société Aeronautique Lorraine 517
Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie 71, 76, 77, 187, 188, 190, 191, 195, 200, 202
(See also Hotchkiss Ordnance Co.)
Société d' Applications des Machines Motrices 568
Société Francaise Hispano-Suiza S. A. 562, 563, 565, 566, 568, 570, 571, 574, 575
Sokolov mounting 146
Solenoids 582
Solothurn A.G. (See Waffenfabrik Solothurn A.G.)
Solothurn aircraft cannon, 20 mm 551-552, 570
Solothurn machine gun, Model 1929 451-453
Soyer, Abraham 17
Spad airplane 346
Spencer, Christopher 28, 30
Springfield Armory 60, 168, 192, 256, 316, 328, 332, 337, 381, 488
Springs, Driving 406
SS machine gun (See T.u.F. machine gun)
Stampede cannon 11
Standardization of cartridges and small arms 167
Stange, Louis 453, 455, 457, 458. 459, 473, 477
Stanley, Sir Henry 136
Starr, Eben 28
Steam guns 24
Stecke, Edward 484
Stevens Co. 160
Steyr Arms Factory 228, 453
Steyr-Daimler-Puch A. G. 478, 487
Stone, Henry 30
Stone, Lt. Cmdr. 293, 294
Strange, L. A. 282
Suhl Gun Works 487
Suterre, M. 242
Swebilius, Carl G. 320, 321, 563, 564
Swebilius locking system 563
Sweet, Lt. George C. 267
Swiss Industrial Society (See Schweizerische Industrie A.G.)
Synchronizers 301-304, 312-314, 321
Szakats, Gabriel 523
Szakats aircraft cannon, 20 mm 523-525
T.u.F. machine gun 315-317
(See also Maxim machine gun)
T1 aircraft cannon, caliber .90 607-608
T2 aircraft cannon, caliber .90 608-609
T3 aircraft cannon, caliber .90 609
T26 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 585
T27 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 586
T28 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 586
T29 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 586
T31 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 586, 587
T32 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 589
T33 aircraft cannon, 20 mm 589
T4 feed mechanism 587
T14 feed mechanism, 20 mm 587
Tank Buchse cannon 554
Tank und Flieger machine gun (See T.u.F. machine gun)
Tanks, Introduction of 315
Taylor, James P. 117, 118
Taylor machine gun 117-118
Tempini-Brescia Co. 393
Ten Bosch, A. 317
Thompson, M. H. 397
Torpedoes, Aerial 272
Tracer ammunition 305, 330
Trebuchet 6
Tredegor Iron Works 43
Union Metallic Cartridge Co. 80
United Shoe Machinery Co. 511
United States Cartridge Co. 96
United States Electric Lighting Co. 127
United States Machine Gun Co. 247
U.S. Army:
Aeronautical Corps 260
Aeronautics Division 267, 271
U.S. Army Air Force:
Demand for closed bolt on Hispano-Suiza cannon 585
Development of T14 feed 587
Interest in solenoid for M2 cannon 582
Production of Hispano-Suiza initiated 575
Report on cal. .50 machine gun 337
Selection of feed for M2 cannon 581
Request for T31 cannon 586
Use of Browning cannon 532
U.S. Army. Ordnance Department:
Adoption of Gatling machine gun 54
Adoption of Maxim-Vickers machine gun 148
Adoption of Oerlikon cannon 516
Agreement on royalties for Browning weapons 179-180
Aircraft Armament Board report 325-326, 328-332
Aircraft Armament Division 527
Attempt to copy MG-42 487
Board of Ordnance and Fortification 261, 278, 290
Conference on Marlin machine gun 321
Consultation with Browning on new cannon 531
Contract to manufacture Hispano-Suiza cannon 574
Controversy over Lewis royalties 297-299
Industrial Division 334
Lack of funds for cal. .50 development 335
Modifications on Hispano-Suiza cannon 586
Modifications on Lewis machine gun 291, 292
Negotiations with Browning for cal. .50 gun 182
Obtains Becker gun 514
Offered T.u.F. machine gun 317
Orders Browning cal. .50 machine gun 183
Orders rechambering of cal. .30 to 11 mm 182
Procures Hispano-Suiza cannon for study 571
Production of T31 cannon 586
Program for cal. .90 cannon 607
Progress on Browning guns 328
Report on Baldwin cannon 530
Report on Colt '95 machine gun 168-169
Report on Lewis machine gun 285-289
Seeks information on Hispano-Suiza cannon 570
Tests on:
Baldwin cannon 526-527
Berthier machine gun 247
British and American Hispano-Suiza cannon 578
De Knight machine gun 208
Gardner machine gun 86
Gast machine gun 381
Gatling machine gun 50, 54
Hotchkiss machine gun 192-194
Johnson light machine gun 480
McClean machine gun 232. 235-236
Madsen machine gun 210
Puteaux cannon 511
Revelli machine gun 252
Skoda machine gun 151, 153-154
Vandenberg machine gun 45
U.S. Army. Signal Corps 272, 321
U.S. Marine Corps 294, 295, 338, 480, 481
U.S. Military Academy:
Ordnance Laboratory 46
West Point Museum 43, 200
U.S. Naval Academy 497
U.S. Navy:
Aid to inventors of automatic weapons 119
Bureau of Aeronautics 572-574, 576, 588
U.S. Navy. Bureau of Ordnance:
Allots funds for aircraft cannon development 572
U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ordnance (continued):
Approves Bethier machine gun 247
Aviation Ordnance Section 293, 294
Development of T14 feed 587
Financial cooperation on cal. .50 machine gun 337
Improvements on Hispano-Suiza cannon 582, 586, 587
Interest in machine gun development 294
Main user of Hispano-Suiza cannon 588
Order for T31 cannon 586
Orders Hispano-Suiza cannon from Bendix 576
Report on cal. .50 machine gun 338
Report on Hispano-Suiza cannon after World War II 589-590
Report on machine guns, 1896 163-165
Studies performance of European cannon 570
Tests:
Baldwin cannon 527
Carr machine gun 224-226
Colt Model '95 machine gun 163
Davis nonrecoilling cannon 498
Gardner machine gun 79, 83
Gatling machine gun 55, 57
Hispano-Suiza cannon 575
Hotchkiss machine gun 190
Lowell machine gun 89, 91-98
McClean machine gun 237
Use of Lewis gun in World War I 293-295
Use of AN-M2 cannon in World War II 588
U.S. Navy:
First aviation radio 273
First naval aircraft 269-270
Naval Acceptance Board 119
Use of repeating cannon, War of 1812 22
U.S. Ordnance Committee 582, 583, 584, 586
Valtion Kivääritehdas 446
Vandenberg, Gen. O. 43, 44, 45
Vandenberg volley gun 43-46
Veeder Manufacturing Co. 291
Vickers, Albert 137
Vickers aircraft cannon, 37 mm502, 505
Vickers aircraft machine gun 301-308
Vickers-Armstrong automatic cannon, 40 mm 502-504
Vickers-Armstrong Co. 502, 593
Vickers-Berthier aircraft machine gun 441-445
Vickers G.O. machine gun (See Vickers-Berthier aircraft machine gun)
Vickers, Ltd. 287, 302, 307, 441, 442
Vickers machine gun. 148
(See also Maxim machine gun; Vickers-Maxim machine gun)
Vickers-Maxim machine gun 144-149, 301
Vickers Ordnance Co. 500
Vickers rifle-caliber gun 287
Vickers Sons & Maxim, Ltd 144, 145
Vickers trigger actuator 301
Vieille, Paul 141
Villar Perosa aircraft machine gun 371-373
Vinci, Leonardo da 15, 259
Volcanic bullet 26
Voller, Karl 453
Volley-fire weapons 16
Vorwerk and Co. 380, 381
Waffenfabrik Mauser A.G. 472, 478, 479, 487, 555, 602, 603, 604, 605
Waffenfabrik Solothurn A.G. 450, 451, 453, 550, 555
Waffenwerke Brunn A. G. 440, 478, 479
Wagner, I. C. 459, 479
Walker, Otto 427
Washington, D. C., Navy Yard 51, 79, 107, 270
Water jackets 23
Watervliet Arsenal 575, 580, 586
Werkzeug Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon 461, 515, 517, 563
Wesson, Maj. Gen. C. M. 575
Wesson brothers 28
West Point Museum (See U.S. Military Academy)
Westinghouse Co. (See New England Westinghouse Co.)
Wheel-lock ignition 16
Wheeler, Gen. Joseph 232
Whitney, Amos 83, 84, 85
Whitney, Eli, Jr. 23
Whitney, Eli, Sr. 21, 30
Wilder, Elihu 100, 102, 103
Wilder machine gun 100-103
Williams, D. R. 42
Williams machine gun 42-43
Winchester, Oliver 28
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 26, 107. 129, 157, 158, 160, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186
Winchester repeating rifle, Model '86 158-159
Wood, Gen. Leonard 278, 289
Wright, Orville 262, 263, 264, 265
Wright, Wilbur 262, 263, 264, 267, 275
Wright brothers aircraft 262-264
ZB machine guns:
Japanese models 433-434
Model 1926 429-432
Model 1934 436
ZB-50 434-436
ZB-53, Model 1937 436
ZB-60, Model 1938 439
Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von 260, 295
Zeppelins 295-297, 310
(See also Dirigibles)