Battle sounds and a Browning machine-gun that shoots plastic bullets to train gunners
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Battle sounds and a Browning machine-gun that shoots plastic bullets to train gunners
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Battle noises harden gunner's nerves
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.50 CALIBER Browning machine-gun
A mock-up that shoots plastic bullets and
trains a student in marksmanship while
conditioning him to the distracting sounds
of battle has been developed for ground and
aerial gunners. As the student manipu- |
lates the gun in a 50-foot indoor range and
tries to hit moving models of planes, tanks,
and men, two loudspeakers directly behind |
him blast out the ear-splitting noises of
combat that jangle a gunner's nerves.
Using compressed air for propulsion, the
~ mock-up, known as the M-9 Trainer, throws
as many as 300 pellets a minute. Recoil is
simulated by an electromagnetic device.
To train a student in daylight tracer-
control firing, white pellets are used against
a dark backdrop. For night tracer-control
firing, the range is darkened and the pellets
and target models are coated with lumines-
cent paint. Developed by the Edison Gen-
eral Electric Appliance Co., Chicago, the
trainer is on display at the Chrysler-Army
Ordnance Show in New York.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1944-04
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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111
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Lorenzo Chinellato
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 4, 1944
