Updated: Manuals and Handbooks

[Richard Fisher]

Added today:

• Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 3: .5-in. Vickers Machine Guns Marks IV and II
  
• Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 5: .5-in. Vickers Machine Guns Mark V
  

On the third-party site.

Rich

[Richard Fisher]

Added another Tank Training manual (Pam No. 2) and made it so that the files are downloadable directly without the need for emailling me unless absolutely necessary.

• Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 2: .303-in, Vickers Machine Guns, Marks VI, IVA, IVB, and I
  

Rich

[Richard Fisher]

Added today (including direct downloads):

• The Vickers Machine Gun - Mechanism Made Easy (UK, c.1940)
  
• .300 Vickers Machine Gun - Mechanism Made Easy (UK, 1944)
  
• The Vickers Gun Simplified (2nd Edition) (Australian, c.1944)
  

These are different editions of existing manuals I had available; however, they may be of interest to all.

Richard

[Richard Fisher]

Added both:

• The Machine Gunner's Handbook (5th Edition) (UK, 1914)
  
• The Machine Gunner's Handbook (10th Edition) (UK, 1916)
  

The first covers the Maxim and the Vickers, with the second containing info on the Lewis and the Colt as well.

Regards

Richard

[Richard Fisher]

Added:

• Infantry Machine Gun Company Training (Provisional) (UK, 1917)
  

THE manual on Great War usage of the Vickers (in my opinion!)

Rich

[Richard Fisher]

A number of manuals uploaded today:

• Handbook for the .303-in. Vickers Machine Gun (Magazine Rifle Chamber) Mounted on Tripod Mounting, Mark IV (UK, 1914)
  
• Small Arms Manual (3rd Edition)
  
• SS135J - The Division in the Attack
  

Also in the midst of uploading some non-weapons related manuals regarding the Home Guard; if anybody would like the links then let me know.

Richard

[Richard Fisher]

Added this evening:

• Machine Gun Training (Supplement) (UK, 1925)
  
• Machine Gun Training (Amendment No. 1) (UK, 1925)
  
• Machine Gun Training (Amendment No. 2) (UK, 1927)
  
• Handbook for the .303-in. Vickers Machine Gun and Tripod Mounting, Mark IV (UK, 1930)
  
• Provisional Machine-Gun Firing Manual (USA, 1917)
  
• Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 4: Machine Gun Mountings and Appurtenances for use in Armoured Fighting Vehicles (UK, 1936)
  
• Tank Training, Volume II - Part III, Pamphlet No. 4: Machine Gun Mountings and Appurtenances for use in Armoured Fighting Vehicles (Amendment No. 1) (UK, 1937)
  
• Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 - .303-inch Machine Gun
  Part I - Mechanical Subjects (India, 1940)
  

[Richard Fisher]

I have added a number of manuals over recent weeks and have neglected to update this forum. I hope these are of use to people - some of them are real gems!

Rich

• The Machine Gunner's Handbook (6th Edition) - UK, 1915
  
• The Machine Gunner's Handbook (9th Edition) - UK, 1916
  
• SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns. Part I - Tactical - UK, 1918
  
• Machine Gunner's Pocket Book - UK, 1917
  
• Supplement to Machine Gun Drill Regulations (Provisional) 1917 and Provisional Machine Gun Firing Manual 1917 - USA, 1918
  
• Machine Gun Range Table - UK, 1916
  

[Richard Fisher]

Further additions (with some for the technically-minded!).

Rich

• Machine Gun Handbook (Technical), Volume I, Pamphlet No. 1 - Vickers .303-in. and .5-in. Machine Guns and Appurtenances (UK, 1940)
  
• Machine Gun Handbook (Technical), Volume I, Pamphlet No. 2 - Mountings, Tripod, .303-in. M.G., Mk. IV; Adapter, Vickers, M.G., Mk. I; Mount, Field, Vickers .303-in. M.G., Mk. I; Shoulder-piece, M.G., No. 4; Packsaddlery, etc. for Vickers .303-in. and 5-in. Machine Guns (UK, 1940)
  
• Range Table of the .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun (UK, 1923)
  
• Range Table of the .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun (UK, 1926)
  

[Richard Fisher]

I've now updated my Badongo subscription to a paid-for subscription so the downloads should be a lot better to use for people - but it is still free for people to download the manuals.

Rich

[Richard Fisher]

I've just added:

The Machine Gunners' Pocket Book - UK, 1918.

This is an amended edition of the 1917 version with the latest updates through the end of the war (November 1918).

Rich

[Richard Fisher]

After a while of not updating this resource, I've changed how it is hosted and am now able to offer online browsing of the manuals as well as downloading. This is using Google Docs. If you go to the manuals page, and click on the manuals, the links now take you to a view of the manual before you download it. This means you can quickly check it's got the right info before taking time to download completely.

Hope this is better,

Richard

[Richard Fisher]

After not uploading manuals for a while, i have added:

• Machine Gunners' Handbook - 7th Edition
  
• Handbook for the Constantinesco Timing Gear (1918)
  
• Handbook for the Infantry Rangefinder No. 12 (1933)
  
• Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 10, The Infantry Range-finder, 1937 (Modified for Australia)
  
• Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7, Part II - Training, 1940 (India)
  
• Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7, Part III - Fire Control, 1942 (Canada)
  
• Text book of Aerial Gunnery (1917)
  
• Instructions in the use of Carriers, Manback, GS (1945)
  
• Vickers MMG Manual - The Army Gymnasium (South Africa)
  

As always, I hope they are of use.

Richard

[Richard Fisher]

I have found some others that I had scanned but not uploaded:

• Vickers MG Data Summary (Canada, 1945)
  
• Handbook for the Vickers (.303-in) Machine Gun (USA, 1917)
  
• Machine Gun Drill Regulations (USA, 1917)
  

[Richard Fisher]

After over a year of no uploads, I've started to do things again. I've just added:

- Field Service Pocket Book (UK, 1914)

It looks better once you download it rather than just view in Google Docs.

Rich