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British Treatise on Ammunition - 1915
Beautifully illustrated document covering primarily large caliber ammunition in the British service in
1915. Written by the Ammunition Branch of the Ordnance College in August 1914 and published by the
War Office. Its 693 pages are full of color drawings of the cutaways of ordnance. Lots of technical data
Beautifully illustrated document covering primarily large caliber ammunition in the British service in
1915. Written by the Ammunition Branch of the Ordnance College in August 1914 and published by the
War Office. Its 693 pages are full of color drawings of the cutaways of ordnance. Lots of technical data
US Army Ordnance School Text OS9-18 Ammunition General - 1942
Technical information and drawings of US small arms ammunition in use at the beginning of WW II.
Total of 45 pages. An excellent reference.
Technical information and drawings of US small arms ammunition in use at the beginning of WW II.
Total of 45 pages. An excellent reference.
US Ammunition Manufacturers Codes - 1980 and 1999
MIL-HDBK-1461 is the definitive list of the codes assigned to companies worldwide that supply
ammunition to the Department of Defense. The 1999 edition is 463 pages and the 1980 edition is 429
pages. An essential reference for anyone who deals with ammunition
MIL-HDBK-1461 is the definitive list of the codes assigned to companies worldwide that supply
ammunition to the Department of Defense. The 1999 edition is 463 pages and the 1980 edition is 429
pages. An essential reference for anyone who deals with ammunition
US Army Ammunition Data Sheets - 1994 and 1999
Complete set of data sheets with drawings and data on US Army small arms ammunition through 30mm.
The 1994 edition is 201 pages and the 1998 edition is 325 pages.
Complete set of data sheets with drawings and data on US Army small arms ammunition through 30mm.
The 1994 edition is 201 pages and the 1998 edition is 325 pages.
US Army Data Sheets for Cartridge Actuated Devices - 1991
This document contains 239 pages of information on cartridge actuated devices. The only document
that will identify some of the things that turn up. Full of both drawings and technical data
This document contains 239 pages of information on cartridge actuated devices. The only document
that will identify some of the things that turn up. Full of both drawings and technical data
| Links to Other Interesting Downloads |
I don't know where I got this list of links, perhaps off the Forum
Dictionary of explosives (1920)
http://www.archive.org/details/dictionaryofexpl00marsrich
(splendid little book giving information on commercial explosives, including gunpowders)
Cartridge manufacture; a treatise covering the manufacture of rifle cartridge cases, bullets, powders,
primers and cartridge clips, and the designing and making of the tools used in connection with the
production of cartridge cases and bullets (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/cartridgemanufac00hamirich
(I am pleased to own a printed copy of this book, it details manufacture at a 'Canadian' plant, as well as
covering at some length chargers, and the 8mm Lebel.)
Sporting Fire-arms for Bush and Jungle: Or, Hints to Intending Griffs and Colonists on the ... (1884)
http://www.archive.org/details/sportingfirearm00burggoog
(Hard copies of this book sell for over 200$s usually, and though not a true 'cartridge' book it makes
for interesting reading)
Bicycle accessories : 1900 [catalogue (1900)
http://www.archive.org/details/bicycleaccess00riceuoft
(Yes it is a bike catalogue, but has ammunition and fireams, including pricing... very interesting - see
page 88 on!!)
The following are added simply because they may be of interest, there are some fine books
here, including many very hard to find titles in the printed world.
United States artillery ammunition; 3 to 6 in. shrapnel shells, 3 to 6 in. high explosive shells and their
cartridge cases (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/unitedstatesarti00vialrich
Nitro-explosives; a practical treatise concerning the properties, manufacture, and analysis of nitrated
substances, including the fulminates, smokeless powders, and celluloid (1906)
http://www.archive.org/details/nitroexploprac00sanfrich
Method of investigation and test of smokeless powder for small arms and cannon. Feb. 10, 1910. Rev.
July 25, 1913 (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/methodofinvestig00unitrich
Smokeless Powder, Nitro-cellulose: And Theory of the Cellulose Molecule (1901)
http://www.archive.org/details/smokelesspowder01berngoog
Smokeless powder and its influence on gun construction (1890)
http://www.archive.org/details/smokelesspowderi00longrich
AMMUNITION BALLISTIC ACCEPTANCE TEST METHODS VOLUME 5 TEST PROCEDURES FOR CAL
45. CARTRIDGES (APRIL 1964)
http://www.archive.org/details/ammunitionballis025802mbp
Report on the Manufacture of Fire-arms and Ammunition (1882)
http://www.archive.org/details/reportonmanufac00fitcgoog
Manufacture of Artillery Ammunition (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/manufacturearti01colvgoog
Ammunition for rifled ordnance (1818)
http://www.archive.org/details/ammunitionforri00browgoog
The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in ... (1921)
http://www.archive.org/details/armiesindustryo00wilsgoog
High-explosive shell manufacture; a comprehensive treatise on the forging, machining and
heat-treatment of high-explosive shells and the manufacture of cartridge cases, primers, and fuses,
giving complete directions for tool equipment and methods of setting up machines, together with a
review of the making of powders, high explosives, and fulminates (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/highexplosiveshe00hamirich
Manufacture of artillery ammunition (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/manufactureofart00alforich
Safety precautions to be observed in handling German munitions, fuzes and fuzed projectiles (1918)
http://www.archive.org/details/safetyprecaution00unitrich
Les Armes a Feu Portatives de Armees Actuelles et Leurs Munitions (1893)
http://www.archive.org/details/lesarmesafeupor00baudgoog
Gunnery in 1858: being a treatise on rifles, cannon, and sporting arms; (1858)
http://www.archive.org/details/gunneryin1858bei00greerich
Sporting firearms (1912)
http://www.archive.org/details/sportingfirearms00kephrich
Description of the Colt's double-action revolver, caliber .45, model of 1909 : with rules for
management, memoranda of trajectory, and description of ammunition, September 10, 1909 (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/coltrevolver00unitrich
Theory and design of recoil systems and gun carriages ([1921])
http://www.archive.org/details/theoryanddesigno00unitiala
Notes on Austro-Hungarian fuzes (c1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/notesonaustrohun00grearich
Workshop hints for munition workers (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/workshophintsfor00jonerich
(not a particularly useful book actually, but some odd tidbits are contained in it)
Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856: Report of Major Alfred ... (1861)
http://www.archive.org/details/militarycommiss00gorggoog
Description of Decapping and Cleaning Tools for Small-arms Cartridges ... (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/descriptiondeca00statgoog
A treatise on ordnance and armor: embracing descriptions, discussions, and professional opinions
concerning the material, fabrication, requirements, capabilities, and endurance of European and
American guns for naval, sea-coast, and iron-clad warfare, and their rifling, projectiles and
breech-loading (1865)
http://www.archive.org/details/treatiseonordnan00hollrich
Ordnance and Gunnery: A Text-book Prepared for the Cadets of the United ... (1907)
http://www.archive.org/details/ordnanceandgunn00lissgoog
A course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery : Text (1891)
http://www.archive.org/details/courseofinstruct00metcrich
Course in Exterior Ballistics: Ordnance Textbook (1921)
http://www.archive.org/details/acourseinexteri00statgoog
These are some documents that are available from the Dutch ECRA
Training Manual caliber .50 M2 Browning Machine Gun, General Motors War Products (22 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/manual-gm-bmg.pdf
Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare: containing a complete and concise account of the Rise and
Progress of Submarine Warfare by C.W. Sleeman, Esq., 1880 (59 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/torpedo.pdf
Surgical Experiences in South Africa 1899-1900,Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects
of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins, senior surgeon to St.
Thomas's Hospital, London, 1913 (66 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/surgical-experiences.pdf
Smokeless Powder and it's Influence on Gun Construction by James Atkinson Longridge, 1890(9 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/smokeless-powder-gun-construction.pdf
Workshop Hints for Munition Workers, by Bernard E. Jones, Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York,
1916(15 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/workshop.pdf
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Dictionary of explosives (1920)
http://www.archive.org/details/dictionaryofexpl00marsrich
(splendid little book giving information on commercial explosives, including gunpowders)
Cartridge manufacture; a treatise covering the manufacture of rifle cartridge cases, bullets, powders,
primers and cartridge clips, and the designing and making of the tools used in connection with the
production of cartridge cases and bullets (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/cartridgemanufac00hamirich
(I am pleased to own a printed copy of this book, it details manufacture at a 'Canadian' plant, as well as
covering at some length chargers, and the 8mm Lebel.)
Sporting Fire-arms for Bush and Jungle: Or, Hints to Intending Griffs and Colonists on the ... (1884)
http://www.archive.org/details/sportingfirearm00burggoog
(Hard copies of this book sell for over 200$s usually, and though not a true 'cartridge' book it makes
for interesting reading)
Bicycle accessories : 1900 [catalogue (1900)
http://www.archive.org/details/bicycleaccess00riceuoft
(Yes it is a bike catalogue, but has ammunition and fireams, including pricing... very interesting - see
page 88 on!!)
The following are added simply because they may be of interest, there are some fine books
here, including many very hard to find titles in the printed world.
United States artillery ammunition; 3 to 6 in. shrapnel shells, 3 to 6 in. high explosive shells and their
cartridge cases (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/unitedstatesarti00vialrich
Nitro-explosives; a practical treatise concerning the properties, manufacture, and analysis of nitrated
substances, including the fulminates, smokeless powders, and celluloid (1906)
http://www.archive.org/details/nitroexploprac00sanfrich
Method of investigation and test of smokeless powder for small arms and cannon. Feb. 10, 1910. Rev.
July 25, 1913 (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/methodofinvestig00unitrich
Smokeless Powder, Nitro-cellulose: And Theory of the Cellulose Molecule (1901)
http://www.archive.org/details/smokelesspowder01berngoog
Smokeless powder and its influence on gun construction (1890)
http://www.archive.org/details/smokelesspowderi00longrich
AMMUNITION BALLISTIC ACCEPTANCE TEST METHODS VOLUME 5 TEST PROCEDURES FOR CAL
45. CARTRIDGES (APRIL 1964)
http://www.archive.org/details/ammunitionballis025802mbp
Report on the Manufacture of Fire-arms and Ammunition (1882)
http://www.archive.org/details/reportonmanufac00fitcgoog
Manufacture of Artillery Ammunition (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/manufacturearti01colvgoog
Ammunition for rifled ordnance (1818)
http://www.archive.org/details/ammunitionforri00browgoog
The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in ... (1921)
http://www.archive.org/details/armiesindustryo00wilsgoog
High-explosive shell manufacture; a comprehensive treatise on the forging, machining and
heat-treatment of high-explosive shells and the manufacture of cartridge cases, primers, and fuses,
giving complete directions for tool equipment and methods of setting up machines, together with a
review of the making of powders, high explosives, and fulminates (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/highexplosiveshe00hamirich
Manufacture of artillery ammunition (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/manufactureofart00alforich
Safety precautions to be observed in handling German munitions, fuzes and fuzed projectiles (1918)
http://www.archive.org/details/safetyprecaution00unitrich
Les Armes a Feu Portatives de Armees Actuelles et Leurs Munitions (1893)
http://www.archive.org/details/lesarmesafeupor00baudgoog
Gunnery in 1858: being a treatise on rifles, cannon, and sporting arms; (1858)
http://www.archive.org/details/gunneryin1858bei00greerich
Sporting firearms (1912)
http://www.archive.org/details/sportingfirearms00kephrich
Description of the Colt's double-action revolver, caliber .45, model of 1909 : with rules for
management, memoranda of trajectory, and description of ammunition, September 10, 1909 (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/coltrevolver00unitrich
Theory and design of recoil systems and gun carriages ([1921])
http://www.archive.org/details/theoryanddesigno00unitiala
Notes on Austro-Hungarian fuzes (c1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/notesonaustrohun00grearich
Workshop hints for munition workers (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/workshophintsfor00jonerich
(not a particularly useful book actually, but some odd tidbits are contained in it)
Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856: Report of Major Alfred ... (1861)
http://www.archive.org/details/militarycommiss00gorggoog
Description of Decapping and Cleaning Tools for Small-arms Cartridges ... (1916)
http://www.archive.org/details/descriptiondeca00statgoog
A treatise on ordnance and armor: embracing descriptions, discussions, and professional opinions
concerning the material, fabrication, requirements, capabilities, and endurance of European and
American guns for naval, sea-coast, and iron-clad warfare, and their rifling, projectiles and
breech-loading (1865)
http://www.archive.org/details/treatiseonordnan00hollrich
Ordnance and Gunnery: A Text-book Prepared for the Cadets of the United ... (1907)
http://www.archive.org/details/ordnanceandgunn00lissgoog
A course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery : Text (1891)
http://www.archive.org/details/courseofinstruct00metcrich
Course in Exterior Ballistics: Ordnance Textbook (1921)
http://www.archive.org/details/acourseinexteri00statgoog
These are some documents that are available from the Dutch ECRA
Training Manual caliber .50 M2 Browning Machine Gun, General Motors War Products (22 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/manual-gm-bmg.pdf
Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare: containing a complete and concise account of the Rise and
Progress of Submarine Warfare by C.W. Sleeman, Esq., 1880 (59 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/torpedo.pdf
Surgical Experiences in South Africa 1899-1900,Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects
of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins, senior surgeon to St.
Thomas's Hospital, London, 1913 (66 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/surgical-experiences.pdf
Smokeless Powder and it's Influence on Gun Construction by James Atkinson Longridge, 1890(9 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/smokeless-powder-gun-construction.pdf
Workshop Hints for Munition Workers, by Bernard E. Jones, Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York,
1916(15 MB)
http://www.nvbmb.nl/downloads/workshop.pdf
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Russian Language Documents - 1946
Encyclopedia of Cartridges and Hand and Special Grenades Of Foreign Armies by USSR Department
of Defense 1946. Sixty-nine pages of drawings of ammunition, grenades and packing of non-USSR
items. In Russian.
Artillery Ammunition by Tretyakov G.M. 1946. Over 250 pages of data, drawings and tables related to
the theory and practical aspects of artillery ammunition.
Encyclopedia of Cartridges and Hand and Special Grenades Of Foreign Armies by USSR Department
of Defense 1946. Sixty-nine pages of drawings of ammunition, grenades and packing of non-USSR
items. In Russian.
Artillery Ammunition by Tretyakov G.M. 1946. Over 250 pages of data, drawings and tables related to
the theory and practical aspects of artillery ammunition.
US Army Experimental Ammunition T-Numbers
This is a list of the T-Numbers applied to expermental ammunition by the US Army. It is about 12 pages
and is probably an extract fromTM-108. The date of this list is unknown
This is a list of the T-Numbers applied to expermental ammunition by the US Army. It is about 12 pages
and is probably an extract fromTM-108. The date of this list is unknown
CIA Catalog of Ammunition
These are the ammunition pages from a copy of an "Agency" supply catalog. I want members to see it
and take note of #'s: H00-0756, H00-3670, H00-4405, H00-2304, H00-2618 to 1739, and H00-1475 to
2617. The Canadian 7.92 and 9mm I believe are all those MM 40s. Lots of interesting info and
questions there.
These are the ammunition pages from a copy of an "Agency" supply catalog. I want members to see it
and take note of #'s: H00-0756, H00-3670, H00-4405, H00-2304, H00-2618 to 1739, and H00-1475 to
2617. The Canadian 7.92 and 9mm I believe are all those MM 40s. Lots of interesting info and
questions there.
Material Asserting The Use of Dum-Dum Bullets in WWI
This material includes a German flyer alledging French use of Dum-Dum bullets including a photo of a
pack of French short-range ammunition. It also includes a partial French document [Balles dum-dum,
balles explosibles, balles explosibles autrichiennes 1914-1916, par le Docteur Émile
Dutertre-Deléiéleuse, Paris, 1916], discussing the use of Dum-Dum and similar bullets by other
countries.
This material includes a German flyer alledging French use of Dum-Dum bullets including a photo of a
pack of French short-range ammunition. It also includes a partial French document [Balles dum-dum,
balles explosibles, balles explosibles autrichiennes 1914-1916, par le Docteur Émile
Dutertre-Deléiéleuse, Paris, 1916], discussing the use of Dum-Dum and similar bullets by other
countries.