A VICKERS MACHINE GUN, MOUNTED ON A RIGID BLOCK, AND FIRED BY A BOWDEN CONTROL, IS USED IN THE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 008957
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Henty, S
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c August 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A VICKERS MACHINE GUN, MOUNTED ON A RIGID BLOCK, AND FIRED BY A BOWDEN CONTROL, IS USED IN THE DEVICE WHICH TESTS WHETHER THE AMMUNITION MAY BE SAFELY USED IN A MACHINE GUN SYNCHRONISED WITH AN AIRSCREW BEFORE EACH NEW BATCH OF .303 AMMUNITION IS SENT FROM THE FACTORY.