A bulls eye which is used during the machine gun test. Twenty hits on a target 18 inches in ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Lithgow
Accession Number 001752
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Lithgow
Date made c May 1940
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 bulls eye which is used during the machine gun test. Twenty hits on a target 18 inches in diameter are shown. Machine guns manufactured at the Small Arms Factory are put through what is termed `the group test'. In this test, every bullet from the gun must strike the 18" target 200 yards away.