US Ordinance Corps Film: Small Arms Operation

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CapnMac thanks for posting this.

As a student of history I’ve always loved theses videos.

While some have called them all sorts of names, complained about them, etc they were highly effective and contributed to our winning WWII. I suspect they also played a role in mass training and how teaching has become standardized.

I didn’t watch this whole video. I probably watched about 1/3 and I learned a few things. So that was cool too.

I think the use of the wooden “small arm” was pretty ingenious. I hope whoever came up with that got recognition. Knowing the military and government, I’m betting not.

Anyway thanks for posting a cool video.
 
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Some neat, vintage "How things work" wartime training films! Enjoyed seeing the brief footage of the M2 Carbine in full auto mode too!
 
I probably watched about 1/3 and I learned a few things.
The Part Two (begins about 50% through) covers the basics of semi-automatic action, and deals with recoil, gas, and blowback operation.
Part Three (about 3/4 along) covers automatic versus semi-automatic.

About the only thing addressed open bolt versus closed bolt, but that probably reflects the desired level of knowledge to convey.
 
Yeah, my spellcheck knows one more thna the other, sadly. Oops.

Perhaps a kind moderator will assist . . .

I think you mean the auto error feature

My iPad has it and if I don’t proofread my posts before I hit submit it’ll be full of errors and th8ngs get changed by the “predictive” feature.
 
I sometimes wonder why these old training films, that we watched in boot camp, were still labeled "Confidential" or even "secret" as they were common knowledge at the time.
I was in Boot training in the 60's. Training films were from the 40's.
 
I might just have to build one of those models. It’s just so cool.

And who was the narrator that voiced all of these films from the dawn of time until the early 80s when al gore invented personality?
 
Yet we trust computers for our financial security, national security, and to drive planes and cars for us.
If I knew how to (or really cared to) make a head-shaking emogi I would place one right here.

I think you mean the auto error feature

My iPad has it and if I don’t proofread my posts before I hit submit it’ll be full of errors and th8ngs get changed by the “predictive” feature.
 
I might just have to build one of those models. It’s just so cool.

And who was the narrator that voiced all of these films from the dawn of time until the early 80s when al gore invented personality?
Hollywood was quite active in the war effort. They did many films for training and awareness. And promoted war bonds.
But we wouldn't know that know that in these days.
 
I might just have to build one of those models. It’s just so cool.
Would be a cool exercise.
Doubly so if a person took up the challenge of making one as a "convertible" as the one they used.

Now, I'm guessing they used either stop motion, or a fine wire, to animate the round going down the barrel. I'd probably spend some time with a rare earth magnet and a screw on the bottom of the round.
But, I enjoy over-engineering stuff [:)]
 
I should have never watched the video. For days now I have been thinking about how much fun it would be to make a cartridge firing spudgun. 1-1/2” pvc with an endcap with a grill igniter embedded would make for a permanently “primed” case... so just how big is the worlds largest rolling block?
 
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