BRITISH
MACHINE GUN
CARTRIDGES
by Barry A. Temple
Introduction
v
Chapter 1 The Search
for a Machine Gun
1
Chapter 2
The Gatling Gun Cartridges
22
Chapter 3
Machine Gun Trials, 1879-1880
34
Chapter 4
Experimental 0.45-inch Machine Gun Cartridges
47
Chapter 5
Service 0.45-inch GG Ball Cartridges
57
Chapter 6
0.45-inch M-H Rifle and MG Ball Cartridges
65
Chapter 7
The 0.4-inch Machine Gun Ball Cartridge
69
Chapter 8
0.45-inch Cordite MG Ball
Cartridges
72
Chapter 9
Blank Cartridges for Machine Guns
81
Chapter
10 Dummy Cartridges for Machine Guns
90
Chapter
11 The Identification of Machine Gun
Cartridges
99
Chapter
12 Inspection of Machine Gun Ammunition
106
Abbreviations
109
Bibliography
110
Index
111