Browning machine gun caliber .50, M2, aircraft, fixed and flexible. Page: 28
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TM 9-225
12 ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT
b. Belt feed mechanism.-(1) Open cover and remove belt feed
lever. Transfer belt feed lever plunger and spring from upper hole
in belt feed lever to lower hole.
(2) Remove belt feed slide assembly from cover.
(3) Drive out belt feed pawl pin and remove belt feed pawl and arm
from belt feed slide.
(4) Hold belt feed pawl with arm pointing toward the body
(spring seat in pawl up and arm down) and change belt feed pawl
arm from left side of pawl to right side of pawl.
(5) Reassemble belt feed pawl and arm to belt feed slide.
(6) Reassemble belt feed slide assembly to cover with belt feed
pawl arm pointing toward left side of gun.
(7) Reassemble belt feed lever to cover.
c. Receiver group.-(1) Remove belt holding pawl pins from right
and left sides.
(2) Transfer front cartridge stop from right side to left side.
Remove rear cartridge stop right-hand assembly from right side of
gun and assemble rear cartridge stop and link stripper to left side of
gun.
NoTE.-When not actually assembled to the gun, the rear cartridge stop right-
hand assembly or rear cartridge stop and link stripper, as the case may be,
should be retained with the gun or should be readily obtainable in case it is
desired to change the feed from one side to the other. The rear cartridge
stop right-hand assembly prevents currents or short rounds.
(3) Transfer belt holding pawl and belt holding pawl spring from
left side of gun to right side.
(4) Assembly belt holding pawl pins to gun.
(5) Assemble bolt assembly in gun and complete assembly of gun
in the usual manner.
d. Inspection before firing gwn.-After changing the gun from left-
hand feed to right-hand feed, or vice versa, and also before firing,
the gun should be inspected in order to determine that it has been
properly assembled. Note should be made of the following when the
gun is arranged for right-hand feed:
(1) When the cover is open, the upper end of belt feed lever should
position itself toward the right side of cover.
(2) The belt feed pawl arm should point toward the left with arm
assembled to upper side of pawl (cover raised).
(3) The front and rear cartridge stops and link stripper should be
assembled on left side of feedway.
(4) The belt holding pawl should be in position on right side of
feedway.28
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United States. War Department. Browning machine gun caliber .50, M2, aircraft, fixed and flexible., book, April 30, 1942; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29988/m1/30/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.