Browning machine gun caliber .50, M2, aircraft, fixed and flexible. Page: 46
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TM 9-225
29-30 ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT
c. The number of hits made upon a target by a certain machine gun
or group of machine guns, when several are firing at the same target,
is sometimes determined by coating the tips of the bullets with litho-
graphic ink. The bullets from each weapon or group of weapons are
coated with a distinctive color of ink which, upon striking the target,
leaves a smear indicating the source of fire. Cartridges which have
been so coated must have the ink removed before return to storage.
30. Packing.-a. Service ammunition for the Browning machine
gun, caliber .50, M2, aircraft, fixed and flexible, is packed in three
ways:
(1) 100 cartridges per metallic link belt; 1 metallic link belt per
carton, 2 cartons per metal-lined packing box.
RA D 5301
FIGURE 13.-Section of link belt, caliber .50, loaded with M2 armor piercing cartridges.
(2) 265 cartridges per metallic link belt; 1 metallic link belt per
metal-lined packing box.
(3) 10 cartridges per carton; 35 cartons per metal-lined packing box.
b. The dimensions of the standard packing box for caliber .50 ammu-
nition, in inches, are 187/16 by 97,6 by 1413/16. For additional packing
data see SNL T-1.
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