Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons (WWII U.S. Training Film)

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The following video(s) are excerpts which have been extracted from the "The Screening Room" (click here).

Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons (WWII U.S. Training Film)

This video is a demonstration of the mechanics of pistols, rifles and machine guns. You'll learn the difference of how semi-automatic and automatic rifles, fire, gas operation vs. blowback operation. What exactly happens in chambering, locking, cocking, firing, unlocking, extraction, ejection and feeding.

As reviewed by Rickard Z. ….. "This series of 3 WWII training films is an excellent learning tool showing in detail how guns work. Contrary to stereotypes of the Army being bureaucratic critic and inefficient, the soldiers who produced these films really got it right."

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Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons
(WWII U.S. Training Film)
Video length = 41 minutes - MP4 (mpeg4 Format)
(Suitable for most computers and connection speeds)




Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons
(WWII U.S. Training Film)
Video length = 41 minutes - FLV (Flash Video Format)
(Suitable for very slow computers and/or network connections)

Note: The following video is the same as above version, except it's in WMV file format, for playing using streaming video with Microsoft Windows Video Player (click here), which comes with every version of Windows. If you have an Apple computer, you can obtain the FREE Flip4Mac WMV Player Add-on (click here), which will set up your Apple QuickTime player to play the Windows WMV file formats. If the WMV player loads and doesn't display the video within approximately 10-15 seconds, or you just hear sound only, right click on the video pane with your mouse and select "Refresh" or "Reload Page", which in some cases may cause the video to start playing properly.




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Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons
(WWII U.S. Training Film)
Video length = 41 minutes - WMV (Windows Media Video)
(Large file size suitable for fast computers and network connections)